Composer: Bill HeigenDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 2:30 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: www.billheigen.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): LatinText Source: 14th-century manuscriptText: Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, Vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, Cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine: Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie, O Iesu, fili Mariae. Miserere mei. Amen.Translation: Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, Who having truly suffered, was sacrificed on the cross for mankind, Whose pierced side flowed with water and blood: May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet] in the trial of death. O sweet Jesus, O pious Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary, Have mercy on me. Amen. Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: easySeasonal Usage: CommunionAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movement Additional InformationDate of Completion: March, 2013Date of First Performance: Sunday, June 2, 2013Premier Performance Data: Parish Choir, (Katya Syrochkina, cond) St Gabriel Parish, Stamford, CT
