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Ave sanctissima Maria
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Ave sanctissima Maria by Gasparo Costa — Lyrics
Ave sanctissima Maria, mater Dei, regina caeli, porta paradisi, domina mundi.
Pura singularis tu es virgo.
Tu concepisti/concepta Jesum sine peccato.
Tu peperisti creatorem et salvatorem mundi in quo [ego] non dubito.
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About Ave sanctissima Maria
Gasparo Costa's Ave sanctissima Maria is a sacred motet for SSATB voices, sung in Latin. The music opens with a flowing, imitative texture that gradually builds in intensity as the voices interweave. The text, a Marian antiphon, addresses the Virgin Mary with profound reverence, calling her Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Gate of Paradise, and Lady of the World. It praises her unique purity and her conception of Jesus without sin. The motet then moves into a plea for her intercession, asking her to pray for us to her beloved Son and to deliver us from all evils, or, in an alternative setting, from all sin.
