Doris, the New Jersey soprano, wrote:
>I would almost stake my life on Bach's never having >written an Ave Maria. His first prelude in C from the >Well Tempered Clavier, which also appears in the Anna >Magdalena Notebook, was pilfered by Gounod and another >melody superimposed with the Ave Maria text. I don't >know if Gounod transposed it from C when he did that. >I've had to sing it for a funeral, but I don't >remember what key it was in.
I recall that Gunod also added a measure of music somewhere in the middle. Can anyone confirm or deny my recollection?
John Link
http://www.mp3.com/JohnLinkFeldenkrais http://www.mp3.com/JohnLinkVocalQuintet
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