Hoc corpus

General information

Hoc corpus is the communion antiphon for Passion Sunday (Maundy Thursday in the Ordinary Form) and Corpus Christi (Year C).
Source of text is 1 Corinthians 11:24,25.
The Gregorian melody is in the eighth mode.

Notes on selected settings

• Antoni Milà, at his Cathedral's choirbook SATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Gregorian chant — Hoc corpus  Latin Unison
• Heinrich Isaac — Hoc corpus  Latin SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa — Hoc corpus  Latin SATB
• John Reager — Hoc corpus  Latin SATB
• Melchor Robledo — Hoc corpus  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Hoc corpus quod pro vobis tradetur: hic calix novi testamenti est in meo sanguine, dicit Dominus: hoc facite quotiescumque sumitis, in meam commemorationem. German translation (Das ist) der Leib, der für euch hingegeben wird: Das ist der Kelch des neuen Bundes in meinem Blut, spricht der Herr: Tut dies, sooft ihr davon nehmt, zu meinem Gedächtnis.

English translation This is my body which is given for you; this cup is the new testament in my blood, saith the Lord: do this, as oft as ye shall meet together in remembrance of me.