Ave Maria - Parsons

Robert Parsons' Ave Maria.
Sung by The Sixteen.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• parsons
• ave maria
• acapella
• a capella
• choir
• choral
• english

[DontfuckwithElton]

this is so wonderful and under appreciated. SO under appreciated. where can did you get the sheet music for it? :)

[morphthing1]

@DontfuckwithElton For free from cpdl.org

[aclouti6]

best amen ever. hands down.

[grammariscool]

I'm an athiest, and i still freaking love this song.

[aclouti6]

@awyliu the dixit dominus is absolutely thrilling, although of a much different character than this (sort of an "Amen, God Damnit!!"), it don't feel like it quite captures the matter of fact nature of the word quite as well as the parsons. the palestrina is downright gorgeous, and (imo) quite similar in shape and conception to the parsons. that being said, i think parsons had a bit of a better feel for proportioning, and how the amen fits in with the rest of the piece. Great examples though. :)

[christianvs1]

Simple, and gorgeous. Thanks! :)

[awyliu]

@aclouti6 , what about the Credo from Missa Papae Marcelli and Handel's Dixit Dominus? Those amens are pretty "epic" too.

[intoMUSIC2385]

The choir I am joining in was singing this song in a 170 years-old church last Sunday.. The atmosphere was so heavenly graceful around the church...

[telucis1]

Thank you morphthing1. An amazing piece performed by a great group! And yes, perhaps one of the greatest "Amens" ever written.

[Seasass]

@jiggawhat67 Actually, it's closer to what we call A flat today. I imagine they are using A = 415 Hz, which is commonly used as the pitch standard by early music purists (as opposed to the modern A = 440 Hz).

[watkrhys]

@jiggawhat67 If you really want to be precise they are singing it in A flat