Ave Maria for voice and organ (piano) or string quartet (1982)
for Martin on 21 Aug 82
Voice, organ (piano) or string quartet
Duration: 2 minutes
Martin Hummel | Christoph Weinhart
Title: Ave Maria for voice and organ (piano) - Length: 3 pages - Date: 11 Aug. 82 - Location:
Schott Music
Edition with organ (piano): ED 22259 / ISMN: 979-0-001-20326-5
Edition with string quartet: ED 22542 / ISMN 979-0-001-16067-4
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus.
Sancta Maria,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you.
You are blessed among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Preface
Bertold Hummel wrote this Ave Maria for his son Martin, who also played the piece accompanied by the family string quartet, as evidenced by a surviving viola part. In it, the anticipation of the first 16 bars is outlined as a prelude.
The two-part composition combines major-minor tonality in thirds with modal harmony. The dominant element of the accompaniment is a descending Phrygian scale, which changes direction over the course of the piece and also undergoes transformations into Dorian and minor. The second part ("Sancta Maria...") takes up the music from the beginning again and leads to new combinations of the musical material.
Christoph Weinhart 2015