Welcome to Geert's AVE MARIA website.

Purpose of this WebSite:

This website intends to provide a comprehensive listings of "Ave Maria" songs available or referenced on the Internet. (May 2009: more than 2200 composers listed and over 500 MIDI files posted.)

I hope that in time this listing may become a useful reference and a resource for anyone interested in the Ave Maria.

The listed links or scores and the posted files are intended as a resource for vocalists, musicians and choirs wishing to expand their repertoires and / or as a vocal practice tool.

The criterion to be included in this listing =

	The words "Ave Maria" (or a different-language equivalent) are in the song title or text, AND / OR
	The subject of the lyrics is about Gabriel's message to Maria.

Organization of this Site:

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On a dial-up connection, these 2 pages will probably time out before loading completely.

For dial-up connection:
a listing of both groups (pre- and post 1923) by last-name initial.

Composers / compositions
up to 1922

Contemporary Composers
1923 and +

[A]	[B]	[C]	[D]	[E]
[F]	[G]	[H]	[I]	[J]
[K]	[L]	[M]	[N]	[O]
[P]	[Q]	[R]	[S]	[ T ]
[U]	[V]	[W]	[X-Y]	[Z]

Individual composer pages are linked below these pages.

The listings are organized alphabetically by the composer's last name.

Music file links		Name of the composer			Year of birth, death or year of publication			Title, comments, other
		Title or prefix	last or family name	First or given name(s)				Title, Op. No., ... etc.	NS NV

You may need some of these programs to view or listen to the linked files :



For NoteWorthy files:	viewer	browser plug-in	WinAmp plug-in
NOTE: The NWC files have been temporarily removed from the website.

Copyright?

	The files posted on this website are for reference and educational purpose only. This listing of composers is the result of an ongoing Web-search and any files or references found on the Internet are assumed to be in public domain for this informational and educational purpose.
	The posted MIDI and NWC files are not equal to and are in no way intended to replace the scores or live recordings of the works they represent. For voice practice, they are meant to be used with a musical score in hand. The use of these MIDI / NWC tracks for such purpose does not violate copyright laws. (= "fair use")
	Scores and recordings of compositions that are still under copyright are available for purchase through numerous links throughout this and other websites.
	The use of any files posted on this website for publication and / or any commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.
	Please be aware that copyrights for commercial duplication and/or public performance of the work of contemporary composers might be reserved, either by the composer or the original publisher. Such copyrights would be in effect in the USA for all works published after 1922. Copyright laws may differ in your country. For this reason, any and all works /composers that I have not been able to find a specific time reference for; and those composers either known or assumed to be alive after 1923, have been included in the "contemporary" listing, unless the composition is known to be dated before 1923.
	See our additional COPYRIGHT NOTICE and Disclaimer on this page

Help is always welcome.

	Submissions of additional links, composers and/or compositions are invited and always welcome. If you scan a score for me, please do so in B&W or in greyscale, at 300dpi or better, and save the pages in JPG-format.
	Many of the listed composers have only an Internet reference, without any additional information. If you do have additional information (e.g. birth and/or death year), musical score (noten, partiture, spartiti), MIDI or other format music files for these composers, you are welcome to email them to me. I will post the information with appropriate credit to the person who provided it.
	I try to include the correct lyrics with each song. MIDI-songs on the Web do not always have lyrics included. If you have a MIDI file (or a notation program format) of the song or a score where the lyrics are fitted with the music, please email me a copy, or the link to such file on the Web where I can retrieve it and I'll post it.
	The Internet is always changing. New websites are created daily and existing ones disappear. Some reference links on this site may point to websites or pages that no longer exist. I apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause.
	Many websites do not allow you to download files from an outside link. Often the URL of the home page of the host site is provided so you can bypass this problem by searching that site. Some of those listed websites (e.g. www.classicalarchives.com) may require you to register before you can download any files.

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I hope you enjoy the fruit of my labor of love. Have a prayerful time.

now playing: "Ave Maria" by C. G. St.-Clair (1875)

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