Ave Maris Stella
At a glance
- Voicing
- SSAATTBB
- Language of the text
- Latin
- Key
- G major
- Genre
- Sacred
- Season
- Marian
- Series
- Choir
- Available voices
- Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto I, Alto II, Tenor I, Tenor II, Bass I, Bass II
- Score
- CPDL / ChoralWiki, Public domain licence
Notes on the piece
A Marian hymn from Vespers, by an unknown author and already widespread in the Middle Ages, set by Edvard Grieg for eight voices. The eight-part writing calls for careful listening between the parts.
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Text and translations
Original text · Latin
Ave maris stella,
Dei Mater alma,
Atque semper Virgo,
Felix caeli porta.
Sumens illud Ave
Gabrielis ore,
Funda nos in pace,
Mutans Hevae nomen.
Solve vincla reis,
Profer lumen caecis,
Mala nostra pelle,
Bona cuncta posce.
Monstra te esse matrem,
Sumat per te preces,
Qui pro nobis natus
Tulit esse tuus
Virgo singularis,
Inter omnes mitis,
Nos culpis solutos
Mites fac et castos.
Vitam praesta Puram,
Iter para tutum
Ut videntes Jesum,
Semper collaetemur.
Sit laus Deo Patri,
Summo Christo decus,
Spiritui sancto,
Tribus honor unus.
Source of the text: catholichymnus.com
Score
The source and licence of the score are acknowledged; the editions below are for cross-checking.
CPDL / ChoralWiki · Licence: Public domain
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