Dixit Maria

Dixit Maria (Mary said [to the angel]) is a motet for four voices by Hans Leo
Dixit Maria
Hassler. It is part of his collection Cantiones sacrae published in 1591. It sets a
verse from the narration of the annunciation in Latin. Hassler based a mass on Motet by Hans Leo Hassler
the motet, Missa super Dixit Maria.

Contents
History
Music
Recordings
References
External links The composer in 1593
Related Missa super Dixit Maria
Occasion Annunciation
History
Text Book of Luke 1:38
Hans Leo Hassler studied in Venice with Andrea Gabrieli, and was a musician
Language Latin
for the Fugger family in Augsburg.[1] He composed Dixit Maria as a motet for
choir a cappella, setting a verse from Luke's narration of the annunciation in
Published 1591:
Latin, specifically Mary's consent to the announcement that she would bear a Scoring SATB choir
son.[2] The motet is suitable for the feast of the Annunciation.[1] He included the
motet in his 1591 collection Cantiones sacrae (Sacred songs). Hassler also
composed a mass on the theme Dixit Maria, the Missa super Dixit Maria.[3]

Carus-Verlag included the motet in a 2013 Chorbuch Advent, a choral collection

for Advent.[4]

Music
The motet is written for four voices, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The style is
reminiscent of a canzona, in an ABB structure. The a section, rendering the text
"Mary said to the angel", is set in imitative polyphony. The B section, repeated
with a slightly modified ending, sets Mary's words, beginning in
homophony.[1][5] Few words are accented by melismas, such as "angelum" and
"fiat" (it may happen), which summarizes Mary's consent to the incarnation.[5]

Recordings Annunciation by Hans Memling

Dixit Maria was recorded at the Mainz Cathedral in 2014, together with the mass
based on it and other music by Hassler, by the Mainzer Domchor, conducted by Karsten Storck.[3] It was recorded by the
Cambridge Singers, conducted by John Rutter, as part of an album The Sacred Flame / European Sacred Music of the
Renaissance and Baroque Era.[1] A 2018 recording was performed by the Nottingham Cathedral Choir, conducted by Alex
Patterson.[6]

References
1. Dixit Maria (https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W18743). Hyperion Records (Media notes). 2009.
Retrieved 2 November 2019.
2. "Hans Leo Hassler: "Dixit Maria" " (http://emmanuelmusic.org/notes_translations/translations_motets/t_hassler_di
xit.htm). Emmanuel Music. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
3. Higginson, Gary (April 2015). "Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) / Sacred Choral Works" (http://www.musicweb-inter
national.com/classrev/2015/Apr/Hassler_choral_ROP6097.htm). musicweb-international.com. Retrieved
2 November 2019.
4. Hans Leo Hassler / Dixit Maria (https://www.carus-verlag.com/en/choir/sacred-choral-music/hans-leo-hassler-dixit
-maria.html). Carus-Verlag (Media notes). 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
5. Long, Siobhán Dowling; Sawyer, John F. A. (2015). The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More
(https://books.googlecCom/books?id=gZ5ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 68.
6. Dixit Maria ad angelum / Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) (https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/U00001662250/CLASSI
CAL/Dixit-Maria-ad-angelum). muziekweb.nl (Media notes). Retrieved 2 November 2019.

External links
Dixit Maria ad angelum (Hassler, Hans Leo): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Free scores by Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Missa super Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

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