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Ave, maris stella, Dei mater alma, Atque semper virgo, Felix coeli porta. Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen. Solve vincula reis: Profer lumen caecis, Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce. Monstra te esse matrem: sumat per te preces, qui pro nobis natus, tulit esse tuus. Virgo singularis, inter omnes mitis, nos culpis solutos, mites fac et castos. Vitam praesta puram, Iter para tuum, Ut, videntes Iesum, Semper collaetemur. Sit laus Deo Patri, Summo Christo decus, Spiritui sancto; Tribus honor unus.
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• L. Bárdos • E. Grieg • Josquin des Prez • T. Kverno • P. Nørgård • J. VajdaE. Grieg sets stanzas 1, 3, 6-7
P. Nørgård sets stanza 1
Text Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from the Catholic liturgy [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Lajos Bárdos (1899 - 1986), "Ave maris stella" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ave, maris stella", EG 150 (1893), published 1893, stanzas 1,3,6-7 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Ave, maris stella " [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521) and by Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Ave, maris stella" [ chorus ], stanzas 1-3 are by Dufay, for three-part chorus ; stanzas 4-7 are by Josquin for four-part chorus [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Trond Kverno (b. 1945), "Ave maris stella", published 1976 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Per Nørgård (b. 1932), "Ave Maris Stella", B140 no. 2a (1972-1975), copyright © 1980, stanza 1 [ chorus and orchestra ], from symphony Symfoni nr.3, no. 2a, Copenhagen [etc.] : Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by János Vajda (b. 1949), "Ave maris stella", published 1980 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915) , "Ave Maris Stella", subtitle: "Gammel latinsk Psalme", appears in Gjennem farvet Glas, first published 1894 [an adaptation] ; composed by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller.
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899) , "Ave maris stella" ; composed by Herman Roelstrate.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Wees gegroet, sterre der zee", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Hail, star of the sea", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 86
Je te salue, étoile de la mer, Mère nourricière de Dieu, Et pourtant toujours vierge, Porte fortunée du ciel. Recevant ce salut de la bouche de l'ange Gabriel, Établis-nous dans la paix En changeant le nom d'Ève. Brise les fers des coupables, Rends la lumière aux aveugles, Chasse de nous les maux, Obtiens-nous tous les biens. Montre-toi notre mère : Que par toi il reçoive nos prières, Celui qui né pour nous, A voulu être ton fils. Vierge incomparable, Douce entre toutes, Délivrés de nos fautes Rends-nous indulgents et chastes. Obtiens-nous une vie pure, Un chemin semblable au tien, Afin que, contemplant Jésus, Ensemble nous nous réjouissions éternellement. Loué soit Dieu le père, Gloire au Christ au plus haut, Au Saint Esprit ; Honneur égal aux trois.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from the Catholic liturgy
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-08
Line count: 28
Word count: 125