Ave Maria (Loyset Compère)

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• (Posted 2018-06-20)  CPDL #50197:     

Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2018-06-20).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: original note values; a tone higher for mixed voices.

• (Posted 2018-06-22)  CPDL #50255:       

Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2018-06-22).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 94 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: original note values; a forth higher for mixed voices including 'necktie tenor'.

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: User:Mick Swithinbank helpfully pointed out a few errors: m 32 basso, 2nd note one step higher (text in Chigi is "intacta Dei genitrix"); m 36 superius last note one step higher; m 50 Chigi & Motteti A both have the same clash between T & S; m 58 altus last note and its tie one higher.

General Information

Title: Ave Maria
Composer: Loyset Compère
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript c.1497 in Cappella Sistina MS 15, no. 55
    Manuscript 1498 in Chigi codex, no. 18
First published: 1502 in Motetti A, no. 18
Description: Marian motet drawing on the opening of the …Virgo Serena sequence and the litany.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ave Maria#Ave Maria … Virgo serena.

Latin text

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum, Virgo serena.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
O Christe audi nos.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis ad Dominum.
O Christe audi nos.
Sancta Dei Genitrix, ora pro nobis ad Dominum.
O Christe audi nos.

Sancte Michael,
ora pro nobis ad Dominum.
O Christe audi nos.
Sancte Gabriel,
Sancte Raphael,
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli Dei,
orate pro nobis ad Dominum.
O Christe audi nos.
Sancte Francisce,
Sancte Ludovice,
Sancte Nicolae,
Sancte Augustine,
omnes sancti Confessores,
omnes sancti Martyres,
omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei,
orate pro nobis ad Dominum.
O Christe audi nos.

Beata es, Maria,
Virgo dulcis et pia,
candore vincis lilia,
et rosa sine spina,
Sanctorum melodia.
O Christe audi nos. Amen.