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This piece was written by contemporary South American guitarist Jose Luis Merlin. The soulful piece evokes images of happy, summer days and is in celebration of the life of the composer's friend who died of cancer.
Although originally a setting for a German translation of Walter Scott's hymn from The Lady of the Lake, the opening of the refrain to this piece was always the Latin Ave Maria. Later, this opening line inspired the setting to be re-used for the complete Latin text of the traditional Ave Maria prayer, and this is the form in which we most commonly know it today.
Taking a melody by Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Charles-Francois Gounod created a setting for the Ave Maria. This piece is one of the most recognizable in religious music.
This piece was written by Allan Alexander and Jessica Walsh. It is named in honor of O'Carolan (1670-1738), a classically influenced folk composer of Irish harp music.
Sometimes called the Golden Sequence, this medieval
sequence has been variously attributed to both
Pope Innocent III and Archbishop of Cantebury Stephen Langton.
This setting is from the Taize community in France.
