Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria for Piano Quartet (arr. James M. Guthrie) by Bach-Gounod Sheet Music for String Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Bach-Gounod

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger James M. Guthrie

Composer Bach-Gounod

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 16

Arrangement String Ensemble

Publisher jmsgu3

Level 3

Product ID 581034

Genre Baroque Instructional Standards Wedding

Performance Group Piano Quartet

Product Description

There are two popular versions of the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria to consider. Firstly, we have the version that exactly follows the harmonic scheme set forth by J. S. Bach in his Prelude #1 in C Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. Secondly, we have the arrangement introduced by the Choirmaster Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke in 1783 that introduces a controversial added measure designed to intensify the harmony in measure 27. Both versions employ the melody that Charles Gounod provided as an overlay to the Bach harmony. In either case, the convenient 1st & 2nd endings provide options for extended performance. The duration with the repeat runs about 4:50.

This arrangement features the controversial "Schwencke measure" (ms. 27) that was originally introduced in 1783 by Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke.

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