Ave Maria - Oostenbrug, Wytze

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"The Ave Maria, also called salutatio angelica in Latin, is both an antiphon and one of the most widespread Marian prayers of the Western Catholic Church. The liturgical use of the first part of the Ave Maria dates from the 4th century. A 4th century papyrus found in Egypt in 1917 by the English scholar James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) contains the text of the invocation Sub tuum praesidium, the primitive core of the Ave Maria. This document is called Papyrus Rylands 470 and is kept in the John Rylands University Library in Manchester. The text is the primitive adaptation of the prayer to the Virgin, which will spread from Egypt through the two successive formulas: the eastern (Byzantine-Ambrosian) and the western (Alexandro-Roman)."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Antiphons

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – F5

♩ Tempo andantino (80)

◷ Duration ~2 min

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 40

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 64711

Editor Wytze Oostenbrug

Posted 2021-06-09

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

SOPRANO

C4 – F5

ALTO

A-3 – C5

TENOR

E3 – G4

BASS

G2 – C4