The ''Deus ti salvet Maria'' (also known simply as the "
Sardinian
Hail Mary
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") is a
devotional song
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Each major religion has its own trad ...
belonging to the Sardinian tradition of the ''
Gosos'', written in
Sardinian language
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Many Romance linguists consider it the language that is closest to Latin among all its genealogica ...
in the 18th century by the poet Bonaventura Licheri (
Neoneli, 1667–1733).
The lyrics were translated around 1725; the oldest transcription is the one of Maurizio Carrus, who had inserted it as an appendix in the
Rosary
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of
San Vero Milis
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in 1731. The
Laude
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is sung in the form of the gosos, a typical devotional song widespread in Sardinia.
[Paolo Mercurio, ''Introduzione alla Musica Sarda'', cap. “Tre canti sardi di tradizione colta”, pp. 191-201, Milano, 2014 ]
In 1974 Sardinian singer
Maria Carta presented it to the general public on the
Canzonissima television show; in 1987 she performed it at
St. Patrick's Cathedral in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
* '' ...
, accompanied by a
pipe organ
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.
Performers
*Maria Teresa Cau
*
Maria Carta
*
Anna Loddo
*
Coro di Nuoro
*
Andrea Parodi with
Tazenda
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*
Mark Harris with
Fabrizio De André
*
Savina Yannatou
Savina Yannatou (Greek: Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου, ''Savína Yannátou''; born 16 March 1959, Athens) is a Greek singer.
After taking classical guitar lessons and participating in the children's choir of Yannis Nousias for some years, she ...
, arr. by Haris Lambrakis
*Savina Yannatou with
Elena Ledda
*
Franca Masu
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Her songs often incorporate the work of Algherese poets. ...
*Gianni Maroccolo with Ginevra Di Marco
*
Antonella Ruggiero
*Clara Murtas, arr. by
Ennio Morricone
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See also
*
Music of Sardinia
References
External links
interpretation of Maria Cartain
Canzonissima (1974)
Marian hymns
Sardinian folk songs
18th-century hymns
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