Ave Maria (Robert Parsons)

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• (Posted 2019-07-19)  CPDL #54833:     

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2019-07-19).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 275 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: Edited from the surviving sixteenth-century sources at the original pitch. Note values halved. A critical commentary is appended to the score.

• (Posted 2019-07-19)  CPDL #54831:     

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2019-07-19).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 279 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third for SAATB.

• (Posted 2018-11-22)  CPDL #52329:   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 88 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2016-08-28)  CPDL #40930:   

Editor: Tanmoy Laskar (submitted 2016-08-28).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 1.27 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

• CPDL #20312:     

Editor: Sjouke Bruining (submitted 2009-10-09).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 336 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

• CPDL #03801: 

Editor: George Steel (submitted 2002-07-07).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: part of the Robert Parsons Project. Transposed up a minor third from the original, note values halved.

• CPDL #00334:       

Editor: Rick Wheeler (submitted 1999-07-27).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 119 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a major third from the original, note values halved, and arranged for SAATBB (original is 5-parts, Mean, 2 Countertenors, Tenor, and Bass).

Training aids:   Soprano:    Alto 1:    Alto 2:    Tenor:    Bass1:    Bass2:  

Contributor: Helene Morleghem (submitted 2015-03-05).   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: based on CPDL #00334.

General Information

Title: Ave Maria
Composer: Robert Parsons

Number of voices: 5vv or 6vv   Voicings: ATTBB, SAATB or SAATBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1580 in Dow Partbooks, no. 48

Description:

External websites:

• 1973 performance on YouTube (Guildford Cathedral Choir) - Barry Rose

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ave Maria. N.B. Parsons' setting utilises the shorter version of the text that was prevalent prior to the additional words (Sancta Maria etc./Holy Mary etc.) appended by St Petrus Canisius in the catechism instigated by the Council of Trent in 1566.