Where does the modern Ave Maria chant come from?

dmarsh13

There are two extensive research papers written on where the first part of the Ave Maria prayer and chant comes from, but I can find very little suggesting when/ where/ by whom the second half of the Ave Maria was set to music. Here are the two articles I found which have given some momentum if anyone else is interested in figuring this out as well:
A fairly recent one: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/plainsong-and-medieval-music/article/enhancing-the-ave-maria-in-the-ars-antiqua/5FF1E88E4B2D5A84CA7C624299B3D2A1
An older one: https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle/11244/5264/8423988.PDF?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

igneus

the second half of the Ave Maria

You mean the "Sancta Maria, mater Dei" part? Which is the oldest book you know contains it? I haven't seen it anywhere but in 20th century Solesmes books. And, to my (limited) knowledge, in this long form it hasn't ever been used in a liturgical function (as a Divine Office antiphon or in the rituale), but merely as a devotional chant, which would seem to somewhat support the "Solesmes hypothesis".

Richard Mix

"Sancta Maria, mater Dei" seems to go back the the 16c. (and I just noticed the full articles are attached to dmarsh13's post). The pre-tridentine settings at CPDL mostly have "Sancta Maria, Regina coeli…"

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