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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 ...
Anna Magdalena Bach copied a short version of this prelude in her 1725 Notebook (No. 29). [54] The accessibility of this prelude, the "easy" key of C major, and its use of arpeggiated chords, have made it one of the most commonly studied pieces for piano students. [55] This prelude also served as the basis for the Ave Maria of Charles Gounod. [56]
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
The Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the first prelude and fugue in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, a series of 48 preludes and fugues by the composer. An early version of the prelude, BWV 846A, is found in the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
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.
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On October 2, Bocelli took to St. Peter's Square to perform Ave Maria, perhaps the most famous lyrical prayer in the Christian faith. Bocelli, who hasn't performed in Vatican City since 2015, ...
An active correspondent with both of Bach's sons in Berlin, he published the first detailed biography of Bach in 1802, Bach: On Johann Sebastian Bach's Life, Art and Works: For Patriotic Admirers of True Musical Art, including an appreciation of Bach's keyboard and organ music and ending with the injunction, "This man, the greatest orator-poet ...