Ave sanctissima Maria

Notes on selected settings

Paolo Animuccia AATB (Variant 2) Cornelius Canis SATTB (Variant 2) Andrea Gabrieli SATTB or ATTTB (Variant 2) Carlo Gesualdo SSATTB (Variant 2)

Heinrich Isaac SATB (Variant 1) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger S (Variant 2) Philippe Verdelot SAATTB (Variant 1)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Felice Anerio — Ave Sanctissima Maria  Latin SATB.SATB
• Paolo Animuccia — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin ATTB
• Cornelius Canis — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin SATTB
• Gasparo Costa — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin SSATB
• Ioannes Domin — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin SATTB
• Andrea Gabrieli — Ave Sanctissima Maria a 5  Latin SATTB,ATTTB
• Carlo Gesualdo — Ave sanctissima  Latin SSATTB
• Heinrich Isaac — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin S
• Jakob Reiner — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin SSATBB
• Claudin de Sermisy — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin ATB
• Ivo de Vento — Ave sanctissima Maria  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Ave sanctissima Maria, mater Dei, regina caeli, porta paradisi, domina mundi. Pura singularis tu es virgo. Tu concepisti/concepta Jesum sine peccato. Tu peperisti creatorem et salvatorem mundi in quo [ego] non dubito. Variant 1 Ora pro nobis Jesum Tuum dilectum filium, et libera nos ab omnibus malis. Variant 2 Libera nos/me ab omni malo et ora pro peccatis nostris/meis.

English translation Hail most holy Mary, mother of God, queen of heaven, gate of paradise, ruler of the world. You are a uniquely pure virgin. You conceived Jesus without sin. You bore the creator and saviour of the world in whom I do not doubt. Variant 1 Pray for us to Jesus, your beloved son, and free us from all evil. Variant 2 Free us/me from every evil and pray for us sinners/me a sinner.