Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618 (string trio – 2 violins and cello)

Title: Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618

Composer: W. A. Mozart, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violins and Cello

Printout: 3 pages

Note: This beautiful motet, originally for choir, strings and organ, was composed in 1791, just a few months before Mozart’s untimely death. It is a favorite for celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi, for which it was written, and it is also a popular request for weddings, funerals, and eucharistic rites.

Ave Verum Corpus is also available in a trio arrangement for violin, viola and cello. Click here.