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Ave Maria   

Composer:  Friedrich Witt (1770-1836), 1904 ed.

 

This music is assumed to be public domain in the USA. BEWARE: the modern-day recordings of that music are not!

 

 

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I have a score of this song I have a music notation program file of this song  (NWC, Sibelius, etc.) I have a MIDI file of this song. X X   (?)   Witt               Sancta Maria SATB a cappella
X X X X X   Franz Xaver   Witt   1834 1888         Ave Maria V (2) org
I have a score of this song I have a music notation program file of this song  (NWC, Sibelius, etc.) I have a MIDI file of this song. I have a video of this song.   Franz Xaver   Witt   1834 1888         Ave Maria Coro  
X X X X X   Franz Xaver   Witt   1834 1888         Ave Maria Coro maschile  
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X X X I have a video of this song.   Franz Xaver   Witt   1834 1888         Missa Sancta Maria SATB a cappella
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  Witt +
Ludwig Bonvin
  1850 1939   1914     Ave Maria by Witt,
arr. by Ludwig Bonvin
solo voice  
I have a score of this song I have a music notation program file of this song  (NWC, Sibelius, etc.) I have a MIDI file of this song. X X   Frz.
 
  Witt +
Ludwig Bonvin
  1850 1939         Ave Maria by Frz. Witt,
arr. by Ludwig Bonvin
2vv organ
X X X X X Christian Friedrich   Witt 1770 1836   Op. 15 Ave Maria   SATB organ ad lib
I have a score of this song I have a music notation program file of this song  (NWC, Sibelius, etc.) I have a MIDI file of this song. I have a video of this song. Christian Friedrich Witt 1770 1836 1904    Ave Maria SATB organ ad lib 

Recording:  not available

 

Lyrics:

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.

I have obtained documentation of a score (© 1957, Publ. Franco Colombo, NY) that attributes this piece to Friedrich Witt without mention of the original copyright date (see below) I am prepared to let it stand as such until I receive documentation that says otherwise.


My thanks and appreciation to
Debra Potts
for sending me this score.

Internet references, biography information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Witt
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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