Ave, Regina coelorum | Ave, Regina coelorum

Ave, Regina coelorum

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Ave, Regina coelorum,
Ave, Domina Angelorum:
Salve radix, salve porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:
Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa!
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Ave, Regina coelorum", op. 140 (Fünf Hymnen) no. 4 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Ave, Regina coelorum", op. 60 no. 2 (1917), published 1918 [ TTBarB chorus and organ ], from Five Motets with Accompaniment, no. 2, Paris: Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Ave, Regina", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für Sopran, Klarinette und Gitarre) no. 3 (1925) [sung text checked 1 time]

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by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Alma redemptoris mater / Ave regina caelorum" [ four-part chorus ], note: the top & bottom voices sing Alma redemptoris, the middle 2 voices sing Ave regina

Set in a modified version by Guillaume Dufay.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 31