Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria for Tenor Saxophone and Piano Tenor Saxophone - Digital Sheet Music

Name: Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria for Tenor Saxophone and Piano
Brand: Colin Kirkpatrick Publications
SKU: 21696063
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Instrument:

Piano Piano Accompaniment Tenor Saxophone Saxophone Solo

Genres:

Wedding Jewish Easter Contemporary

Series:

ArrangeMe

Format:

Score and Part

Item types:

Digital

Level:

Early Intermediate

Usages:

Easter Blessed Virgin Mary

Detailed Description

Piano,Tenor Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.522257

Composed by J. S. Bach - C. Gounod. Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick. Contemporary,Easter,Jewish,Sacred,Wedding. Score and part. 6 pages. Colin Kirkpatrick Publications #5309033. Published by Colin Kirkpatrick Publications (A0.522257).

This ever-popular piece is often performed at weddings, funerals and many other solemn

ceremonial events. It has always been a favorite among instrumental players and often used in

recitals or concert encores. In 1853, the well-known French composer Charles Gounod added his

own melody over a rippling keyboard accompaniment which was a slightly adapted version of the

Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV846, from Book I of J. S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier,

published in 1722. The title of the “combined” piece was Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de

Piano de S. Bach. Gounod’s original arrangement transposed Bach’s keyboard part from C major

into F major and it was scored for violin (or cello), organ and piano. In 1859, the French

music publishing company Jacques-Léopold Heugel brought out a vocal version based on the

familiar Latin text. Ave Maria (Hail Mary) is a traditional Catholic prayer addressed to the

Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The version of Bach's prelude which Gounod used included the so-called "Schwencke measure" (m.

27 in this arrangement), a measure (bar) allegedly added by the German composer and pianist

Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke (1767-1822) in an attempt to correct what was considered

a harmonic weakness in the original. Whether there actually was a “harmonic weakness” (or

possibly an error in the manuscript) remains a matter of conjecture but the fact remains that

the most familiar-sounding version of this piece, recorded countless times by both singers and

instrumentalists includes this Schwencke measure. It is therefore included in this arrangement.
Some published arrangements show minor inconsistencies in the rhythm of the melody. This

arrangement uses the familiar rhythm of the Ave Maria version as it appeared in the 1859

edition.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

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