Ave Maria, Op.12 (Brahms, Johannes)

		Movements/Sections 1 movement Andante (F major) Composition Year 1858 Genre Categories Ave Maria; Hymns; Sacred hymns; Religious works; For female chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring female chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra; Latin language; For female chorus, organ (arr); For chorus with keyboard; Scores featuring the organ; For female chorus, piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (4)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#110010 - 21.46MB, 10 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 2554x⇩

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Cypressdome (2011/7/20)

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Composer's manuscript (holograph), n.d. [ca.1858–60].

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Original scans: 400dpi, color tif files approximately 5500 by 4200 pixels.

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 Complete Score
*#22845 - 3.51MB, 16 pp. -  6.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 4338x⇩

PDF scanned by Brahms-Institut
Ivdruiz (2008/10/9)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, n.d.[1861]. Plate 165.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Colour scan with digital watermark

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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
*#109042 - 1.55MB, 11 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V*/V - 1076x⇩

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 Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
*#109043 - 1.15MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V*/V - 1411x⇩

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piupianissimo (2011/7/13)

Editor:

Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857-1929)

Publisher Info.:

Johannes Brahms: Sämtliche Werke, Band 19:
Chorwerke mit Orchester III (pp.113-23)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926–27. Plate J.B. 96

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scan: score scanned at 600dpi
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Female Chorus and Organ or Piano (Brahms)

 Complete Score
*#110011 - 9.29MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 550x⇩

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Composer's manuscript, n.d. [ca.1858–60].

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Original scans: 400dpi, color tif files approximately 5500 by 4200 pixels. The vocal parts are in a copyist's hand but the piano part appears to be in Brahms' hand.

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 Complete Score
*#10985 - 0.50MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1911x⇩

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Abra (2007/7/29)

Editor:

J.M. Russell

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New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1879. Plate 389.

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General Information

Work Title	Ave Maria
Alternative Title	Ave Maria, gratia plena

Composer	Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.12
Movements/Sections	1 movement Andante (F major)
Year/Date of Composition	1858
First Performance	1859-12-02, Hamburg
First Publication	1860 or 1861 (December-January)
Librettist	Traditional (from the Bible)
Language	Latin
Average Duration	4 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Female Chorus with Orchestra 4-part chorus (SSAA) 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons 2 horns (F), string orchestra
External Links	Classical Archives article All Music Guide KDH Listening Guide The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive

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Version History

• Compoed for female chorus with orchestra, 1858
• Arranged for female chorus with organ or piano, 1858?