The well-known hymn "Ave Maria" actually originates from "Ellen's Third Song", a song written by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Op. 52, a setting of seven songs from Sir Walter Scott's famous classic poem The Lad…
The well-known hymn "Ave Maria" actually originates from "Ellen's Third Song", a song written by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Op. 52, a setting of seven songs from Sir Walter Scott's famous classic poem The Lady of the Lake.
It is one of Schubert's most popular works. Beyond the song as originally composed by Schubert, it is often performed and recorded by many singers under the title "Ave Maria" (the Latin name of the prayer Hail Mary, and also the opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, a song which is itself a prayer to the Virgin Mary), in musically simplified arrangements and with various lyrics that commonly differ from the original context of the poem. It was arranged in three versions for piano by Franz Liszt.
Since the creation of the "Ave Maria" inspired by Schubert's song, it is common to use the hymn's melody as a backdrop for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer "Ave Maria". The Latin version of the "Ave Maria" is now so commonly used with Schubert's song that it has led to the misunderstanding that he first wrote the tune as a melody for the "Ave Maria".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Schubert)
Ave Maria Lyrics:
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Maria, gratia plena,
Maria, gratia plena,
Ave, Ave, Dominus,
Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus,
Et benedictus fructus ventris (tui),
Ventris tui, Jesus.
Ave Maria!
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Ora, ora pro nobis;
Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Nunc et in hora mortis,
In hora mortis nostrae.
In hora, hora mortis nostrae,
In hora mortis nostrae.
Ave Maria!
