Ave maris stella (Victoria, Tomás Luis de)

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Editor Felipe Pedrell (1841–1922)
Publisher. Info. Opera Omnia, Vol.5 (pp.47–50)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1908. Plate V.W.V.
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Misc. Notes Published in 1581 in Hymni totius anni. Setting of even verses only (plainsong of verses 3, 5, and 7 omitted; see Alvarez edition below).
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Editor Felipe Pedrell (1841–1922)
Publisher. Info. Opera Omnia, Vol.5 (pp.100–103)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1908. Plate V.W.V.
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Misc. Notes Published in 1600 (according to Pedrell). Setting of odd verses only (plainsong omitted).
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Editor Nancho Alvarez
Publisher. Info. Nancho Alvarez
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Misc. Notes Published in 1581, polyphonic setting of even verses only (with all odd verses as plainsong).
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Work Title Ave, maris stella
Alternative. Title Hymnus in festis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis
Composer Victoria, Tomás Luis de
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ITV 16
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 verses
  1. Ave maris stella
  2. Sumens illud ave
  3. Solve vincla reis
  4. Monstra te esse matrem
  5. Virgo singularis
  6. Vitam præsta puram
  7. Sit laus Deo Patri
First Publication. 1581 in Hymni totius anni (No.15; even verses)

Also published 1600 in Missae, Magnificat, motecta, psalmi, & alia… (No.28)

Librettist attrib. Bernard de Clairvaux (1090–1153)
Language Latin
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation SATB voices (clefs: C1, C3, C4, F4)

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There is a seeming discrepancy in Victoria having published an even verse setting of the famous Marian hymn Ave maris stella in his 1581 Hymni totius anni, and then including it again identically in his 1600 Venetian hymn collection (1600b). According to Nancho Álvarez, the setting in the 1600a Madrid collection of his large multiple choir works consists of only a single even verse (Sumens illud ave); so why has Pedrell produced four different odd verses ascribed to one of the 1600 prints? It seems unlikely Victoria intended the two versions (if he even is responsible for the odd verses) to be sung together, all seven verses sung as polyphony. The table below indicates which scores include what musical material (since Pedrell omits plainsong).

Verse 1581, Pedrell edition
even verses
1581, Álvarez edition
even verses
1600, Pedrell edition
odd verses
1600, Álvarez edition
odd verses
1. Ave maris stella plainsong plainsong SATB not yet revised, Álvarez’s first version
was identical to Pedrell edition
2. Sumens illud ave SATB SATB
3. Solve vincla reis plainsong SATB
4. Monstra te esse matrem SAT SAT
5. Virgo singularis plainsong SAT
6. Vitam præsta puram SATB SATB
7. Sit laus Deo Patri plainsong SATB


Hymni totius anni by Tomás Luis de Victoria — 32 hymns for the church year

1. Conditor alme siderum (Advent)
2. Christe, Redemptor omnium I (Christmas)
3. Salvete, flores martyrum (Holy Innocents)
4. Hostis Herodes impie (Epiphany)
5. Lucis Creator optime (Sundays during the year)
6. Ad preces nostras (Sundays in Quadragesima)
7. Vexilla regis prodeunt (Passion Sunday and Easter Day)
8. Ad cænam Agni providi (Easter Octave until Ascension)
9. Jesu, nostra redemptio (Ascension)
10. Veni Creator Spiritus (Pentecost)
11. O lux beata Trinitas (Trinity Sunday)
12. Pange lingua gloriosi (Corpus Christi)
13. Quodcumque vinclis (Seat of St Peter)
14. Doctor egregie Paule (Conversion of St Paul)
15. Ave maris stella (Feasts of the Blessed Virgin)
16. Ut queant laxis (Feast of St John Baptist)

17. Aurea luce, et decore roseo (Feast of St Peter)
18. Lauda mater Ecclesia (Feast of St Mary Magdalene)
19. Petrus beatus (Feast of St Peter in chains)
20. Quicumque Christum quaeritis (Transfiguration)
21. Tibi, Christe, splendor Patris (Feast of St Michael and all angels)
22. Christe, Redemptor omnium II (Feast of All Saints)
23. Exultet cælum laudibus (Feast of an apostle)
24. Tristes erant apostoli (Feast of an apostle in Lent)
25. Deus, tuorum militum (Feast of a martyr)
26. Sanctorum meritis (Feast of several martyrs)
27. Rex gloriose martyrum (Feast of martyrs in Lent)
28. Iste confessor (Feast of a confessor)
29. Jesu, corona virginum (Feast of a virgin)
30. Hujus obtentu Deus (For neither a virgin nor martyr)
31. Urbs beata Jerusalem (For the dedication of a church)
32. Pange lingua gloriosi (spanish mode; Feast of Corpus Christi)