Ave Maria gratia plena
Language: Latin
Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Et benedictus fructus [ventris]1 tui Jesus. Sancta Maria, [Mater Dei]2, Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. [Ave Maria]3.
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.
1 omitted by Guarnieri, Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos
2 not set by Gounod, Holst, Rossini.
3 Cherubini, Cserny, Guarnieri, Holst, Jackson, Massenet, Mompou, Nepomuceno, Pejačević, Rheinberger, Rossini, Simon, Vermeulen, Villa-Lobos: "Amen"; Jakobey: "Amen. Ave Maria."
Note: used as the basis for an acrostic in Marchetto da Padova's Ave Regina Celorum / Mater innocentie
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria", Luke 1, 28 & 42; Breviarium Romanum (1568) [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 Jehan Ariste Alain (1911 - 1940), "Vocalise dorienne", subtitle: "Ave Maria", AWV.93, JA.95 [ voice and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Ave Maria gratia plena", op. 7, published 1865 [ soprano and piano? ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937), "Ave Maria", published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], Édition Eugène Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Ave Maria", op. 12 (1855), orchestrated 1859 [ women's chorus, organ, and woodwinds ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Ave Maria", WAB. 6 (1861), published 1887 [ SAATTBB chorus a cappella ], Vienna, Emil Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Ave Maria", WAB. 7 (1882), published 1927 [ alto, piano, and organ or harmonium ], Augsburg and Vienna: Anton Böhm & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Ave Maria", WAB. 5 (1856), published 1893 [ soprano, alto, chorus, organ, and cello ], Innsbruck: Johann Gross [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline Canissa-Fischer , "Ave Maria gratia plena", published 1886 [ soprano and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842), "Ave Maria (Offertorium)" [ soprano, clarinet and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Comellas , "Ave Maria", op. 14, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andras Cserny (b. 1990), "Ave Maria", op. 4 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882 - 1943), "Ave Maria" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "Ave Maria" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Dufresne (1822 - 1863), "Ave Maria" [ medium voice and piano ], from Les soirées d'automne, douze mélodies, no. 12, Paris, Éditions E. Heu [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971), "Ave Maria", op. 9 no. 3 [ chorus ], from Quatre Motets, no. 3, motet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Ave Maria", op. 43 (Drei Gesänge für dreistimmige Frauenchor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Ave Maria", op. 67 no. 2 (1894-1895) [ voice and piano or organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "Ave Maria (Chant religieux)", published 1893? [ high voice and piano or organ ], from Vingt mélodies, 1ère volume, no. 19, Paris, Colombier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Ave Maria" [ high voice and piano ], note: melody adapted from the first Prelude of J. S. Bach; See הודייה for a non-sectarian Hebrew text that can be sung to this melody [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907 - 1993), "Ave Maria", 1973 [ voice and organ or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard de Guide (1909 - 1962), "Ave Maria", op. 14 no. 1 (1940) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Ave Maria", op. 9b, H. 49, lines 1-6,9 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maia de Carvalho Najla Jabor (1915 - 2001), "Ave Maria" [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: Casa Viúva Guerreiro [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962), "Ave Maria", first performed 2004 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Márton Jakobey (b. 1976), "Ave Maria" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ave Maria", op. 141 (Vier Gesänge für drei Männerstimmen (Solostimmen oder Chor)) no. 4, published 1870 [ 2 tenors, 1 bass a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Lefebvre (1843 - 1917), "Ave Maria", published [1900] [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt Mélodies en trois volumes, no. 3, Paris, Éd. A. Noël [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alonso Lobo (c1555 - 1617), "Ave Maria" [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arthur Vincent Lourié (1891 - 1966), "Ave Maria", 1915-17 [ voice and piano ], from Corona carminum sacrorum, no. 1, Москва ( Moscow), Государственное музыкальное издательство (Gosudarstvennoe muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo ) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Ave Maria" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Ave Maria", from Drei Kirchenmusiken, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Amélia de Mesquita (1866 - 1954), "Ave Maria", op. 24 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Mompou i Dencausse (1893 - 1987), "Ave Maria" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920), "Ave Maria", 1911 [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: Arthur Napoleão [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Laura Constance Netzel (1839 - 1927), "Ave Maria", op. 41, copyright © 1894 [ voice and organ or piano ], Warmuth, Christiania, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Ockeghem (1410?25 - 1497), "Ave Maria gratia plena", stanza 1 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henrique José Pedro Maria Carlos Luis Oswald (1852 - 1931), "Ave Maria", 1872 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Ave Maria", op. 16 [ voice, violin, and organ or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antônio Sá Pereira (1888 - 1966), "Ave Maria" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Ave Maria" [ medium voice and piano or organ ], Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by María Teresa Prieto (1910 - 1982), "Ave Maria" [ voice and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Radecke (1829 - 1893), "Ave Maria", op. 10 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antônio de Assis Republicano (1897 - 1960), "Ave Maria" [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: Casa Oliveira [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Ave Maria", op. 157 no. 6 (1888) [ low voice and organ or piano ], from Sechs religiöse Gesänge, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Ave Maria" [ chorus and organ ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol III: Morceaux réservés, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Un rien (pour album)", line 1 [ voice and piano ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol XIV: Altri Péchés de vieillesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Andrew Schneider (b. 1991), "Ave Maria", 2021, copyright © 2021, first performed 2021 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878 - 1934), "Ave Maria", 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus der Reifezeit, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878 - 1934), "Ave Maria", 1909, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus der Reifezeit, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Schweizer (1868 - 1906), "Ave Maria", op. 8 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "Ave Maria", op. 14 no. 3, from Vingt mélodies (Двадцать мелодий), no. 13, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Glauco Velasquez (1883 - 1914), "Ave Maria (1a.)", op. 5 (1908), published 1918 [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: Vieira Machado [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967), "De l'aube", 1941, first performed 1964 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Salutations à Notre-Dame, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967), "De midi", 1941, first performed 1964 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Salutations à Notre-Dame, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967), "Du soir", 1941, first performed 1964 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Salutations à Notre-Dame, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Solon Verrett (1912 - 1992), "Ave Maria (Méditation)" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Solon Verrett (1912 - 1992), "Ave Maria (Prière)" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fructuoso de Lima Vianna (1896 - 1976), "Ave Maria", 1966 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959), "Ave Maria", W. 058, published 1998 [ medium voice and piano or organ or string quartet ], Rio de Janeiro: Editora Arthur Napoleão Ltda [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmundo Villani-Côrtes (b. 1930), "Ave Maria", 1996 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joel Weiss , "Ave Maria ", 1995 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Ave Maria", published 1876 [ voice and piano (or, later, organ) ], Paris: Choudens (and later, Paris: Heugel & Cie., 1876 ; London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co, 1881 and 1883) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Ave Maria", op. 24 [ mezzo-soprano, harp, and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Ave Maria", op. 59 [ voice, organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Ave Maria", op. 22 no. 6 [ high voice and piano ], from Quarante mélodies, no. 12, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "O bone et dulcis Domine Jesus" [ chorus ], motet
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Pater noster / Ave Maria" [ chorus ]
Set in a modified version by Josquin des Prez.
Set in a modified version by Jean Mouton.
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by S. Puhtila ; composed by Toivo Kuula.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Gounod.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Je vous salue Marie" ; composed by René-Emmanuel Baton, as Rhené-Baton, François Berthet, Pierre de Bréville, Edmond Brun, Henri-Paul Büsser, André Caplet, René d'Avezac de Castéra, Louis August Edmond Hendrik de Meester, Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Alfredo Catalani.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Domenico Capellina (1819 - 1858) [an adaptation] ; composed by Pietro Mascagni.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Angelo Zanardini (1820 - 1893) ; composed by Francesco Cilea.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) ; composed by Anton Yulyevich Simon.
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- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Carlos López Buchardo.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Laura Constance Netzel.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Nestor Ostapovych Nyzhankivsky.
Other 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"
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Dios te salve Maria"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 32