Ave maris stella (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2025-07-25)  CPDL #86077: 

• Original high clefs. :       Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 108 kB   

• Transposed down a 4th:     Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 118 kB   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-07-25).   Copyright: CC BY NC

{{EdNotes|All parts supplied, plus plainchant for omitted verses. Source files may be found on my github, and parts are available on my own site (both linked from my CPDL profile).

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: The 2nd tenor duplicates tenor 1 instead of realizing the canon with superius. See the discussion page for full description.

• (Posted 2018-03-11)  CPDL #49003:       

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-03-11).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 109 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1589 print. Original pitch (high chiavette) and note values. All verses. Plainchant melodies supplied.

• (Posted 2017-11-13)  CPDL #47366:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-11-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Vol 7 (Joseph Napoléon Ney). Clefs modernised. Original note values. First verse only. Intonation included.

• (Posted 2017-07-01)  CPDL #45224:        (Finale 2012)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2017-07-01).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 54 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Intonation omitted. First verse only.

• (Posted 2016-04-12)  CPDL #39497:       

Editor: José Ignacio Pérez Purroy (submitted 2016-04-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 193 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Edición: Recueils de morceaux de musique ancienne, vol. 7, p. 306, Paris, ca. 1843 (Biblioteca Nacional de España). Intonation omitted. First verse only.

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

• (Posted 2004-07-01)  CPDL #07419:   

Editor: Abel Di Marco (submitted 2004-07-01).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 34.95 MB   Copyright: Religious

Edition notes: Listed alphabetically as "AveMarisStellaPalestri".

General Information

Title: Ave maris stella
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, SATTB on last verse
Genre: Sacred, Office hymn

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Hymni totius anni, no. 16
    2nd published: 1844 in Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, Volume 7, no. 90
Description: Alternatim setting of odd verses

External websites:

• Hymni totius anni…4ibus vocibus at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ave maris stella.