"O sacrum convivium" is a Latin prose text honoring the Blessed Sacrament. It is included as an antiphon to Magnificat in the vespers of the liturgical office on the feast of Corpus Christi. The text of the office is attributed with some probability to Saint Thomas Aquinas.[1] Its sentiments express the profound affinity of the Eucharistic celebration, described as a banquet, to the Paschal mystery : "O sacred banquet at which Christ is consumed, the memory of his Passion is recalled, our souls are filled with grace, and the pledge of future glory is given to us."[2]
Text
- Original Latin (punctuation from Liber Usualis)
- O sacrum convivium!
- in quo Christus sumitur:
- recolitur memoria passionis eius:
- mens impletur gratia:
- et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
- Alleluia.
- Translation of original Latin
- O sacred banquet!
- in which Christ is received,
- the memory of his Passion is renewed,
- the mind is filled with grace,
- and a pledge of future glory to us is given.
- Alleluia.
Indulgence
The 2004 Enchiridion Indulgentiarum grants the partial indulgence for this prayers.[3]
Various settings
O sacrum convivium exists in Gregorian and Ambrosian chant forms. Some of the many composers who have set the text are as follows:
- Jacques Arcadelt
- Gregor Aichinger
- Hendrik Andriessen
- Kim André Arnesen
- Jason Bahr
- Domenico Bartolucci
- Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei
- James Biery (With an alternate English text by Marilyn Biery)[4]
- Douglas Brooks-Davies
- Javier Busto
- William Byrd
- Giovanni Paolo Cima
- Giovanni Croce
- Fredrik Sixten O Sacrum Convivium
- Don Michael Dice
- Eugene E. Englert[2]
- Rolande Falcinelli
- Richard Farrant
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Noël Goemanne
- Francisco Guerrero
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier, H.239 - 239 a, H.235, H.278 and H.240
- Matthew Harris
- Gabriel Jackson
- Frank La Rocca
- Kenneth Leighton
- Dan Locklair
- Franz Liszt
- Luca Marenzio
- Frank Martin
- Peter Mathews
- Olivier Messiaen's O sacrum convivium!
- Vytautas Miškinis
- Philip Moore[5]
- Cristóbal de Morales
- Francisco J. Nunez
- Don Lorenzo Perosi[6]
- Roger T. Petrich[7]
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Roberto Remondi[8]
- Alwin Michael Schronen
- Fredrik Sixten
- Steven Stucky[9]
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
- Thomas Tallis
- Francisco Valls[10]
- Ludovico da Viadana
- Tomas Luis de Victoria
- Nicholas Wilton[11]
- Jules Van Nuffel
- Ralph Vaughan Williams has a wordless chorus intone the chant melody in "Love Bade Me Welcome," the third of the Five Mystical Songs.
- Johann Emanuel Faulhaber (1772-1835) compositore della "Reggia Città di Louny" (Bohemia)
- Francisco José Carbonell (1985). His "O Sacrum Convivium" was awarded with the First Prize in the 2015 Chorus Austin Young Composers Competition.
- Miguel Astor Salazar (1958)
«O Sacrum Convivium» (2018) Obra premiada en el VI Concurso Internacional Amadeus de Composición Coral.
References
- ↑ "Sancti Thomae de Aquino Officium corporis Christi "Sacerdos" authenticitate probabile". CorpusThomisticum.org. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- 1 2 "Englert's O Sacrum Convivium". Retrieved December 13, 2006.
- ↑ EI, quarto editur, Concessiones, 7 §2 2°
- ↑ James Biery, ed. (1995). O Sacrum Convivium. Morning Star Music Publishers.
- ↑ "Philip Moore's compositions, 1957 to the present" (PDF). York Minster. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ↑ "Perosi's O Sacrum Convivium" (PDF). Retrieved February 19, 2008.
- ↑ "Petrich's O Sacrum Convivium". Retrieved December 13, 2006.
- ↑ "Remondi's O Sacrum Convivium". Retrieved March 24, 2007.
- ↑ "L. A. Master Chorale - Almost a capella". Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ↑ "O Sacrum Convivium at cpdl". Retrieved March 24, 2007.
- ↑ Treacy, Susan (Summer 2006). "The Majesty of Wilton's Music" (PDF). Sacred Music. 133 (2): 45–47. ISSN 0036-2255. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
External links
- O sacrum convivium: Free scores at the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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