The Schubert song is based on this story, but the song/tune also exist with other lyrics, like with the Latin Ave Maria prayer.Īve Maria has arrangements on almost all the instruments including piano, violin ,cello. ![]() The original lyric is sung to Virgin Mary for help and guidance. Roderick Dhu, the chieftain of Clan Alpine, sets off up the mountain with his warriors, but lingers and hears the distant sound of the harpist Allan-bane, accompanying Ellen who sings a prayer to the Virgin Mary, calling upon her for help.and is overheard by Roderick Dhu as he heads off to battle. ![]() In Scott’s poem, the titular character Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake (Loch Katrine in the Scottish Highlands), has gone with her exiled father to stay in the Goblin’s cave as he has declined to join their previous host, Roderick Dhu, in rebellion against King James. However, “Ave Maria” (Franz Schubert) contains the words ‘Ave Maria’, but only in reference to the prayer itself. It was a part of his Opus 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott’s popular epic poem The Lady of the Lake (1810), loosely translated into German by Adam Storck (1780-1822). The Austrian composer Franz Schubert wrote it in 1825, aged 28 as a humble Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary, the mother of the Christian God, from a frightened girl, Ellen Douglas, who had been forced into hiding. 6, 1825), in English: “Ellen’s Third Song”. Its Full name: “Ellens dritter Gesang” (“Ellens Gesang III”, D. ![]() Schubert’s Ave Maria isn’t the only popular Ave Maria out there, Bach also composed music for this song which originally was written by Walter Scott. In this video, Violinist Susanna Yoko Henkel plays a simple but incredibly moving tune by Franz Schubert “Ave Maria” on violin From the album “The Christmas Stradivari” (2013).
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