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References
- ↑ Rubin, Miri (1992). Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture. Cambridge University Press. p. 56.
- ↑ Heartz, Daniel (2009). Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven: 1781–1802. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. p. 351.
- ↑ Imant Raminsh: "Ave Verum Corpus" on YouTube
- ↑ Malcolm Archer: "Ave Verum" on YouTube
- ↑ Jack Gibbons" "Ave Verum Corpus", Op. 90 on YouTube
- ↑ Fredrik Sixten: "Ave Verum Corpus" on YouTube
- ↑ Philip Stopford: "Ave Verum" on YouTube
- Ave verum corpus natum. The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press (2013).
- Guido Maria Dreves: Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi (1886), 54.257.
