Ave Maria (Méditation sur… Bach) (Charles Gounod)
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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-22). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 199 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: G major
- Editor: Pierre Gouin (submitted 2008-07-22). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 142 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: G major (linked IMSLP site has early editions in E♭ and F as well)
General Information
Title: Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach, aka Ave Maria, CG 89a
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Sacred, Aria
Language: Latin
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1853
Description: Gounod composed the soprano melody over J. S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846. Not to be confused with another Ave Maria for SATB, composed by Gounod later in his life.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Ave Maria.