| Ave Maria | |
|---|---|
| Motet by Anton Bruckner | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Linz_2011_11.jpg) The organ loft in the old Linz Cathedral | |
| Key | F major |
| Catalogue | WAB 6 |
| Form | Marian hymn |
| Text | Ave Maria |
| Language | Latin |
| Performed | 12 May 1861: Linz |
| Published | 1867: Vienna |
| Scoring | SAATTBB choir |
| Audio sample | |
Ave Maria, performed by United States Navy Band's Sea Chanters ensemble | |
Ave Maria (Hail Mary),[1] WAB 6, is a sacred motet by Anton Bruckner, a setting of the Latin prayer Ave Maria. He composed it in Linz in 1861 and scored the short work in F major for seven unaccompanied voices. The piece, sometimes named an Offertorium, was published in Vienna in 1867. Before, Bruckner composed the same prayer in 1856 for soprano, alto, a four-part mixed choir, organ and cello, WAB 5. Later, he set the text in 1882 for a solo voice (alto) and keyboard (organ, piano or harmonium), WAB 7.