Violin and piano - intermediate to advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q53343 MΓ©ditation religieuse. Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Wolfgang Birtel. Arranged by Adolphe Herman. This edition: Sheet music. (c) 2020 Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz. Classical. Downloadable. 11 pages. Schott Music - Digital #Q53343. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q53343). English β’ German.Certainly the famous MΓ©ditation over the first prelude from Bachβs Well-tempered Clavichord β with the subsequent addition of the words to Ave Maria β has become Charles Gounodβs best-known piece. In the 19th Century, however, one of his other compositions was also very popular: Hymne Γ Sainte CΓ©cile, a βMΓ©ditation religieuseβ β in the original version with orchestra (1865) dedicated to his friend Jean Delphin Alard. Gounod had already written one work in honour of the Blessed Cecilia, patron saint of church music, a Mass that became very popular. In contrast, this Hymne is instrumental, with the violin βsingingβ a lovely melody over a harp-like accompaniment of arpeggios. (Gounod subsequently wrote another setting with the text βAve verumβ.) Plate no. 19323, published in 1868.
