Ave Maria, Virgo serena - Josquin (Saint Agnes, New York City)

Ave Maria, Virgo serena
Josquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521)
The Schola Cantorum of Saint Agnes - New York City
James D. Wetzel, Organist and Choirmaster
www.stagneschurchnyc.org
Recorded live at Saint Agnes during a Mass.
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum, Virgo serena.
Ave cujus conceptio,
solemni plena gaudio,
caelestia, terrestria,
nova replete laetitia.
Ave cujus nativitas
nostra fuit solemnitas:
ut lucifer lux oriens,
verum solem praeveniens.
Ave pia humilitas,
sine viro fecunditas,
cujus annuntiatio
nostra fuit salvatio.
Ave vera virginitas,
immaculata castitas,
cujus purificatio
nostra fuit purgatio.
Ave praeclara omnibus
angelicis virtutibus,
cujus fuit assumptio
nostra glorificatio.
O Mater Dei, memento mei.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you, serene Virgin.
Hail, whose Conception,
full of solemn joy,
in heaven, on earth
fills us with new joy.
Hail, whose Nativity
became our solemnity;
as the day-star light of dawn,
you precede the true sun.
Hail, gracious humility,
fecund without a man,
whose Annunciation
became our salvation.
Hail, true virginity,
immaculate chastity,
whose Purification
became our purgation.
Hail, brightest of all
angelic virtues,
whose Assumption
became our glorification.
O Mother of God, be mindful of me.
Amen.
Luke 1:28, with tropes

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I love the harmony!