Ave Maria (O God, the Lord of Hosts)
Solo for Contralto or Bass
Composer: Joseph A. Fowler (1845-1917), 1890
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A-ve A-ve A-ve Ma-ri-a!
gra-ti-a gra-ti-a ple-na,
Do-mi-nus te-cum,
be-ne-di-cta tu in mu-li-e-ri-bus,
a-ve,
et be-ne-di-ctus fru-ctus ven-tris tu-i, Je-su, Je-su.
fru-ctus ven-tris tu-i, Je-su, Je-su, Je-su.
San-cta Ma-ri-a, Ma-ter De-i,
o-ra pro no-bis pec-ca-to-ri-bus,
San-cta Ma-ri-a, Ma-ter De-i,
o-ra pro no-bis pec-ca-to-ri-bus,
o-ra pro no-bis pec-ca-to-ri-bus,
nunc et in ho-ra mor-tis nos-trae,
San-cta Ma-ri-a,
o-ra pro no-bis pec-ca-to-ri-bus.
A-ve A-ve A-ve Ma-ri-a!
gra-ti-a gra-ti-a ple-na,
Do-mi-nus te-cum,
be-ne-di-cta tu in mu-li-e-ri-bus, A-ve.
A-men. A-men. A-men. A-men.
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Joseph-A Fowler. Organist, choirmaster, pianist, composer,
teacher, b Montreal 1845, d there 4 Jan 1917. Born of an Irish father and a
French-Canadian mother, he was one of the first piano pupils of Paul
Letondal. He began teaching at the Collège Ste-Marie when he was 16 and
continued ca 1868-90 at the Sacré-Coeur Convent at Sault-au-Récollet, near
Montreal. He was organist-choirmaster 1868-1908 at St Patrick's Church and
retired with the title of organist emeritus. In 1915 he donated an organ to
the adjoining Lady Chapel. Active as a pianist and accompanist, he played
Beethoven's Variations on 'God Save the King' at a concert organized by A.J.
Boucher in 1870 to mark the centenary of the composer's birth.
Fowler's Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary (I. Suckling and Sons 1893) and
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Whaley Royce 1898) were written for choir and
orchestra. He composed some songs for voice and piano, including
three settings of 'Ave Maria' (I.
Suckling and Sons 1890,
1892,
Whaley Royce 1895)
and some piano pieces published by Whaley Royce including Jour de bonheur
(1899). On occasion Fowler acted as an impresario, and he brought to
Montreal the Irish baritone William Ludwig, among others. Alexis Contant and
the pianist and organist Arthur Pépin were among his pupils. Fowler visited
Europe on three occasions.
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