Was Schubert's "Ave Maria" originally a prayer?
Franz Schubert's famous "Ave Maria" was originally a setting of a poem by Sir Walter Scott, not the Latin prayer it's now sung with.
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Franz Schubert's famous "Ave Maria" was originally a setting of a poem by Sir Walter Scott, not the Latin prayer it's now sung with.
Schubert's song "Der Leiermann" is about a hurdy-gurdy player.