Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum. [Benedicta]1 tu in mulieribus, Et benedictus [fructus ventris]2 [tui]3 Jesus. Sancta [Maria, Mater Dei]4, Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. [Ave Maria]5.
G. Rossini sets line 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Holst sets lines 1-6, 9
J. Ockeghem sets stanza 1
Josquin des Prez sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
Josquin des Prez sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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View original text (without footnotes)See also Geert Cuypers's very informative Ave Maria Songs website.
Note: used as the basis for an acrostic in Marchetto da Padova's Ave Regina Celorum / Mater innocentie
1 Móry: "Oh Maria benedicta"2 Guarnieri, Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos: "fructus"
3 Krenn: "tuis"
4 Gounod, Holst, Móry, Rossini: "Maria"
5 Cherubini, Cserny, Guarnieri, Holst, Jackson, Krenn, Kuula, Massenet, Mompou, Móry, Nepomuceno, Pejačević, Rheinberger, Rossini, Simon, Vermeulen, Vermin, Villa-Lobos: "Amen"; Jakobey: "Amen. Ave Maria."
Text Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria", Luke 1, 28 & 42; Breviarium Romanum (1568)
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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"
- FRE French (Français) (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Dios te salve Maria"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
Ave Maria, piena di grazia, il Signor è con te! Sii benedetta in fra le donne, e benedetto il fruto sia del ventre tuo, Gesù! Prega per noi, che abbiam peccato, Santa Maria, Madre di Dio, ora e nell'ora della nostra morte! Amen!
Composition:
- Set to music by Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950), 1948 [ 3 voices, piano ], note: a reworking of the Ave Maria trio from La Tilda, from 1892
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Angelo Zanardini (1820 - 1893)
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria", Luke 1, 28 & 42; Breviarium Romanum (1568)
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Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-22
Line count: 10
Word count: 43