Composition: Ave Maria (Gounod, Charles)
| Title | Ave Maria |
| Alternative title | Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach (original title) |
| Creators | Charles Gounod (composer) |
| Opus | CG 89 |
| Instrumentation | violin and piano violin, piano and organ |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | C major |
| Composed | 1852 |
| First published | 1853 |
| Dedication | Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Ave Maria, Meditations |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andante semplice | — | — | 73 |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | violin, mixed chorus, organ, piano and orchestra | — |
| view | Complete | soprano, violin, organ, piano and orchestra | — |
| view | Complete | soprano and orchestra | Kenny L. Choa-Piane |
| view | Complete | soprano and wind band | Kenny L. Choa-Piane |
| view | Complete | soprano and wind band | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Complete | wind band | Melvin Lauf |
| view | Complete | flute, piano and strings | Tolga Karaca |
| view | Complete | voice and strings | Welligton Sousa |
| view | Complete | strings | Welligton Sousa |
| view | Complete | soprano, horn, 2 trumpets, tuba and organ | Guido Alici |
| view | Complete | soprano and violin | — |
| view | Complete | soprano, 2 violins, viola and cello tenor, 2 violins, viola and cello voice, 2 violins, viola and cello |
Elaine Fine |
| view | Complete | 3 violins, viola and cello violin and strings |
Tolga Karaca |
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and organ | Enrique Igoa |
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and piano | Leonidas Sakellarides |
| view | Complete | clarinet, violin, cello and piano | Toshi Nagata |
| view | Complete | mezzosoprano, tenor, marimba and piano | Celestina Masotti |
| view | Complete | flute, violin, 2 cellos and organ | Adolf Pollitzer |
| view | Complete | 2 violins, viola and cello | Elaine Fine |
| view | Complete | 2 violins, viola and cello | Jakub Kowalewski |
| view | Complete | violin, cello and piano | — |
| view | Complete | voice, violin and organ | Daniel Taupin and Markus Veittes |
| view | Complete | flute and piano oboe and piano clarinet and piano saxophone and piano |
Jacques Larocque |
| view | Complete | clarinet and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Complete | saxophone and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Romuald Aust |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | — |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Ernst W. Ritter |
| view | Complete | cello and piano | Benjamin Crowell |
| view | Complete | cello and piano | Tolga Karaca |
| view | Complete | cello and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| view | Complete | — | — |
| view | Complete | voice and organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Complete | voice and keyboard | Alain Brunet |
| view | Complete | voice and piano | — |
| view | Complete | voice and guitar | — |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | J. Gonzalo |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Joseph Rummel |
| view | Complete | guitar | Francisco Tárrega |
| view | Complete | harp | Charles Oberthür |
| view | Complete | organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Complete | organ | Auguste Durand |
| view | Complete | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Complete | organ | Roland Lopes |
| view | Complete | organ | Rob Peters |
| view | Complete | organ | Michael Stenov |
| view | Complete | organ | Daniel Taupin and Markus Veittes |
| view | Complete | piano | Georges Bizet |
| view | Complete | piano | Jan Sára Dybicz |
| view | Complete | piano | — |
| view | Complete | piano | Henry Maylath |
| view | Complete | piano | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| view | Complete | piano | Phil. B. Perry |
| view | Complete | piano | Joseph Schad |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Heugel | 1853 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | — | Schott | 1854 | Complete Score, Organ and Cello Parts · view |
| view | Complete | — | Léon Idzikowski | — | Incomplete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Century Music Publishing Company | 1909 | Complete Score, Violin Part · view |
| view | Complete | — | Daisyfield Music Archive | — | Complete Score · view Violin · view Cello 1 · view Cello 2 · view Organ · view Piano · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, mixed chorus, organ, piano and orchestra | Heugel | 1856 | Complete Score, Chorus Score, Solo Violin Part · view Complete Score, Chorus Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, mixed chorus, organ, piano and orchestra | Joel Edgardo López | 2017 | Complete Orchestra Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano, violin, organ, piano and orchestra | Heugel | 1859 | Complete Score · view Flute · view Oboe 1/2 · view Clarinet 1/2 (A) · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Horn 1/2 (G), 3/4 (C) · view Trumpet 1/2 (C) · view Timpani · view Organ · view Piano · view Violin solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano, violin, organ, piano and orchestra | Manuscript | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano and orchestra |
Saint-Priest: Ensemble Francophonique San-Priod | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano and wind band |
Saint-Priest: Ensemble Francophonique San-Priod | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano and wind band |
Michel Rondeau | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts · view Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for wind band |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute, piano and strings |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and strings |
Welligton Sousa | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts (C) · view Voice (C) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and strings |
Welligton Sousa | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts (F) · view Voice (F) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for strings |
Welligton Sousa | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano, horn, 2 trumpets, tuba and organ |
Guido Alici | 2018 | Complete Score and Parts ( F major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano and violin | Schott | — | Complete Score · view Organ · view Voice · view Violin · view Cello (alternate to Violin Part) · view Color Covers · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for soprano, 2 violins, viola and cello tenor, 2 violins, viola and cello voice, 2 violins, viola and cello |
Elaine Fine | 2018 | Complete Score, Parts (soprano or tenor) · view Complete Score, Parts (mezzo or baritone) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 3 violins, viola and cello violin and strings |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view Chorus Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Finale) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for clarinet, violin, cello and piano |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mezzosoprano, tenor, marimba and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute, violin, 2 cellos and organ |
Schott | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin, cello and piano | Carl Fischer | 1896 | Cello Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, violin and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (MusiXTeX) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for flute and piano oboe and piano clarinet and piano saxophone and piano |
Saint-Maurice | — | Piano Score (flute, oboe, clarinet) · view Piano Score (saxophone) · view Flute or Oboe · view Clarinet (Bb) or Soprano, Tenor sax · view Alto or Baritone sax part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for clarinet and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for saxophone and organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Gebethner and Wolff | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano | Heugel | — | Complete Score, Violin Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano | — | — | Complete Score, Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Schott | 1910 | Complete Score and Violin Part · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Benjamin Crowell | — | Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for cello and piano |
— | — | Cello ( C major ) · view Cello ( G major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and organ |
— | — | Complete Score ( F major , G major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and keyboard |
— | — | Complete Score ( F major , G major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | Choudens | — | Complete Score (G major) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | Ricordi | 1945 | Complete Score (E major) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | Church | 1885 | Complete Score ( E flat major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | — | — | Complete Score ( F major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | Schirmer | — | Complete Score ( F major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2010 | Complete Score (G major) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | Schirmer | — | Complete Score ( D major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and guitar | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Antonio Romero | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Schott | — | Piano 1, 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for guitar |
Vlotho: Stefan Apke | 1992 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for harp |
Schott | 1900 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
Heugel | 1869 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2014 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Melody in pedal · view Melody in right hand · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (MusiXTeX) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1865 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Jan Sára Dybicz | 2018 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Heugel | 1858 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Schott | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Unidentified publisher | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Choudens | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Neufeld und Henius | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Pond | 1882 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
A.W. Perry's Sons | 1921 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1871 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Cantores Carmeli Linz (performer) and Michael Stenov (organ) | Mixed Chorus and Organ (Stenov) | Complete Recording · file |
| view | Synthesized | John Michel (cello) and Unindentified (piano) | Cello and Piano | Complete Performance · file Complete Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | Wolfgang Apitz (performer) | Keyboard Duet | Complete Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | Héctor Valls (piano) | — | Piano accompaniment (D major) · file Piano accompaniment (F major) · file Piano accompaniment (G major) · file |
| view | Synthesized | Soprano and Wind Ensemble (Rondeau) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Flute, Piano and Strings (Karaca) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Voice and Strings (Sousa) | Synthesized Performance (F) · file Synthesized Performance (C) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Soprano, Horn, 2 Trumpets, Tuba and Organ (Alici) | Synthesized Performance (MIDI) · file Synthesized Performance (MP3) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | 3 Violins, Viola and Cello (Karaca) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Cello and Piano (Karaca) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Organ (Gouin) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Piano (Lopes) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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