The musical settings of this prayer are too numerous to mention, and to refer specifically to one composer's work as 'the Ave Maria' tends to lend the impression that only they have set it, or even that they (or their librettist) wrote the prayer itself. Although the prayer is thought of as quintessentially Roman, it does in fact get some limited use in other traditions. The prayer forms part of longer meditations such as Angelus Domini and the Rosary, as well as being used as a general-purpose prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic church. The usual English text is:Īnd blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. That's as I learned it by heart at secondary school. The 'Hail Mary' prayer is itself the chief Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary, the mother of the Christian God. The evident Mariolatry of the second part is coherent with this later dating, and the spelling 'Jesu' rather than 'Iesu' is late, too. The version written by Franz Schubert is widely sung at Catholic masses and other Christian religious ceremonies: and its text is a literal translation into Latin of the famous 'Hail Mary' prayer.
The text is medieval, although the first portion, down to '.ventris tui, Jesu.' is very early, while the latter portion is later. 'Ave Maria' is the Latin prayer commonly translated into English as ' Hail Mary'. These lyrics are from the Schubert version, which I find to be the best-known and most recognizable Ave. The Ave has been put to music by a number of composers, including Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Mozart, Charles Gounod, Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, and Sergei Rachmaninov, to name some of the most notable.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae, Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with Thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Ave Maria - Hail Mary - Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayer for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Agnus Dei - Lamb of God - Agnus Dei, quitollis peccata mundi: miserere. Actus Contritionis - Act of Contrition - Deus meus, ex toto corde poenitet me omnium.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. A line by line translation (as nearly as I can figure it): Latin / Transliteration A A Ave Maria (The Hail Mary) Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.