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Song without Words (Venetian Gondola Song) g minor op
Salzburg and Vienna
Piano Piece in F major K
This later engraving has been the basis for all modern editions although no justification for the re-engraving or the resulting modifications can be traced back to Debussy
Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod Arabesque Song without Words (Venetian GondolaGounod had no qualms about arranging well known works by earlier masters after his own fashion. Thus in 1852 he added a melody with its own operatic climax to the famous arpeggios of the C major Prelude BWV 846 from Bachs Well Tempered Clavier. He first published instrumental versions of it under the title Mditation, then tried fitting various texts to the melody until in 1859 he arrived at the definitive vocal version using the text of the Ave Maria.