Composer: Sean BreenDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBAccompaniment: optionalInstrumentation: finger cymbalNotation: standardPerformance Length: 7:00 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: spfb4666@gmail.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): LatinText Source: plainsong Vespers hymnText: Ave, maris stella, Dei mater alma, atque semper virgo, felix cœli porta. Sumens illud «Ave» Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Evæ nomen. Solve vincla reis, profer lumen cæcis, mala nostra pelle, bona cuncta posce. Monstra te esse matrem, sumat per te precem qui pro nobis natus tulit esse tuus. Virgo singularis, inter omnes mitis, nos culpis solutos mites fac et castos. Vitam præsta puram, iter para tutum, ut videntes Jesum semper collætemur. Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto tribus honor unus. Amen.Translation: Hail, star of the sea, Nurturing Mother of God, And ever Virgin Happy gate of Heaven. Receiving that “Ave” (hail) From the mouth of Gabriel, Establish us in peace, Transforming the name of “Eva” (Eve) Loosen the chains of the guilty, Send forth light to the blind, Our evil do thou dispel, Entreat (for us) all good things. Show thyself to be a Mother: Through thee may he receive prayer Who, being born for us, Undertook to be thine own. O unique Virgin, Meek above all others, Make us, set free from (our) sins, Meek and chaste. Bestow a pure life, Prepare a safe way: That seeing Jesus, We may ever rejoice. Praise be to God the Father, To the Most High Christ (be) glory, To the Holy Spirit (Be) honor, to the Three equally. Amen. Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: difficultSeasonal Usage: EasterAscensionBlessed Virgin MaryDescriptive Terms: MaryEvemeditativeAllow Excerpts: Yes Additional InformationDate of Completion: November, 2013Date of First Performance: Thursday, November 7, 2013Premier Performance Data: HNU Chamber Singers, (Anne Hege, cond) Holy Names Unversity, Oakland, California, USA
