![]() Knowing she may die that evening at the hands of her husband Otello, Desdemona asks her servant Emilia to prepare her wedding gown with instructions to bury her in it in case she dies that evening. This sublime aria is sung in the fourth act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, "Otello" , by Desdemona. Stravinsky composed all three works in Slavic text, then fifteen years later, after moving to the United States, he republished the works with Latin texts. It wasn't until he returned to the church that he wrote a series of three motets intended for use within the orthodoxy: "The Lord's Prayer" (1926), "Credo" (1932), and "Ave Maria" (1934). Stravinsky was raised in the Russian Orthodox Church, but in his young adult life, his religious practices were "put on hold" so to speak. Schubert's original published score for this song was not set to the Latin prayer despite its opening phrase "Ave Maria." Schubert based his work on Walter Scott's similarly titled epic poem. In 1825, Schubert composed " Ellens Dritter Gesang" (Ellen's Third Song) and included it in his collection of seven songs titled " Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See" ("The Lady of the Lake"). Mascagni's Ave Maria is an adaption of his beloved Intermezzo (a piece of music performed between two scenes or acts in an opera) from the opera, Cavalleria Rusticana. Gounod's work was originally published for violin/cello with piano and harmonium, but in 1859, after receiving a request from Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann (Gounod's future father-in-law who transcribed Gounod's improvisation) Jacques Léopold Heugel released a vocal version with the melody set to the text of the Ave Maria prayer. 1 in C Major, which Bach published in 1722 as part of "The Well-Tempered Clavier," a book of piano music Bach wrote to sell to students interested in learning and perfecting their piano technique. XXIX of Canto III, of Scott's The Lady of the Lake.In 1853, French composer, Charles Gounod improvised a melody to Johann Sebastian Bach's Piano Prelude No. The German and English texts below constitute No. Original text and translations may be found at Ave Maria. The Latin text (adapted to Schubert's music) is the traditional Ave Maria! Gratia plena. View the Wikipedia article on Ave Maria, Op. Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page", with Dutch, French, and Italian translations.Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song.Often sung in Latin with an adaptation of the Roman Catholic Ave Maria text, this song is often referred to as "Schubert's Ave Maria", popular as both a wedding song and a funeral song. Schubert's source was The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott ( 1771-1832), in the German translation (published 1819) by Adam Storck (pseudonym for Philipp Adam), 1780-1822). 52, with both Storck's German texts and the original English texts by Scott, under the title Sieben Gesange aus Walter Scotts Fräulein vom See ( Seven Songs from Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake). The seven songs that form the song-cycle were published in 1826 as Schubert's Op. 6 of Schubert's Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See (Song-cycle from 'The Lady of the Lake'), composed in 1825. Hymn to the Virgin) and also called Ellens dritter Gesang ( Ellen's third song).ĭescription: This song is No. Hymne an die Jungfrau (Ellen's song, III. 6, D 839, first published as Ellens Gesang. Score information: A4, 2 pages, 51 kB Copyright: CC BY NC Edition notes: (Posted ) CPDL # 24676: (Sibelius 6) (Sibelius 5) (Sibelius 3)Įditor: Andris Solims (submitted ).Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 136 kB Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: Solo version, link fixed 4/15/03. Score information: A4, 3 pages, 900 kB Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: SATBĮditor: Pawel Jura (submitted ). All files are available on (MIDI files available for each part.)Įditor: Jes Wagner (submitted ). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 262 kB Copyright: Personal Edition notes: Arranged by Eva Toller. Score information: A4, 2 pages, 87 kB Copyright: Personal Edition notes: soloist + TTB Arranged by Remi Studer.Įditor: Eva Toller (submitted ). L E G E N D Disclaimer How to download ICONĮditor: Rémi Studer (submitted ). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 83 kB Copyright: Personal Edition notes: soloist + SATB Arranged by Remi Studer. Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 97 kB Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: This is an SATB version to be sung a cappellaĮditor: Rémi Studer (submitted ). Midi Practice Files: Soprano: Alto: Tenor: Bass: Editor: William Chimiak (submitted ).MP3 Practice Files: Soprano: Alto: Tenor: Bass:.Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL Edition notes: Solo version. n.d.(ca.1915), plate 9023 - Piano score also available - Edition in B Flat Major.Įditor: Pawel Jura (submitted ). Score information: Letter, 10 pages Copyright: Public Domain Edition notes: Source: Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung.
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