Ave Maria

Ave Maria (for High Voice: G; Medium Voice: F; Low Voice: D), violin and piano. Gounod wrote the first version of this famous song in 1852 and it was published in December of that year by Mayaud as ''Premier prélude de J.S. Bach''. The words were by Lamartine – ''Vers sur un album'' from his Recueillments poétiques of 1839. Exactly when these words were supplanted by those of the ''Ave Maria'' is not clear, but it seems to have happened within the first few years of the song''s life. Includes score and separate violin part.