English Church Music Volume 1: Anthems and Motets

32
Sequence Hymn for Corpus Christi
by Pope Innocent VI (d. 1362)
English version by Robert King
SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BASS
Superius
Medius
Tenor
Bassus
5. Ave verum Corpus
(Hail, O hail, true body)
A
Hail,
A
Hail,
A
Hail,
A
Hail,
- ve ve
O hail,
- ve ve
O hail,
- ve
ve
O
hail,
- ve ve
O hail,
- rum Cor
true bo
- rum Cor
true bo
- rum Cor
true bo
- -
- -
- -
- -
- rum Cor
true bo
-
-
- -
- -
pus,
dy,
pus,
dy,
pus,
dy,
pus,
dy,
WILLIAM BYRD
(c.1540–1623)
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of
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na -
of
na -
of
na -
of
tum
the
tum
the
tum
the
tum
the
de
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Vir - gin
Vir
Ma
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Vir -
Ma -
Vir -
Ma -
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Ma
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gi
ry
gi - ne: Ve
ry born: you
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ry born: you
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ry
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born: you
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born: you
- re pas
who suf
- re pas
who suf
- re pas
who suf
- re pas
who suf
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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sum,
fered,
sum,
fered,
sum,
fered,
sum,
fered,
im
sa
im
sa
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sa
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sa
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mo
cri
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la
fi
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cresc. dim. mp cresc.
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