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Jean-François Dandrieu
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Fugue on Ave Maris Stella Click to Listen, [1:46] (French baroque tuning at a1=415 Hz [- 3Cents] )
From his Premier livre de pièces d'Orgue (First Organ Book), this score is marked "Majesteusement" (Majestically) and its full name is "Fugue sur l'hymne de la vierge, Ave Maris Stella." Score courtesy of the Mutopia Project - organ music here. Instrument: Extended version of L'Orgue des Frères Jullien de Marseille, Roquemaure/Gard, Languedoc, France (1690--historic monument) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

Chorale Text
Latin:
Ave maris stella,
Dei mater alma,
Atque semper virgo,
Felix coeli porta.

English:
Hail, O Star of ocean,
God's own Mother blest,
Ever sinless Virgin,
Gate of heav'nly rest.


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