"The Ave Maria Album"

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0a6c8020.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=92 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="New Berolina MT" ><B>Harpy Music</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Blackadder ITC" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    </B><B>|</B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harpy Music"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Uncommon Ground"><U>"Uncommon Ground"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Suite No. 1 (Z. 660)"><U>"Suite No. 1" (Z. 660)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Four Traditional Tunes for Lever Harp En"><U>"Four Traditional Tunes for Lever Harp Ensemble"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grave PG/800"><U>"Grave PG/800"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulcet Muse"><U>"Dulcet Muse"</U></A>   |   <B>"The Ave Maria Album"</B>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Les Folies Françoises"><U>"Les Folies Françoises"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seasons"><U>"Seasons</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Musa Antiqua"><U>"Musa Antiqua</U></A>"</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=388 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>The Ave Maria Album</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Five Versions by Various Composers</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Arranged for Lever Harp</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>18 pages, comb-bound</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>    This book is in answer to requests by wedding harpists seeking “new” material for their repertoire, but most of the pieces included in this album are quite suitable for any repertoire.  When one thinks “Ave Maria” in terms of music, it is generally the Gounod or Schubert setting that comes to mind.   However, a great many composers have set these words to music.  I have included only a very few examples here, ones that were suitable for adaptation to lever harp, and have also included the versions by Gounod and Schubert.  These pieces have been abridged, adapted and arranged in every case, sometimes quite radically, but always attempting to retain the intent and affect of the original.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-"Ave Maria"   (Jacob Arcadelt)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-"Ave Maria"   (Giulio Caccini)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-"Ave Maria"   (Bach/Gounod)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-"Prelude in C" (J. S. Bach)...especially arranged for lever harps</B></div> <div> <B>          </B><B>having levers only on the Cs, Fs and Bs...</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Monotype Corsiva" ><B>also included is </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>          an alternate ending making the piece playable on a </B></div> <div> <B>          22-string lap harp!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-"Ave Maria"  (W.A. Mozart)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>-"Ave Maria"   (Franz Schubert)    </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Monotype Corsiva" ><B>                         </B></FONT><B>  </B><B>$9 US including postage</B></div> <div> <B>                      </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but22.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="mdethier@mnsi.net"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Ave Maria Album"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="9.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="mdethier@mnsi.net"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>                      </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>            </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                              </B></div> <div> <B>    </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>