| Title | Ave Maria Méditation sur le premier Prélude de J.S. Bach | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Charles Gounod (1818–1893) | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute and Harp/Piano |     | ||
| Key | C major | |||
| Range | G4–E6 | |||
| Time signature | 4/4 | |||
| Tempo | 64 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 2:30 | |||
| Difficulty level | intermediate | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (92 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (2.1 MB) | |||
| Play-along accompaniment | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (2.1 MB) | |||
| Date added | 2009-06-08 | |||
| Last updated | 2009-06-08 | |||
| Download popularity index |  13.7 (extremely popular) | |||
| Categories |
Arias, Romantic, Wedding music | |||
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Written by French Romantic composer Charles Gounod in 1859, this Ave Maria consists of a melody superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C major from Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846), composed by J.S. Bach some 137 years earlier. Gounod also adds one bar so as to smooth out a rough change in harmony in the prelude.
It is often performed in Christian wedding ceremonies.
