The original key for Franz Schubert's Ave Maria is B flat Major. It was Schubert's brother Ferdinand who arranged this song for use in churches, with orchestral accompaniment, on December 31, 1842.įerdinand's manuscript lies in the Peters-Kirche in Vienna.
It was first performed on the 31st of January 1828 at the Musikverein in Vienna. The English words are taken from Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake, and were translated to German by Adam Storck. The song was first published with English and German words. 6 of Opus 52 (Book 2), dedicated by Schubert to Sofie Gräfin Weissenwolff, née Komtesse Breuner. It was first published on April 5, 1826, by Matthias Artaria in Vienna (catalog number 814) as No. 6 Franz Schubert's famous Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild! (or Ellens Gesang III) was composed in April 1825, but the manuscript has been lost. The Latin version of the Ave Maria is now so frequently used with Schubert's melody, that it has led to the misconception that he originally wrote the melody as a setting for the Ave Maria.Ave Maria, D 839 - Latin - B flat Major Ellens dritter Gesang - Hymne an die Jungfrau - D 839 - Op. The opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, namely “Ave Maria” (Latin for “Hail Mary”), may have led to the idea of adapting Schubert's melody as a setting for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer Ave Maria. Ellen is overheard by Roderick Dhu who is higher on the mountain, raising the clan for war.
She sings a prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary, calling upon her for help. In Scott's poem the character Ellen Douglas, the “Lady of the Lake” has gone with her father to hide in the “Goblin's cave” nearby to avoid drawing the vengeance of the King on their host, the Clan-Alpine chieftain Roderick Dhu, who has been affording them shelter since the King had exiled them. Still as popular as ever for wedding services, this piece is often referred to as Schubert's Ave Maria, but it was originally composed as a setting of a song from Walter Scott's popular epic poem The Lady of the Lake.
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