Ave Maria (SATB) by Johann Joseph Fux
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Just discovered this new choral gem on CPDL from James Gibb, ed. The only video recording available is this lovely orchestration:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRIWV-CsCUA
    Ave_Maria,_K151_Fux.pdf
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  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    Julie,

    Thank you.

    I've downloaded it. I don't choose the music for my parish, but I've been known to make suggestions from time to time.

    God bless,

    Chris
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  • ghmus7
    Posts: 1,483
    Yes, very nice.
    Trouble is:
    Where do you program Marian pieces on Sundays? There are only a few Marian feasts through the year, and what, one or two on a Sunday? I have a rector that does not want Marian music unless the readings call for it.
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,193
    ghmus7: In the score, this is stated as being the Offertorium for the Fourth Sunday of Advent. What better time could there be to sing this Ave Maria? I know of it being sung on Immactulate Conception. In Freiburg, Germany, I head the Bruckner 7-part Ave Maria sung at Communion of the Feast of the Assumption a number of years ago.

    I'm more interested in the cantus firmus melody in the soprano line, as it seems possible that it is derived from some chant that I'm not familiar with.

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