Since early times, men of art have been dedicating a good part of their creative work to religious themes. Virgin Mary is perhaps one of the biggest religious objects of inspiration for painters, poets and, of course, musicians. The majority of greatest composers of all time have at least a piece dedicated to the Blessed Mother of God.
Despite the big number of such music compositions, there’s still one that can now be called almost unrivaled, and that’s the Ave Maria by Schubert (a music setting of "Ellen's Third Song" from Walter Scott’s poem “The Lady of the Lake”). This piece is recognized and played worldwide and is perhaps the major dedication to the Blessed Virgin.
So many versions of Ave Maria appeared since the moment of its creation. Both classical composers of the past and contemporary ones made their own arrangement of the piece. In order to present their own vision of the composition musicians have gone through various experiments. Here’s a video of the piece performed on musical saw. To me it sounds very harmonious and the high poignant ‘voice’ of the saw suit the image perfectly.
In fact, to my own surprise I found out that the size of the repertoire for the musical saw is quite extensive. Moreover, there were composers who created music specifically for this instrument (Penderecki, Minden, Enescu).
I believe that some eternal composition like Ave Maria are so refined that would sound admirably played on whatever instrument.
Despite the big number of such music compositions, there’s still one that can now be called almost unrivaled, and that’s the Ave Maria by Schubert (a music setting of "Ellen's Third Song" from Walter Scott’s poem “The Lady of the Lake”). This piece is recognized and played worldwide and is perhaps the major dedication to the Blessed Virgin.
So many versions of Ave Maria appeared since the moment of its creation. Both classical composers of the past and contemporary ones made their own arrangement of the piece. In order to present their own vision of the composition musicians have gone through various experiments. Here’s a video of the piece performed on musical saw. To me it sounds very harmonious and the high poignant ‘voice’ of the saw suit the image perfectly.
In fact, to my own surprise I found out that the size of the repertoire for the musical saw is quite extensive. Moreover, there were composers who created music specifically for this instrument (Penderecki, Minden, Enescu).
I believe that some eternal composition like Ave Maria are so refined that would sound admirably played on whatever instrument.
