Ave Maria…virgo serena (Josquin Desprez)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 hymn
Composition Year 1484/85
Genre Categories Ave Maria; Hymns; Sacred hymns; Religious works; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; Latin language; For treble, alto, tenor, bass instruments (arr); Scores with open instrumentation; For 4 players

Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Complete Score
#312795 - 0.59MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2089×⇩ - Vangi

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Vangi (2014/1/21)

Editor Charles Bordes (1863-1909)
Publisher. Info. Anthologie des maîtres religieux primitifs des XVe, XVIe & XVIIe siècles (No.20)
Paris: Schola Cantorum, 1896. Plates S. 20 G.
Reprinted 1951. Plate S. 20 P. - with a fraudulent copyright claim.
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 Complete Score
#492674 - 0.13MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1965×⇩ - Acciai, Giovanni

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Acciai, Giovanni (2017/9/12)

Editor Giovanni Acciai (b. 1946)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Acciai, 2017.
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 Complete Score
#415993 - 0.11MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4162×⇩ - Agarvin

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 Complete Parts
#415994 - 0.70MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 726×⇩ - Agarvin

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 Engraving files (Lilypond)
#415995 - 0.02MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 452×⇩ - Agarvin

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Agarvin (2016/3/20)

Editor Allen Garvin
Publisher. Info. Dallas: Hawthorne Early Music, 2016.
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 Complete Score
#444274 - 0.29MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 943×⇩ - Vangi

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Vangi (2016/10/21)

Editor Daniel Van Gilst
Publisher. Info. Daniel Van Gilst (2016)
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Misc. Notes Layout optimized for digital tablets - Source : #Ms - ca. 1485
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 Complete Score
#129920 - 0.14MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 17469×⇩ - editor

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Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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 Complete Score
#499533 - 0.17MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 231×⇩ - GJC

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GJC (2017/11/6)

Editor Gordon Callon (b. 1945)
Publisher. Info. Gordon Callon
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Misc. Notes From GB-Lcm MS 1070, fol. 31v–33r
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Treble, Alto, Tenor, Bass instruments

 Complete Score
#20932 - 0.10MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4239×⇩ - rem

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⇒ 4 more: Soprano • Alto • Tenor • Bass

 Soprano
#20933 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1103×⇩ - rem

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 Alto
#20934 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 480×⇩ - rem

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 Tenor
#20935 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 435×⇩ - rem

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 Bass
#20936 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 467×⇩ - rem

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rem (2008/8/15)

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Misc. Notes Does not contain lyrics; cannot be used by singers!
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General Information

Work Title Ave Maria, gratia plena… Virgo serena
Alternative. Title
Composer Josquin Desprez
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. NJE 23.6
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJ 7
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 hymn
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1484/85
First Publication. 1502 in Motetti A (Petrucci press, Venice), no.2
Language Latin
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation 4 voices or mixed chorus (SATB)

Misc. Comments

  • The popularity of this piece is attested by the fact it survives in more than 20 manuscripts in the late 15th and early 16th century (and two prints, including being the opening piece in Petrucci's first print of motets in 1502).

Partial list of concordances:

  • CZ-HKm MS II A 7
  • D-B MS Mus. 40021
  • D-LEu MS 1494
  • D-Mbs Mus. MS 3154
  • E-Bbc MS 454
  • E-Boc MS 5
  • E-SE Ms. s. s.
  • I-Fn MS II.I.232
  • I-Mfd MS 2266
  • V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 42
  • I-VEaf 218
  • PL-Wu 2016
  • RISM 1502¹ Motetti A
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