“Ave Maria”, meditation on J. S. Bach’s Prelude BWV 846, CG 89

The work originated as an instrumental meditation written in 1852 on the first prelude from Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier”. The vocal setting of the Latin prayer was published in 1859.

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The work originated as an instrumental meditation written in 1852 on the first prelude from Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier”. The vocal setting of the Latin prayer was published in 1859.

Original text

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

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