This was a very beautiful, peaceful song. The recording that I listened to had a female voice and several male voices. I found the combination of voices to fit really well. The style of this piece was a sacred motet. The song was very canonical with the imitation initially occurring at the octave. The bass imitation occurred down a fifth.
The song had a special feature where there were several duets occurring in the song with two voices at a time. I really enjoyed this feature and thought it added a lot of interest to the piece.
This song was very syllabic with only a few melismas.
The English translation is below. I noticed it is the typical "Hail Mary" prayer, still prayed by Roman Catholics today.
Ave Maria
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus [Christ].
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen
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