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Franz Schubert, Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild!, also called Ellens dritter Gesang : Hymne an die Jungfrau [Ellen's third song : Hymn to the Virgin]. Composed in April 1825 (the manuscript has been lost).
This Opus 52 contains 7 works.
The English words are taken from Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake, and were translated to German by Adam Storck.
Ellens Gesang III was first performed on the 31st of January 1828 at the Musikverein in Vienna.
The first edition of this song is dated April 5, 1826, by Matthias Artaria in Vienna (catalog number 814) as no. 6 of Opus 52 (Book 2), dedicated by Schubert to Sofie Gräfin Weissenwolff, née Komtesse Breuner. The original key is B flat Major.
It was first published with English and German words. It was Schubert's brother Ferdinand who arranged this song for use in churches, with orchestral accompaniment, on December 31, 1842. The manuscript of this arrangement lies in the Peters-Kirche in Vienna.
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