Ave Maria 
Composer: Virgílio Horta (?-c1985), c1965 
(Portuguese) 
performers: Benedictus coral 
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    A-ve Ma-ri-a, gra-_-ti-a ple-na, 
    Do-_-mi-nus _ te-cum, 
    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, Je-_-sus. | 
    San-cta Ma-ri-a, ma-_-ter _ De-i, 
    O-_-ra pro _ no-bis 
    O-_-ra pro no-bis pec-ca-_-to-ri-bus, 
    pec-ca-_-to-ri-bus, 
    nunc et in ho-ra mor-tis nos-trae. 
    A-_-_-_-men. | 
   
  
    | Score:    
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    My thanks and appreciation to 
    Carlos Ribeiro - Benedictus Coral 
    for sending me this score. | 
   
  
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     This Ave Maria was written by a Portuguese composer from the 
    Leiria region. His name is Virgílio Horta and he composed this Ave Maria in 
    de sixties for a young soprano there. This woman assisted a a religious 
    ceremony, where she heard us sing and she offered us the score. Sobral da 
    Lagoa is a little village near Óbidos, where the composer was living. He 
    lived there most of is live, and he died there during the 80's.  
    Carlos Ribeiro - Benedictus Coral. 
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