3 Motets, Op.2 (Elgar, Edward)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 motets
Composition Year 1887, revised 1902 (No.1) and 1907 (Nos.2, 3)
Genre Categories Motets; For voice, mixed chorus, organ; For voices and chorus with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the organ; Latin language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

Original Versions (1887)

 1. Pie Jesu
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1887. (January 27)
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Revised Versions (1902, 1907, 1907)

 1. Ave Verum
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Language Latin / English
Translator Composer, English text
Publisher. Info. Cantiones Sacrae, No.36
London: Novello and Company, Ltd., 1902.
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Misc. Notes This scan is of a later issuing.
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 1. Ave Verum (Jesu, Word of God Incarnate)
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Language English
Translator Composer
Publisher. Info. Novello's Octavo Anthems, No.904
London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1907.
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 1. Ave Verum
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 Engraving file (MuseScore)
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Editor Holt Skinner (b. 1996)
Language Latin
Publisher. Info. Holt Skinner, 2022.
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 2. Ave Maria
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Language Latin
Publisher. Info. Cantiones Sacrae, No.42
London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1907.
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 2. Ave Maria (Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory)
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Language English
Translator James John Cummins (1795–1867)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1907.
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 3. Ave maris stella
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Language Latin
Publisher. Info. Cantiones Sacrae, No.43
London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1907.
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Misc. Notes Elgar unusually indicated the choir voices as 'SSTB'.
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 3. Ave maris stella (Jesu, meek and lowly)
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Language English
Translator Henry Collins (1827–1919)
Publisher. Info. Novello's Octavo Anthems, No.907
London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1907.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ave Maria (No.2)

For Piano (Sánchez Fernández)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Jaime Arturo Sánchez Fernández (b. 2001)
Publisher. Info. Jaime Arturo Sánchez Fernández, 2023.
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General Information

Work Title 3 Motets
Alternative. Title
Composer Elgar, Edward
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.2
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IEE 43
Key see below
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 motets:
  1. Ave Verum. Largo (G major)
  2. Ave Maria. Andantino (B♭ major)
  3. Ave maris stella. Lento (G major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1887, revised 1902 (No.1) and 1907 (Nos.2, 3)
First Publication. 1902 (No.1), 1907 (Nos.2, 3)
Language Latin
Dedication see below
  1. In Memoriam - W. A. obit 27 January 1887 [William Allen]
  2. Mrs. Hubert A. Leicester
  3. Rev. Canon Dolman, O.S.B., Hereford
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation soprano, mixed chorus (SATB), organ
External Links WorldCat (No.1)
Extra Information Each motet published in two versions, with Latin and English words. No.1 was originally conceived as Pie Jesu. There seems to be no evidence in WorldCat of publication before the motets were revised.
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