The Bach/Gounod Ave Maria is a popular and
much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria.
Written by French Romantic composer Charles Gounod in
1859, his Ave Maria consists of a melody superimposed
over the Prelude No. 1 in C major from Book I of the
Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846), composed by J. S. Bach
some 137 years earlier. (Gounod adds one bar so as to
smooth out a rough change in harmony in the prelude.)
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My daughter and I are just learning this while we stay indoors over the Coronavirus isolation period. Very much needed the singing part. Amazed it is used for weddings and funerals so just in case, we wanted to be ready. xx
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