Ave, Regina coelorum
Language: Latin
Ave, Regina coelorum, Ave, Domina Angelorum: Salve radix, salve porta, Ex qua mundo lux est orta: Gaude, Virgo gloriosa, Super omnes speciosa! Vale, o valde decora, Et pro nobis Christum exora.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Ave, Regina coelorum", op. 140 (Fünf Hymnen) no. 4 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Ave, Regina coelorum", op. 60 no. 2 (1917), published 1918 [ TTBarB chorus and organ ], from Five Motets with Accompaniment, no. 2, Paris: Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Ave, Regina", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für Sopran, Klarinette und Gitarre) no. 3 (1925) [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Alma redemptoris mater / Ave regina caelorum" [ four-part chorus ], note: the top & bottom voices sing Alma redemptoris, the middle 2 voices sing Ave regina
Set in a modified version by Guillaume Dufay.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Wees gegroet, Koningin der hemelen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Hail queen of heaven", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Salut, Reine", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 31