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It was composed in April, 1825, when Schubert also fashioned Ellens Gesang I and Ellens Gesang II.

This third effort is probably the most successful and most popular.

Even the composer spoke of its immediate widespread appeal in a letter to his parents in July, 1825, shortly after its first performances.

The piano accompaniment is gentle and harp-like, quite typical of the composer in this kind of music.

The text begins, Ave Maria Maiden mild Listen to a maidens prayer Ellen prays as the clansmen are encouraged to defend their soil from the oncoming royal armies.

Even though his life was cut short when he died before his thirty-second birthday, probably of syphilis he had contracted some years before, he had already become one of the greatest masters of the lied and might have gone on, as his Great C major Symphony suggests, to become an equally great composer of orchestral music.

Probably the most raw recording Ive ever done, just 3 tracks, the vocals done in about 2 takes.

Infinite thankyous to jsivna on youtube for the excellent backing.

Probably the most powerful voice Ive ever heard, youre well on your way to being one of the greatest operatic tenors of all time.

I really look forward to hearing your rendition of Nessun Dorma.

Torrent Ave Maria Schubert