Enhancing the Ave Maria in the Ars Antiqua
2010; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0961137109990143
ISSN1474-0087
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
ResumoABSTRACT The Ave Maria remains the most widely repeated prayer in Christian devotional life, and music has played a critical role in its formation and propagation. This article reviews the essential contribution of music in the dissemination of texts based on the original verses from the gospel of Luke, with new evidence concerning the tradition of affixing a petition to the core devotion. While the Ave Maria remained unfixed in form and function until the sixteenth century, this article presents three significant examples from the corpus of Ars Antiqua polyphony in which versions of the text that include both the biblical verses and a supplicatory conclusion are not only used, but are also emphasised through polyphonic techniques.
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