AVE DULCISSIMA MARIA
For unaccompanied women's|treble choir
Duration: c. 6:15
Ramona Luengen
Benedicta es tu, Virgo Maria, a Domino Deo excelso prae omnibus mulieribus super terram. Ave dulcissima Maria, vera spes et vita, dulce refrigerium; O Maria, flos virginum, ora pro nobis Jesum.
Tu gloria Jerusalem, tu laetitia Israel, tu honorificentia populi nostri. Alleluia.
Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord God most high, above all women, above earth. Hail, O sweetest Mary, true hope and life, sweet refreshment; O Mary, flower of all virgins, pray for us to Jesus.
You are the glory of Jerusalem; you are the joy of Israel. You are the honour of our people. Alleluia.
Commissioned by Ariose Women's Choir, Dr. Marilyn Kerley, Director, in memory of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Myroslav Koloday
* Slowly gather to last pitch of pattern. All singers should be on final note at cue . ** Gather at the pitch D, the penultimate note of pattern, rather than C#.