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The Hail Mary (Latin: Ave Maria) or Angelical salutation [1] [2] is a traditional Catholic prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke : the Angel Gabriel 's visit to Mary (the Annunciation ) and Mary's subsequent visit to Elisabeth , the mother of John the Baptist ...
Ave maris stella in a 14th-century antiphonary " Ave maris stella " ( Latin for 'Hail, star of the sea') is a medieval Marian hymn , usually sung at Vespers . It was especially popular in the Middle Ages and has been used by many composers, as the basis of other compositions.
Later versions included a variant of "We who are about to die", and this translation is sometimes aided by changing the Latin to nos morituri te salutamus. Ave Maria: Hail, Mary: Roman Catholic prayer of intercession asking St. Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ to pray for the petitioner ave mater Angliae: Hail, Mother of England: Motto of ...
The opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, namely "Ave Maria" (Latin for "Hail Mary"), may have led to the idea of adapting Schubert's melody as a setting for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer, "Ave Maria". The Latin version of the "Ave Maria" is now so frequently used with Schubert's melody that it has led to the ...
The plainsong hymn Ave Maris Stella ("Hail, Star of the Sea") dates from about the 8th century. Paschasius Radbertus in the 9th century has an allegorical explanation of the name, writing that Mary is the "Star of the Sea" to be followed on the way to Christ, "lest we capsize amid the storm-tossed waves of the sea."
English translation O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger! O blessed virgin, whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! In the original responsorial chant, the first line of Ave Maria is also included: "Ave Maria, gratia plena, dominus tecum".
Ave Maria is a 1964 motet by Franz Biebl, composed for double choir, a large four-part choir and a three-part choir which can be performed by soloists.It is a setting of part of the Latin liturgical Angelus prayer, which contains the Ave Maria (Hail Mary) as a refrain.
Ave Maria (Hail Mary), [1] WAB 6, is a sacred motet by Anton Bruckner, a setting of the Latin prayer Ave Maria. He composed it in Linz in 1861 and scored the short work in F major for seven unaccompanied voices. The piece, sometimes named an Offertorium, was published in Vienna in 1867.