Ave Maria, gratia plena (Adrian Willaert)

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• (Posted 2018-11-04)  CPDL #51691:   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-04).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source are available on IMSLP. I consulted the Moderne print but primarily set this from a 1545 Gardano print, with more clear text setting.

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Title: Ave Maria, gratia plena
Composer: Adrian Willaert
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1532 in Motetti del fiore, liber primus (Moderne press, Lyon)
    2nd published: 1539 in Musica quatuor vocum quae vulgo motecta nuncupatur liber primus, no. 1

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Latin text

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum;
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Regina coeli,
dulcis et pia, o Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
ut cum electis te videamus.