Ave Maria is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria, originally published in 1853 as Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J.S. Bach. The piece consists of a melody by Charles Gounod especially designed to be superimposed over the Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846, written some 137 years earlier by Johann Sebastian Bach. Alongside Schubert's Ave Maria, it has become a fixture at wedding masses and funerals. There are many different instrumental arrangements including for violin and guitar, string quartet, piano ... more
Ave Maria is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria, originally published in 1853 as Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J.S. Bach. The piece consists of a melody by Charles Gounod especially designed to be superimposed over the Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846, written some 137 years earlier by Johann Sebastian Bach. Alongside Schubert's Ave Maria, it has become a fixture at wedding masses and funerals. There are many different instrumental arrangements including for violin and guitar, string quartet, piano solo, cello, and even trombones.
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About this Piece
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- Composer: Charles Gounod
- Form: Sacred Mass
- Instrument: Voice(s) and Piano
- Period: Romantic
- People Practicing: 19
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Sheet Music
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Ave Maria - Complete Score, Organ and Cello Parts
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Ave Maria - Complete Score
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Music recordings
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Ave Maria [1904 Edison Cylinder]
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Alessandro Moreschi | |
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Ave Maria (for Keyboard Duet)
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Karine Gilanyan | |
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Ave Maria (for Cello and Piano)
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John Michel | |
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Ave Maria (for Guitar)
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Gordon Rowland | |
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