Gounod had
no qualms about arranging
well-known works by
earlier masters after his
own fashion. Thus in 1852
he added a melody with
its own operatic climax
to the famous arpeggios
of the C-major Prelude
BWV 846 from Bach's
Well-Tempered Clavier. He
first published
instrumental versions of
it under the title
�M�ditationï¿
½, then tried fitting
various texts to the
melody until in 1859 he
arrived at the definitive
vocal version using the
text of the Ave Maria.
Already by the 1890s it
was claimed that
�[we] have heard
this sweet melody
innumerable times from
the best lady
singers�, and its
popularity has continued
to the present day.
Reason enough, then, for
Henle Verlag to publish
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commentary. In 1859, at
the same time as the
original edition for high
voice, editions for
middle and low voice,
presumably commissioned
by the publishers, were
also issued. Following
this model, the Henle
Urtext edition of
�Ave Maria� is
also offered in two
transpositions for the
lower register.
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((Adapted to Prelude No. 1 of J.S. Bach's Well Tempered Clavier ) - for Voice a...(+)
((Adapted to Prelude No.
1 of J.S. Bach's Well
Tempered Clavier ) - for
Voice and Piano). By
Charles Francois Gounod
(1818-1893). For Low
Voice, Piano. Piano/Vocal
Score. Standard notation.
5 pages
Low voice and piano (solo and accompaniment) SKU: GH.LUN-570-0416 Compose...(+)
Low voice and piano (solo
and accompaniment)
SKU:
GH.LUN-570-0416
Composed by Charles
Gounod / Johann Sebastian
Bach. With Language:
Latin, Swedish. Gehrmans
Musikforlag #LUN 570
0416. Published by
Gehrmans Musikforlag
(GH.LUN-570-0416).