Ave Maria for Satb Choir: Choral Octavo [Latin]

by Josquin des and Prez

Ave Maria...virgo serena for four voices is arguably the best known of Josquin's motets. Since it appeared in the Venetian publisher Petrucci's first published collection of polyphonic motets, where it had pride of place, this composition attained a popularity that it has retained to the present day. Quoting the first few lines and the opening melody of a Gregorian chant sequence as a prelude, the composer freely sets a rhymed poem of five stanzas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: B0C95GWF4S
• ISBN13: 9790300766744
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.