Ave Maria

Hail Mary

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSATB

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:
Oxford University Press — TCM 115 (1988)
ISBN 0-19-352216-0

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

Duration: 3:45
Lyrics:

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

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. Amen.

Notes: Actually SAATB. Unusual text. This is exactly the text of the Offertory chant for Advent IV. (Amen added.) Also useful for other occasions.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Dec 4, 2021 Last updated: Jan 23, 2022