Ave Maria gratia plena
Dominus tecum. 
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, 
 ... 
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Nunc et in hora mortis nostri.
 ... 

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-3,5-7 of the original text.

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

Composition:

Set to music by Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891 - 1918), "Ave Maria", 1912, lines 1-3,5-7 [ mezzo-soprano solo, satb chorus, and string orchestra ]
    Score: Cardiff University Digital Special Collections [external link]

Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria", Luke 1, 28 & 42; Breviarium Romanum (1568)

See other settings of this text.

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 Stanfield 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 [Senior Associate Editor], Justin Miller [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41