![]() ![]() This sublime aria is sung in the fourth act of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, “Otello” , by Desdemona. Stravinsky composed all three works in Slavic text, then fifteen years later, after moving to the United States, he republished the works with Latin texts. ![]() It wasn’t until he returned to the church that he wrote a series of three motets intended for use within the orthodoxy (The Lord’s Prayer (1926), Credo (1932), and Ave Maria (1934). Stravinsky was raised in the Russian Orthodox Church, but in his young adult life, his religious practices were “put on hold” so to speak. Schubert’s original published score for this song was not set to the Latin prayer despite its opening phrase “Ave Maria.” Schubert based his work on Walter Scott’s similarly titled epic poem. In 1825, Schubert composed “ Ellens dritter Gesang” (Ellen’s Third Song) and included it in his collection of seven songs titled Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See (The Lady of the Lake). ![]()
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