O sacrum convivium

General Information

Antiphon to the Magnificat at 2nd Vespers of Corpus Christi
Based on 1 Cor. 11:26 & Rom 8:18. A traditional prayer honouring the Blessed Sacrament.

Musical settings at CPDL

Anonymous Ambrosian chant Gregorian chant 15c setting SAA Gregor Aichinger SAB Jacques Arcadelt SATTB or ATTBB Antonino Barges AATB Domenico Bartolucci SATB Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei SATB Antonio Biffi ATB (2nd half of edition) Douglas Brooks-Davies SATB (adds Panem de caelo) William Byrd ATTB André Campra S soli & bc Mark Chapman SATB Marc-Antoine Charpentier SSS Giovanni Paolo Cima SS or ST Giovanni Croce a 4 SATB a 5 Adrian Cuello First setting SATB Second setting SATB Hilarión Eslava I SATB II SATB Richard Farrant SATB Francesco Feroci TTB Andrea Gabrieli SATTB or ATTTB or ATBBB etc Mariano Garau SATB Carlo Gesualdo SSATTB Giovanni Giorgi SATB J. Grimm SATB Francisco Guerrero SAATBB

Oliver Hayes SAATB Hans Leo Hassler SSAATTB Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger S + continuo Joachim Kelecom SATB Jean Baptiste François Lallouette SA Orlando di Lasso SATTB Franz Liszt A solo & S unison A solo & S unison SSATTB Jacquet de Mantua SATB or ATTB Luca Marenzio SATB Tiburtio Massaino SATB.SATB Cristóbal de Morales SAATB José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB Benedetto Pallavicino ATTTTTBB Giovanni Battista Pergolesi SATB Lorenzo Perosi TTBB Roberto Remondi SAB Giovanni Battista Riccio S (includes Adoramus te, Christe) Déodat de Séverac SATB Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SATTB Thomas Tallis SAATB or ATTBarB Francisco Valls SSAT.SATB Enrico Vercesi SATB Ludovico da Viadana SATB Tomás Luis de Victoria a 4 (SSAT or TTBarB) a 6 (SAATTB) Samuel Webbe SATB with S solo SATB with SATB soli Georg Viktor Weber SATBB Thurlow Weed SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giulio Ciccarelli — O sacrum convivium
• Bartholomeus le Conte — O sacrum convivium
• Frédéric Debons — O sacrum convivium
• Mariano Garau — O sacrum convivium III
• Eliseo Ghibel — O sacrum convivium
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — O sacrum convivium a 8
• Geoffrey Lester — O sacrum convivium
• Francesco Lupino — O sacrum convivium
• Georg Prenner — O Sacrum Convivium
• Scott Villard — O sacrum convivium (1)
• Scott Villard — O sacrum convivium (2)
• Healey Willan — O Sacred Feast

Text and translations

Latin text O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur; recolitur memoria passionis ejus; mens impletur gratia; et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur. (Alleluia) Panem de caelo praestitisti eis Omnem delectamentum in se habentem.

English translation O sacred banquet, wherein Christ is received; the memorial of his passion is renewed; the soul is filled with grace; and a pledge of future glory is given to us. (Alleluia) You gave them bread from heaven Containing in itself all sweetness. Translation by St Ann choir

English translation O sacred communion meal, in which Christ takes form for us; Renewing here the memory of His passion holy. Minds grow full of charity; And a glory yet to come unto us is granted. Alleluia. Metrical-poetical translation by Christopher J. Hoh   French translation O banquet sacré où l'on reçoit le Christ ! On célèbre le mémorial de sa passion, l'âme est remplie de grâce et, de la gloire future, le gage nous est donné. Alleluia

German translation O heiliges Gastmahl, bei dem Christus verzehrt wird: Das Gedächtnis seines Leidens wird erneuert, der Geist wird erfüllt mit Dankbarkeit, und uns wird ein Pfand der zukünftigen Herrlichkeit gegeben. (Halleluja!) Croatian translation O sveta gozbo na kojoj se Krist blaguje, slavi se spomen muke njegove, duša se napunja milosti i daje nam se zalog buduće slave Aleluja.

External links

• Wikipedia article