Ave Maria (Bruckner)

Ave Maria
Motet by Anton Bruckner
The organ loft in the old Linz Cathedral
Key	F major
Catalogue	WAB 6
Form	Marian hymn
Text	Ave Maria
Language	Latin
Performed	12 May 1861 (1861-05-12): Linz
Published	1867 (1867): Vienna
Scoring	SAATTBB choir
Audio sample
Ave Maria, performed by United States Navy Band's Sea Chanters ensemble file help

Ave Maria (Hail Mary),^[1] WAB 6, is a sacred motet by Anton Bruckner, a setting of the Latin prayer Ave Maria. He composed it in Linz in 1861 and scored the short work in F major for seven unaccompanied voices. The piece, sometimes named an Offertorium, was published in Vienna in 1867. Before, Bruckner composed the same prayer in 1856 for soprano, alto, a four-part mixed choir, organ and cello, WAB 5. Later, he set the text in 1882 for a solo voice (alto) and keyboard (organ, piano or harmonium), WAB 7.