Ave Maria

Franz Schubert , 1825

Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee:

blessed art thou among women.

                                      LUKE 1:28 kjv

 

Ave Maria ( Hail Mary ) is really a way of addressing the Virgin Mary, as the Angel Gabriel did when he foretold Jesus' birth.

The angel's annunciation to Mary is important part of the Christmas throughout history have highly revered the Virgin Mary. Christians repeat angel's greeting every time they say the prayer Hail Mary.

Ave Maria has been set to music many times, but probably the most famous Ave Maria was written by Austrian composer Franz - Schubert in 1825. However, it was intended as a piece of secular, not sacred music. During his short career, Schubert, using a Romantic style, wrote many German songs called lieder. Most of these songs are based on folk tales and literature of the time. Schubert composed the music of Ave Maria to accompany a portion of Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake. The song, called Ellen's Song III, is a prayer to the Virgin Mary in German.