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Ave Maria gratia plena
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  FRE
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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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."

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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

Language: French (Français)  after the Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
Je vous salue Marie, pleine de grâce.
Le Seigneur est avec vous.
Vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles, est béni.

Sainte Marie,
Mère de Dieu, 
priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant et à l'heure de notre mort.

Ainsi soit-il.
Note: this is the official translation from Latin to French by the Roman Catholic Church

Composition:

    Set to music by André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "Salutation angélique", 1914-7, published 1918 [ voice and piano (or harp and string quartet) ], from Les prières, no. 2, Paris: Durand & Cie., 1918 Au nom du Père,

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

  • ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-05-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 47