Ave Maria Bach-Gounod, For High Voice and Piano

An extremely expressive and beautiful piece Ave Maria has been a traditional favorite for church performance. This timeless masterpiece is an adaptation of Bach’s famous Prelude No.1 In C by Charles Gounod for Voice. Available here for High Voice with Piano accompaniment.

Instrumentation: High/Medium/Low-voice—Pf (includes Optional Violin Format: Sheet Music Details: Three versions in one edition: high voice (G major); medium voice (F major); low voice (D Major) Contents: Gounod wrote the first version of this famoussong in 1852 and it was published in Decemberof that year by Mayaud as 'Premier prélude deJ.S. Bach'. The words were by Lamartine – 'Vers sur un album' from his Recueillments poétiques of 1839. Exactly when these words were supplanted by those of the 'Ave Maria' is not clear, but it seems to have happened within the first few years of the song's life. After a century and a half the piece isstill sung, played and loved the world over, and this is surely its own guarantee of musical value, as it is of its composer's more general gift as a songwriter. In the view of Maurice Ravel, that sharp critic of everything shoddy or meretricious, 'the true founder of the mélodie in France was Charles Gounod.' (Roger Nichols)

This useful inventive collection of sacred solos is a valuable resource for classical singers looking for church service material or the songs are also appropriate for a traditional recital.The collection includes art-song type settings of traditional songs plus more conventional classical material. Contents: Ah Holy Jesus ? Amazing Grace ? Ave Maria ? Balm in Gilead ? Brother James' Air ? The Call ? Deep River ? How Can I Keep from Singing ? Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring ? Just a Closer Walk with Thee ? Sheep May Safely Graze ? Wayfaring Stranger ? Wondrous Love ? We Are Climbing Jacob'sLadder