 | Somma, Bonaventura - "Ave Maria" (de Somma) for Piano Piano solo |
| Composer : | Somma, Bonaventura (1893 - 1960) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Piano solo | ||
| Style : | Romantic | ||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
| Date : | 1899 | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 08 Sep 2013 Bonaventura Somma (1893 - 1960) was an Itallian composer born in the town of Chianciano Terme, a small town located in the province of Siena , July 30, 1893. As a teenager, he attended the Conservatory of Rome , where he was a student of various modern composers such as Ottorino Respighi. After completing his studies, he was for many years a professor at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and directed, in Rome, the Choir of the ' Accademia di Santa Cecilia , collaborating with the most important conductors and composers of his era ( Karajan , Toscanini , Perosi , etc..). The Hail Mary, also commonly called the Ave Maria (Latin) or Angelic Salutation, is a traditional Christian prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In Roman Catholicism, the prayer forms the basis of the Rosary and the Angelus prayers. In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, a similar prayer is used in formal liturgies, both in Greek and in translations. It is also used by many other groups within the Catholic tradition of Christianity including Anglicans, Independent Catholics, and Old Catholics. Some Protestant denominations, such as Lutherans, also make use of a form of the prayer. Based on the greeting of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary in the Gospel of Luke, the prayer takes different forms in various traditions. It has often been set to music, although the most famous musical expression of the words Ave Maria by Schubert does not actually contain the Hail Mary prayer. Although originally created for chorus and Organ, I created this arrangement for Solo Acoustic Piano. | |||
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