Ave Maria
Ave Maria (English Hail Mary) is the salutation given by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary at the Annunciation (Luke 1:28): Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum ("Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee"). To these words many additions have been made, both as prayers addressed to the Blessed Virgin (such as that prayed in The Rosary) and as musical texts. The Church Slavonic equivalent is known as Богородице Дево, радуйся (translit. Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya) which translates as "Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos" ("Theotokos" being Mother of God).
The traditional Catholic prayer continues with Elizabeth's greeting to her cousin Mary (Luke 1:42): Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui ("Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb"); and the name (Jesus) given to Mary's child. It concludes with words adopted by the Council of Trent: Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen ("Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen"). Other texts which include Elizabeth's greeting alter this formula to varying degrees.
Some texts follow the salutation of Gabriel with Virgo serena ("serene Virgin") and depart from there, often referring to the several aspects of Mary's presence in the Bible.
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- Oreste Ravanello — Latin SSA
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- Licinio Refice — Latin SATB
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- Josef Rheinberger — Latin TTBB
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- Kathryn Rose — Latin SATB
- Gioachino Rossini — Latin SATB
- Ludwig Rotter — Latin SATB
- Eduard Rottmanner — Latin SATB
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- Oscar Santos — Latin SATB
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- Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský — Latin SATB
- Melchior Schramm — Latin SAATBB
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- Laurenz Weiss — Latin Solo Alto
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- Franz Xaver Witt — Latin TTBB
- Johann Wittassek — Latin SATB
- Joseph Gregor Zangl — Latin SATB
- Michele Zanoni — Latin SATB
- Gioseffo Zarlino — Latin SATTTBB
- Vlad Zoborovski — Latin SATB, TTBB
- Peter Josef Zwyssig — Latin SATB
Latin texts and translations
Luke 1:28, 42
 Latin textHave gratia plena, Dominus tecum; |
 English translationHail, thou that art highly favoured, |
"Ave Maria … Benedicta tu"
Traditional Catholic prayer
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Latin text Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum;  Italian translationAve Maria, piena di grazia, il Signore è con Te;  Spanish translationDios te salve María, llena eres de gracia, el Señor es contigo,  Portuguese translationAve Maria, cheia de graça, o Senhor é convosco;  Chinese translation文言文:  Tagalog translationAba, Ginoong Maria,  Danish translationHil dig, Maria, fuld af nåde!  Hungarian translationÜdvözlégy Mária, kegyelemmel teljes,  Esperanto translationSaluton, Maria, gracoplena, |
English translation Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;  German translationGegrüßet seist du Maria, voll der Gnade, der Herr ist mit dir;  French translationJe vous salue, Marie pleine de grâces  Dutch translationWees gegroet, Maria, vol van genade, de Heer is met u.  Finnish translationTerve, Maria, armoitettu, Herra sinun kanssasi;  Polish translationZdrowaś Maryjo, łaski pełna, Pan z Tobą,  Slovak translationZdravas', Mária, milosti plná, Pán s tebou;  Korean translation은총이 가득하신 마리아님  Vietnamese translationKính mừng Maria, đầy ơn phúc, Đức Chúa Trời ở cùng Bà; |
Variant 1 (Aliseda, Des Prez, Dragoni, Guerrero, Palestrina, Phinot, Victoria)
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Latin text Ave Maria, gratia plena, |
English translation Hail Mary, full of grace, |
Variant 2 (Mouton)
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Latin text Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; |
English translation Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; |
"Ave Maria … Virgo serena"
Variant 1 (Des Prez)
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Latin text Ave Maria, Gratia plena, |
English translation Hail Mary, full of grace, |
Variant 2 (Mouton)
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Latin text Ave Maria, gratia plena, |
English translation Hail Mary, full of grace, |
"Ave Maria … totiens" (Hesdin)
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Latin text Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, |
Church Slavonic text and translations
 Church Slavonic textБогородице Дево, радуйся, |
English translation Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, German translationGottesgebärerin und Jungfrau, freue dich, |
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