Ave Maria

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,
[nobis]3 peccatoribus
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.

[Ave Maria]4.

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¹ omitted by Guarnieri, Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos
² not set by Gounod, Rossini.
³ omitted by Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos
⁴ Cherubini, Guarnieri, Mompou, Nepomuceno, Rossini, Villa-Lobos: "Amen"
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"

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). [womens chorus, organ and woodwind orchestra], orchestrated 1859.
by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) , "Ave Maria", WAB. 6 (1861), published 1887 [SAATTBB chorus a cappella], Vienna, Emil Wetzler
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
by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) , "Ave Maria", WAB. 5 (1856), published 1893 [soprano, alto, chorus, organ, and cello], Innsbruck: Johann Gross
by Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) , "Ave Maria (Offertorium)" [soprano, clarinet and piano]
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 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
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 Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993) , "Ave Maria", 1973. [voice and organ or piano]
by Maia de Carvalho Najla Jabor (1915-2001) , "Ave Maria" [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: Casa Viúva Guerreiro
by Amélia de Mesquita (1866-1954) , "Ave Maria", op. 24. [voice and piano]
by Federico Mompou (1893-1987) , "Ave Maria" [choral]
by Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920) , "Ave Maria", 1911 [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: Arthur Napoleão
by Henrique José Pedro Maria Carlos Luis Oswald (1852-1931) , "Ave Maria", 1872. [voice and piano]
by Antônio Sá Pereira (1888-1966) , "Ave Maria" [voice and piano]
by María Teresa Prieto (1910-1982) , "Ave Maria" [voice and piano or organ]
by Antônio de Assis Republicano (1897-1960) , "Ave Maria" [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: Casa Oliveira
by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) , "Un rien (pour album)", line 1 [voice and piano], from the collection Péchés de vieillesse, Vol XIV: Altri Péchés de vieillesse, no. 9.
by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) , "Ave Maria" [chorus and organ], from the collection 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 Glauco Velasquez (1883-1914) , "Ave Maria (1a.)", op. 5 (1908), published 1918 [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: Vieira Machado
by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) , "Ave Maria", published 1998 [medium voice and piano or organ or string quartet], Rio de Janeiro: Editora Arthur Napoleão Ltda
by Edmundo Villani-Côrtes (1930-) , "Ave Maria", 1996.
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 Solon Verrett (1912-1992) , "Ave Maria (Méditation)" [medium voice and piano]
by Solon Verrett (1912-1992) , "Ave Maria (Prière)" [medium voice and piano]
by Fructuoso de Lima Vianna (1896-1976) , "Ave Maria", 1966. [voice and piano]

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

by Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948) , "Ave Maria", c1896. [voice and piano]

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Ave Maria

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.

Authorship

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria"

a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria" DUT ITA FRE SPA

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

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.