The Seven Last Words of Christ (disambiguation)
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The Seven Last Words of Christ may refer to
The seven short phrases uttered by Jesus from the cross, as gathered from the four Christian Gospels
Or it may refer to one of the settings of these words by classical and contemporary composers, which include:
- Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (SWV 478, 1645) by Heinrich Schütz
- Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (1787) by Joseph Haydn
- The Seven Last Words of Our Savior, an oratorio (1838) by Saverio Mercadante
- The Seven Last Words of Christ (on the Cross) (1859), by César Franck
- Les sept paroles du Christ (1867) by Théodore Dubois
- Sieben Worte for cello, bayan, and strings (1982) by Sofia Gubaidulina
- Seven Last Words from the Cross cantata for choir and strings, (1993) by James MacMillan
- Die sieben letzten Worte Jesu am Kreuz, for Organ (1996), by Ruth Zechlin