Sheet music

Original

Alleluia - Ave Maria. William Byrd. A cappella. Sacred , Motet. Language. Latin. SATTB.

Translation

Alleluia - Ave Maria. William Byrd. A cappella. Sacred , Motet. Language. Latin. SATTB.

Original

Alleluia for the Feast of the Annunciation during Paschal Time. which in fact hardly ever occurs. Replaced at other times by the tract Gaude Maria. Byrd also apparently intended the piece as the Alleluia for the Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin during Paschal Time, but here the order of the verses Ave Maria and Virga Jesse is reversed – a reversal which cannot be done with the piece as written.

Translation

Alleluia for the Feast of the Annunciation during Paschal Time. which in fact hardly ever occurs. Replaced at other times by the tract Gaude Maria. Byrd also apparently intended the piece as the Alleluia for the Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin during Paschal Time, but here the order of the verses Ave Maria and Virga Jesse is reversed – a reversal which cannot be done with the piece as written.