A-ve Ma-ri-a!
gra-ti-a ple-na, Do-mi-nus te-cum,
be-ne-di-cta tu, be-ne-di-cta tu in mu-li-e-ri-bus,
in mu-li-e-ri-bus,
et be-ne-di-ctus fru-ctus ven-tris tu-i, Je-sus.
Sanc-ta Ma-ri-a, Ma-ter De-i,
o-ra pro no-bis,
o-ra pro no-bis pec-ca-to-ri-bus,
nunc, et in ho-ra,
nunc et in ho-ra mor-tis no-strae,
A-men. A-men.
Scores:
play/stop MIDI:
1904 edition - Mc Laughlin & Reilley Cy, Boston
Source: Catholic Institute of Sydney - Veech Library collection
1919 choral transcription.
Different key + the 2nd voice line has been transposed upwards,
probably to accommodate the choir composition at that time.
My thanks and appreciation to Margaret Watts -
Veech Library -Catholic Institute of Sydney - Australia
for sending me copy of this manuscript.
Posted on YouTube:
Nasoroc—April 06, 2010 —
Coro Santa Lucia di Magras -Malè (Trento) Ave Maria (F. X. Witt)
Attribution problem:
I have found references to
Franz Xavier Witt (1834-1888); C. Friedrich Witt (1770-1836) and Rev. Fr.
Witt. (no life data,
page)
musicaustralia.org and the YouTube video both list the
author of this setting as Franz Xavier Witt.
However, both the printed and the manuscript score state only "Fr. Witt"
without any life data.
Friedrich Jeremias Witt (November
8, 1770 – January 3, 1836) was a German composer and cellist. He is perhaps
best known as the likely author of a Symphony in C major known as the Jena
Symphony, once attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven.
Biography
Born in the Württemberg village of Niederstetten, Witt became a cellist
(some accounts say a violinist) in the court orchestra of
Oettingen-Wallerstein when he was nineteen.[1] Witt was most famous in his
lifetime for his oratorio Der leidende Heiland, securing an appointment as
Kapellmeister for the Prince of Würzburg, and later for the theater, where
he stayed until his death. He also wrote two operas: Palma (1804) and Das
Fischerweib (1806). His other compositions include concertos, church music,
chamber music and symphonies. His best known work, a symphony in C major
known as the Jena, is largely plagiarised from the Symphony No. 97 by Joseph
Haydn.
Stephen Fisher compiled a thematic index of Witt's symphonies.
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