Pater noster / Ave Maria

Set by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Pater noster / Ave Maria" [ chorus ]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


Pater noster, Qui [es in cælis]1,
sanctificetur nomen Tuum;
[adveniat]2 regnum tuum;
fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in cælo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie;
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos [dimittimus]3 debitoribus nostris;
et ne [nos inducas]4 in tentationem;
sed libera nos a malo. Amen.

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1 Honkanen: "in cælis es"
2 Honkanen: "veniat"
3 Honkanen: "dimisimus"
4 Honkanen: "inducas nos"

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Ave Maria gratia plena
Dominus tecum. 
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, 
Et benedictus fructus [ventris]1 tui Jesus.
Sancta Maria, [Mater Dei]2,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
[Ave Maria]3.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • AFR Afrikaans (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Wees gegroet Maria"
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Wees gegroet, Maria"
  • ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Ave Maria"
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Dios te salve Maria"

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See also Geert Cuypers's very informative Ave Maria Songs website.

1 omitted by Guarnieri, Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos
2 not set by Gounod, Holst, Rossini.
3 Cherubini, Cserny, Guarnieri, Holst, Jackson, Massenet, Mompou, Nepomuceno, Pejačević, Rheinberger, Rossini, Simon, Vermeulen, Villa-Lobos: "Amen"; Jakobey: "Amen. Ave Maria."
Note: used as the basis for an acrostic in Marchetto da Padova's Ave Regina Celorum / Mater innocentie

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Sancta Maria, regina caeli
Dulcis et pia, o mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Ut cum electis te videamus.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: David Wyatt