Johann Sebastian Bach gave two notebooks of music to his wife, Anna Magdalena.The second notebook of 1725 contains a number of compositions from various composers of the time that were favorites of the Bach family.Included in the notebook is Menuett, BWV Anhang 114, popularly known as Minuet in G major, which has become the new focus of my attention in my ongoing “Bluesy Bach” series of recordings.Expect my own unique approach to this piece which will be available in the near future.
Today I’m excited to publish the second release in my “Bluesy Bach” project, Bluesy Bach – Opus 2 (Ave Maria). This is based on the Bach/Gounod version of Ave Maria originally titled in French, Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach. Gounod merged his melody for Ave Maria over Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846.
Gounod’s arrangement originally was composed for violin or cello with piano and harmonium. In my arrangement for Bluesy Bach of course I have drums, electric guitar playing the melody along with clavinet (thinking of you Stevie Wonder!), celesta and electric bass. I hope you like it and I hope the Blessed Mother will be pleased. You can grab a high quality (320 kbps mp3 or flac file) from my Music Store page, or if you are into streaming, just listen on Spotify when it appears on my artist page in a few days. You can also buy the song on Amazon.com.
The Latin and English translation of Ave Maria is shown below.
Áve María, grátia pléna,
Dóminus técum.
Benedícta tū in muliéribus,
et benedíctus frúctus véntris túi, Iésus.[10]
Sáncta María, Máter Déi,
óra pro nóbis peccatóribus,
nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstrae. Ámen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 1 Ringtone # 3. (Jesu Joy) YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos) for any amount you choose to pay. All payments may be done securely through PayPal. The music store page contains ringtones that are already in the Apple .m4r format.
Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 1 Ringtone # 2. (Jesu Joy) YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos)! All payments may be done securely through PayPal. The music store page contains ringtones that are already in the Apple .m4r format for use on an iPhone.
Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 1 Ringtone # 1. (Jesu Joy) YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos)! All payments may be done securely through PayPal. The music store page contains ringtones that are already in the Apple .m4r format for use on an iPhone.
