Roman Catholic Marian music shares a trait with some other forms of Christian music in adding another emotional dimension to the process of veneration and in being used in various Marian ceremonies and feasts. Marian music is now an inherent element in many aspects of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic Mariology.
Throughout the centuries Marian music has grown and progressed, and witnessed a resurgence along with the Renaissance, e.g. with the composition of the Ave Maria motet by Josquin des Prez. The tradition continued with a number of great composers up to the late 19th century, e.g. with Giuseppe Verdi's Ave Maria in 1880 followed by his Laudi alla Vergine Maria.
Read more about Roman Catholic Marian Music: Saint Ambrose, Marian Music For The Liturgy of The Hours, Marian Plays and Songs, Ave, Salve and Gaude Hymns, Holy Mass Music, Marian Music During The Baroque Period, Marian Music in The Enlightenment Era, Sources
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