Ave Maris Stella - Claudio Monteverdi (Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610)

This setting of the Ave Maris Stella sung during Vespers for the Blessed Virgin between the monastic choir singing Gregorian chant and the choir singing in alternate verses in polyphony. This beautiful setting and method of singing Hymns and particularly the great hymn for Our Blessed Virgin became very popular in the early part of the 17th Century all across Europe. Below is the Latin of the Hymn and the English Translation:

Ave Maris stella,
Dei Mater alma,
Atque semper Virgo,
Felix caeli porta.

Sumens illud Ave
Gabrielis ore,
Funda nos in pace,
Mutans Hevae nomen.

Solve vincla reis,
Profer lumen caecis,
Mala nostra pelle,
Bona cuncta posce.

Monstra te esse matrem,
Sumat per te preces,
Qui pro nobis natus
Tulit esse tuus.

Virgo singularis,
Inter omnes mitis
Nos, culpis solutos,
Mites fac et castos.

Vitam praesta puram,
Iter para tutum,
Ut, videntes Iesum,
Semper collaetemur.

Sit laus Deo Patri,
Summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto,
Tribus honor unus. Amen.

English Translaton:
Hail, thou star of ocean!
Portal of the sky!
Ever Virgin Mother
Of the Lord most high!

Oh, by Gabriel's Ave,
Uttered long ago,
Eve's name reversing,
'Stablish peace below.

Break the captive's fetters;
Light on blindness pour;
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.

Show thyself a Mother;
Offer Him our sighs,
Who for us incarnate
Did not thee despise.

Virgin of all virgins!
To thy shelter take us;
Gentlest of the gentle!
Chaste and gentle make us.

Still as on we journey,
Help our weak endevour;
Till with thee and Jesus
We rejoice forever.

Through the highest heaven,
To the Almighty Three,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One same glory be. Amen.

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• Ave Maris Stella
• Claudio Monteverdi
• Catholic Church music

[DaughterofMaryDec8]

Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception. Thanks and praises be to God The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Glory to The Trinity. Blessed be the Virgin Mary. Thank you Father for Mary, who was born to say yes.

[Francis1930]

Ave gratia plena, Dominus tecum.

[alessandrocucco]

Bendita sea la Madre de Dios y Madre Nuestra, la Virgen Santísima.

[tulitula]

Monteverdi really knew how to praise the Virgin in such a poetical way.

[TheNikito00]

Very beautiful and perfect music to pay inside the church. It is quiet gentle as you notice.

[josparkes1]

Very moving indeed, lovely !

[RandomGarbage420]

beautiful

[edae13]

Beautiful and inspiring!

Holy Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, save us from the flood of modern paganism. Amen.

[hiroshi2020]

Indulgence of 300 days of those who recite or sing this beautiful hymn to our Blessed Mother every day!

[panzermadame]

5 ***** beautiful pictures, thank you.

[aazzuull912]

I love my Mother Mary...

[perpetual61]

What I Love about being Catholic. Is all the Many ways we show Devotion to Our Blessed Mother.