Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Propers → Offertory Antiphon
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Proper of Saints → The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15)
Proper of Saints → The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8)
Proper of Saints → Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Ordinary Time
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Advent
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Christmas Time
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Easter Time

Publication Information:
Chester — JWC 8795 [CH08795] (1958)

Text Information:
Reference: Luke 1:28, Proper Offertory for Fourth Sunday of Advent

Lyrics:

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

English translation:
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee!
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.  Alleluia.

Notes: Actually SATBB. Not the typical Ave Maria text, but specifically the Proper Offertory for Fourth Sunday of Advent. Useful for other occasions as well.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Dec 4, 2021 Last updated: Dec 13, 2022