This is a collection of seven beautiful motets by French composers of the 19th century. The beauty of text and music in this repertory transcends liturgical constraint widening the context in which the music can be used to enhance worship and meditation. This collection showing a diversity of style and texture is ideal for church or concert use it includes evocative settings by the lesser-known Massenet and Caplet as well as motets by Franck Faure Saint-Saens and a new two-part version of Gounod's Ave Maria. Scored for SA chorus with Organ or Piano accompaniment.