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)
SKU: HL.51481639
UPC: 196288215851. 8.25x11.75x0.074 inches.
Gounod had no qualms about arranging well-known works by earlier masters after his own fashion. Thus in 1852 he added a melody with its own operatic climax to the famous arpeggios of the C-major Prelude BWV 846 from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. He first published instrumental versions of it under the title âMéditationâ, then tried fitting various texts to the melody until in 1859 he arrived at the definitive vocal version using the text of the Ave Maria. Already by the 1890s it was claimed that â[we] have heard this sweet melody innumerable times from the best lady singersâ, and its popularity has continued to the present day. Reason enough, then, for Henle Verlag to publish an Urtext edition of this worldwide hit, based on the sources and with appropriate critical commentary. In 1859, at the same time as the original edition for high voice, editions for middle and low voice, presumably commissioned by the publishers, were also issued. Following this model, the Henle Urtext edition of âAve Mariaâ is also offered in two transpositions for the lower register.
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SKU: HL.51481640
UPC: 196288215868. 8.25x11.75x0.071 inches.
Gounod had no qualms about arranging well-known works by earlier masters after his own fashion. Thus in 1852 he added a melody with its own operatic climax to the famous arpeggios of the C-major Prelude BWV 846 from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. He first published instrumental versions of it under the title �M�ditation�, then tried fitting various texts to the melody until in 1859 he arrived at the definitive vocal version using the text of the Ave Maria. Already by the 1890s it was claimed that �[we] have heard this sweet melody innumerable times from the best lady singers�, and its popularity has continued to the present day. Reason enough, then, for Henle Verlag to publish an Urtext edition of this worldwide hit, based on the sources and with appropriate critical commentary. In 1859, at the same time as the original edition for high voice, editions for middle and low voice, presumably commissioned by the publishers, were also issued. Following this model, the Henle Urtext edition of �Ave Maria� is also offered in two transpositions for the lower register.
SKU: SP.TS274
ISBN 9781585600342. UPC: 649571102746.
Best of Wedding published by Santorella Publications contains the most popular selections of wedding music in print including a fabulous edition of Love's Theme from Romeo and Juliet as well as both the Bach/Gounod and Schubert editions of Ave Maria. This best-selling piano vocal collection is masterfully arranged and performed live by Craig Stevens. Each piece is also featured on the accompanying performance CD. Listen to over 20 tracks and 80 minutes of beautiful wedding music on one CD! Celebrate your joyful day with these time honored classics. (Also available in a best-selling organ and vocal edition) Bridal Chorus * Wedding March * Ode To Joy * Trumpet Tune * Trumpet Voluntary * Grand March * Pachelbel's Canon * Festival * The Great Gates At Kiev * Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring * Simple Gifts * Allegro Maestoso from The Water Music Suite* Gaelic Medley * Bouree * Pavanne * Melody * Air * Arioso * Sonate Pathetique * Moonlight Sonata * Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet * Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) * Ave Maria (Schubert).
