Ave Maria (Based on Prelude in C by JS Bach)
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Product ID: HL2 04490529
By Charles Francis Gounod
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
Longfield
Series:
Music for Strings
Genre:
classical
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
5:00
Level: 3-4
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About this item
One of the most beloved songs heard so often at many special occasions is now available in this new arrangement for string orchestra. Its popularity during the Christmas season also makes it a great choice for your next holiday concert.
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Composer
Charles Francis Gounod (1818-1893)
Charles-François Gounod (17 June 1818 – 17 October or 18 October 1893) was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.
Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and an artist father. His mother was his first piano teacher. Under her tutelage, Gounod first showed his musical talents. He entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied under Fromental Halévy and Pierre Zimmermann (he later married Zimmermann's daughter). In 1839, he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Fernand. He was following his father; François-Louis Gounod (d. 1823) had won the second Prix de Rome in painting in 1783.
While in Italy, Gounod studied the music of Palestrina and other sacred works of the sixteenth century; these he never ceased to cherish. Around 1846-47 he gave serious consideration to joining the priesthood, but he changed his mind before actually taking holy orders, and went back to composition.
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