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"Ave Maria" is a setting of the Latin prayer Ave Maria, originally published in 1853 as "Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach ". [1] The piece consists of a melody by the French Romantic composer Charles Gounod that he superimposed over an only very slightly changed version of Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major , BWV 846, from ...
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He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and popular short pieces including his "Ave Maria" (an elaboration of a Bach piece) and "Funeral March of a Marionette". Born in Paris into an artistic and musical family, Gounod was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris and won France's most prestigious musical prize, the Prix de Rome.
In 1972, Shawnee Music published a new arrangement of "I Believe" that includes a quodlibet with Bach/Gounod, "Ave Maria". This version is frequently performed by choirs at Christmas time. [citation needed]
For more Bach transcriptions by Busoni, see: List of adaptations by Ferruccio Busoni#Transcriptions (BV B 20 to 115) Bach-Busoni Editions; Charles Gounod's Ave Maria is based on Prelude No. 1 of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Francisco Tárrega transcribed a variety of Bach works, including his Fugue from Violin Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001
Eula Beal Garnett (January 25, 1919 – July 29, 2008) professionally billed as Eula Beal, was an American opera lyric contralto.During her relatively short touring career, she performed with distinguished collaborators not only in concert on the US West Coast but also in Concert Magic, a 1947 film billed as "the first motion picture concert."
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Ave Maria (1890) La contemplation de Saint François au pied de la croix and La mort de Saint François (1891) Second Ave Maria, meditation (1892) [Based on Bach's second prelude] Je te rends grâce, ô Dieu d'amour, canticle. Four-part. Words by Paul Collin. For soli ad libitum, chorus and piano or organ (1892) Version for voice and piano