Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer working in the early Romantic era. His ever-popular Ave Maria was composed in 1825 as No.6 of his Op. 52 a setting of seven songs from Sir WalterScott s epic poem The Lady Of The Lake. The text came from a part of the poem called Ellen s SongThe melody has been re-used many times and is often set to the Catholic Prayer that starts with the samephrase ( Hail Mary in English). Most memorably it was adapted by Walt Disney for his 1940 film Fantasia. The version here is for two Medium Voices with an accompanying Piano part.
