Ave Maria gratia plena

Ave Maria gratia plena
Dominus tecum benedicta tu
in mulieribus et benedictus
fructus ventris tui Jesus.

Sancta Maria
[Mater Dei]1 ora pro nobis,
nobis peccatoribus
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.

[Ave Maria]2.

by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Ave Maria", op. 12 (1855), orchestrated 1859. [womens chorus, organ and woodwind orchestra]
by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) , "Ave Maria"
by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) , "Ave Maria", op. 9 no. 3 [motet], from Quatre Motets, no. 3.
by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "Ave Maria", 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
by Federico Mompou (1893-1987) , "Ave Maria" [choral]
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.
by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) , "Ave Maria" [chorus and organ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol III: Morceaux réservés, no. 4.
by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878-1934) , "Ave Maria", 1902.
by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878-1934) , "Ave Maria", 1909.
by Richard Schweizer (1868-1906) , "Ave Maria", op. 8 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1896. [voice and piano]
by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844-1937) , "Ave Maria", op. 24. [mezzo soprano, harp and organ]
by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844-1937) , "Ave Maria", op. 59. [voice, organ]

by Josquin des Prez (c1440-1521) , "Ave maria" [motet], from Vultum tuum deprecabuntur, no. 2.

by Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893) , "Ave Maria", 1871-2?

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