Ego sum panis vivus

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

(c.1525-1594)
           
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superius             
 go sum pa   nis vi      
   
E
         
    
   go sum pa    nis 
altus
E vi vus,

         
   sum pa 
tenore
E go
 

     

bassus

 
E

   
10

      
 go   nis
S

   
vus, E sum pa
        
A    


   nis vi 

E go sum pa

T   
                    
 nis vi       vus, E  go sum pa 
                
 
    

  nis vi  E  go sum pa  nis vi 
B

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go sum pa vus,

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S                  
    vus, Pa  tres ve  stri man  du  ca  ve 
            
vi
       
A   
     vus, Pa  tres ve  stri man du  ca  ve runt man 
T               
     vus, pa 

nis vi
           
B      
   vus, Pa  tres ves  tri man du  ca  ve runt man 
    
§
    
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S      
manna in de  ser    
        
runt to,
        
A 
  na, in de sert  to, man  du  ca  ve  runt man na in de  ser 
T                  
   
  tres ve  stri mandu  ca  ve runt man  na in de  ser    
B
              
 na, pa  tres ves  tri man  du  ca  ve runt
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S             
pa  tres ves  tri man  du  ca  verunt man  na in de ser  to
              
A      
 to, in de  ser    to, man  du ca ve  runt man na in de 

T                
    
 to, man  du ca  ve runt

 na in de  ser  to,  de  ser 
  
man in
           
         
man  na de  ser     ser 
B

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in to, in de

 
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S  
         
mor  tu  i est pa  nis de

   
et sunt. Hic
      
A      
 ser  to

et mor   tu  i sunt. Hic est pa 

T                  
   to, et  mor  tu  i sunt
 
          

 tu  i
B

     
to, et mor sunt.


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   
S      
                    
coe lo de scen dens,

A         
 nis de coe   lo de  scen  dens, de coe 
      
T     

  
Hic est pa  nis de coe  lis de 
         
B       
est pa  nis de coe   lo
  
Hic

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S      

est pa  nis de    scen  dens:
 
    #            
hic coe lo de si
    
§
A      
 lo de  scen  dens de coe   lo de  scen  dens: si quis ex
 
T                
 

 scen  dens,de coe  lo de  scen dens
       
         
  
     si quis ex ip  so, man
B
de scen dens, de coe lo de scen dens:
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        
   
 so man du  ca  ve rit non mo ri  e    tur
S

        
quis ex ip
      
A      
 ip  so man  du  ca  ve  rit non mo  ri 
T           
    
 
si quis ex ip  so, si quis ex ip  so, man  du 
     
       

   
B

 
du ca ve rit si

                  
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S  
     so, man   du  ca  ve  rit non mo  ri  e 
       
si quis ex ip
       
A   
  e    tur, si quis ex ip  so, man  du  ca  ve  rit

T                    
 ca  ve  rit
 
 so, mandu  ca  ve rit nonmo  ri 

si quis ex ip

B
               
quis ex ip  so mandu  ca  ve  rit

non

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S            
  ri  e  tur, non mo  ri  
     
tur, non mo
           
A  
 non mo ri  e  tur, non mo ri  e   
          
T           
    e   tur, non mo  ri  e  tur, non
               
B   
mo  ri  e  non mo ri   
  
tur, e tur,

     
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S        

e        
 
tur.
          
A 
 tur, non mo  ri  e  tur, non mo  ri  e  
tur.

T      
           
 mo  ri 

  e    tur, non mo  ri  e  
tur.
         
     
  
non mo  ri  e  tur, non mo  ri   e 
B
tur.
I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate manna in the desert, but they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven;
he who eats of this bread will not die. (John 6: 48-50)