Handbell - Digital Download SKU: A0.733171 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod. Arranged by Benjamin Ayotte. Contemporary. Score. 8 pages. Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings #3662415. Published by Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings (A0.733171). Originally published in 1853 as Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J. S. Bach, the Ave Maria text was set to Gounod's melody and has entered the repertory (including the rogue measure between the bass's F# and Ab that lead to the final dominant prolongation). This arrangement, for 5-octave Handbell Choir, is dedicated to The Bells of St. Mary Handbell Choir of St. Mary Catholic Church, Wayne, Michigan, Dr. Richard Schneider, director.
