Gabriel Angelus locutus est Mariae
Gabriel Angelus…Ave is the Magnificat antiphon at Vespers of the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25).
For Gabriel the Archangel's Vespers (March 24) the Liber Usualis gives the different antiphon Gabrielis Angelus…Ecce concipies in utero for the 4th Psalm.
See also Gabriel Angelus apparuit Zachariae.
Settings by composers
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio SSATB+organ (a much longer text)
- Francisco Guerrero SSSA (adds variant 1)
- Luca Marenzio SATB
- Tiburtio Massaino SATB.SATB (adds variant 2)
- Johannes Ockeghem
- Cipriano de Rore
- Ludwig Senfl a 5
- Pierrequin de Therache
- Philippe Verdelot a 4
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Elzear Genet — Gabriel angelus
- Christoph Straus — Gabriel Angelus a 9
Text and translations
Latin text Gabriel [Arch}angelus locutus est Mariae dicens: |
English translation The [arch]angel Gabriel spoke to Mary, saying: |
German translation Der Engel Gabriel sprach zu Maria, indem er sagte: |
Variant 1, the 2nd a pars of Guerrero's motet
Gabriel archangele veni in adjutorio populo Dei, |
Variant 1
Archangel Gabriel, come in aid for the people of God, |