"Ave Maria" is a popular and much recorded aria
composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970. It is a
musical hoax generally misattributed to Baroque
composer Giulio Caccini.
Vavilov himself published and recorded it on the
Melodiya label with the ascription to "Anonymous" in
1970. It is believed that the work received its
ascription to Giulio Caccini after Vavilov's death, by
an organist Mark Shakhin (one of its performers on the
mentioned "Melodiya" longplay), who gave the "newly
discover...(+)
"Ave Maria" is a popular and much recorded aria
composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970. It is a
musical hoax generally misattributed to Baroque
composer Giulio Caccini.
Vavilov himself published and recorded it on the
Melodiya label with the ascription to "Anonymous" in
1970. It is believed that the work received its
ascription to Giulio Caccini after Vavilov's death, by
an organist Mark Shakhin (one of its performers on the
mentioned "Melodiya" longplay), who gave the "newly
discovered scores" to other musicians; then in an
arrangement made by the organist Oleg Yanchenko for the
recording by Irina Arkhipova in 1987, then the piece
came to be famous worldwide.
No one really knows for sure who wrote this Ave Maria,
mainly because the setting didn’t come to light until
the twentieth century. Although its presence on any
classical crossover singer’s album is now almost
guaranteed, the piece was unknown before the 1970s. One
plausible reason as to why this might be is that this
Ave Maria arguably wasn’t composed until then. Many
argue that its creator was in fact Vavilov, who
recorded it in 1972 and declared it to be an anonymous
song. The attribution to Caccini was then supposedly
made at a later date by Shakhin who performed with
Vavilov. Whatever the truth, it’s certain that this
simple melody is beloved by many.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Vavilov))
I took creative license and created this arrangement
for Flute, Oboe & Concert (Pedal) Harp.
SHEET MUSIC