Ave Maria (Schubert)

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"Ellens dritter Gesang" ("Ellens Gesang III", D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, 1825, English: "Ellen's Third Song"), is a work composed by Franz Schubert in 1825. It is part of a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's 1810 popular narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, in which the character Ellen Douglas sings a prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary. Beyond the song as originally composed by Schubert, it is also performed as "Ave Maria", the Latin name of the prayer Hail Mary. "Ave Maria" is presented 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.

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