Ave Maria (Schubert)

"Ellens dritter Gesang" ("Ellens Gesang III", D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, 1825), in English: "Ellen's Third Song", was composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Op. 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's 1810 popular narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, loosely translated into German.

Giovanni Battista Salvi called Sassoferrato (1609-1685) | The Madonna in prayer | Christie's

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.

Schubert at the Piano, 1899 by Gustav Klimt

Ellens dritter Gesang (Ellens Gesang III, D839, Op. 52 n. 6, 1825), Terzo canto di Ellen in italiano, fu composta da Franz Schubert nel 1825 come parte della sua Opus 52, un gruppo di sette lieder tratte dal poema epico dello scrittore scozzese Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake, tradotto in lingua tedesca.

Essa è divenuta una delle più note composizioni di Schubert, con il titolo Ave Maria, abbinata a versi molto differenti da quelli originali del poema.

Latin Catholic prayer version

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!

Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839 | David Garrett and Helene Fischer

Hail Mary, full of grace,

Mary, full of grace,

Mary, full of grace,

Hail, Hail, the Lord

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed,

Blessed is the fruit of thy womb,

Thy womb, Jesus.

Hail Mary!

David Garrett and Helene Fischer

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners,

Pray, pray for us;

Pray for us sinners,

Now, and at the hour of our death,

The hour of our death.

The hour, the hour of our death,

The hour of our death.

Hail Mary!