Ave Maria…virgo serena, NJE 23.6 (Josquin Desprez)

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Performances

Naxos

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Performer Pages Jquesada123 (piano)
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Misc. Notes 160 bpm
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

Editor Charles Bordes (1863–1909)
Publisher. Info. Anthologie des maîtres religieux primitifs des XVe, XVIe & XVIIe siècles (No.20)
Paris: Schola Cantorum, 1896. Plate S. 20 G.
Reprinted 1951. Plate S. 20 P. - with a fraudulent copyright claim.
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Editor Giovanni Acciai (b. 1946)
Publisher. Info. Giovanni Acciai, 2017.
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Editor Allen Garvin
Publisher. Info. Dallas: Hawthorne Early Music, 2016.
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Editor Daniel Van Gilst
Publisher. Info. Daniel Van Gilst (2016)
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Misc. Notes Layout optimized for digital tablets - Source : #Ms - ca. 1485
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Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Editor Gordon Callon (b. 1945)
Publisher. Info. Gordon Callon
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Misc. Notes From GB-Lcm MS 1070, fol. 31v–33r
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Editor Michael Stenov
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Misc. Notes Edition in B-flat major for Chorus (STTB)
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Editor Daniel Van Gilst (b. 1942)
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Misc. Notes Collection “A voce plena” - Source : ca. 1475
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Editor Claudio Macchi
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Editor Clemens Goldberg
Publisher. Info. Motetti A, No.2
Goldberg Stiftung, 2025.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 4 Instruments

4 more: Soprano Instrument • Alto Instrument • Tenor Instrument • Bass Instrument

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Misc. Notes Does not contain lyrics; cannot be used by singers!
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Ave vera virginitas

For Mixed Chorus (Macchi)
Arranger Claudio Macchi
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General Information

Work Title Ave Maria…virgo serena
Alternative. Title
Composer Josquin Desprez
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. NJE 23.6
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJ 7
First Publication. 1502 in Motetti A (No.2)
Language Latin
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation 4 voices
External Links DIAMM (1a pars)
DIAMM (2a pars)
DIAMM (2a pars)
Josquin Research Project

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  • The popularity of this piece is attested by the fact it survives in more than 20 manuscripts in the late 15th and early 16th century (and two prints, including being the opening piece in Petrucci's first print of motets in 1502).

Partial list of concordances:

  • CZ-HKm MS II A 7
  • D-B MS Mus. 40021
  • D-LEu MS 1494
  • D-Mbs Mus. MS 3154
  • E-Bbc MS 454
  • E-Boc MS 5
  • E-SE Ms. s. s.
  • I-Fn MS II.I.232
  • I-Mfd MS 2266
  • V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 42
  • I-VEaf 218
  • PL-Wu 2016
  • RISM 1502¹ Motetti A