Ave Maria   SATB + organ

Composer: Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765-1814)

1 (1765 - 1814)
 

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

 German

 

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Recording:  not available  
Lyrics:

A-ve, a-ve Ma-ri-a,
gra-tia ple-na,
gra-tia ple-na,
Do-mi-nus te-cum
be-ne-dic-ta tu in mu-li-e-ri-bus,
et be-ne-dic-tus fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i,
et be-ne-dic-tus fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i,
fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i.

A-ve, a-ve Ma-ri-a,
gra-tia ple-na, gra-tia ple-na:
Do-mi-nus te-cum
be-ne-dic-ta tu in mu-li-e-ri-bus
et be-ne-dic-tus fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i,
et be-ne-dic-tus fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i,
fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i,
be-ne-dic-tus fruc-tus ven-tris,
fruc-tus ven-tris tu-i.
Score: NWC file on this Korean website

A biographical dictionary of musicians (ed. Theodore Baker)
G. Schirmer, 1905 - Biography & Autobiography - 695 pages
 
 		 Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich pianist and comp
b Treuenbrietzen Brandenburg Nov 20 1765 d Berlin June 8 1814

A student of divinity he also cultivated music Friedrich Wilhelm II hearing him play the pf gave him a stipend to continue his mus studies in Dresden with Naumann On his return the excellence of his comp s gained him further royal favor he was named royal chamber comp studied in Italy for two years and there prod 2 operas prima navigatore Venice 1794 and Scmiramide Naples 1795 He succeeded Reichardt as court Kapcllm at Berlin in 1795 in 1798 he went to St Petersburg where he prod his opera AUssandro lived at Riga in 1799 n 8 returned to Berlin via Sweden and Denmark and in 1801 visited Paris London and Vienna After the battle of Jena he went with the court to Pyrmont then to Kassel and Vienna subsequently returning to Berlin His operas were very popular and include Vasco di Gama Ital op Berlin 1801 operetta Frohsinn und Schwtirmerei 1801 Fane ton das I eierinadc icn his most successful work 1804 Die Sylphen 1806 Dcr Kobold Vienna 181 1 Many of his songs had great vogue An Alexis Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben etc He also comp Oratorio Isacco Jigura del Redeniore 1791 cantata la Danza 1792 Paternoster a mass vespers psalms a concerto sonatas fantasias rondos etc f pf quartet f pf flute vln and cello sextet f pf 2 violas 2 horns and cello

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