Ave Maria

Original Music by Franz Schubert

Public Domain

With Male Voices of the Robert Shaw Chorale,

Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

Recorded in Manhattan Center, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Recording Time 4:22 P.D.

Recorded October 26, 1959 ~ Matrix No. K2PB-6075 Take 3

Single release: RCA-45RPM-47-7650-B

Single Flip Side: "The Lord's Prayer"

Stereo Single release: RCA-45RPM-61-7650

Single Flip Side: "The Lord's Prayer"

Ave Maria or Hail Mary, name given by Roman Catholics to a form of address to the Virgin Mary,

included in the Divine Office and in a few antiphons of the Mass. Ave Maria are the first two

words of the prayer that is taken from the salutation (see Luke 1:28) of the angel Gabriel,

traditionally worded: "Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among

women." Appearing in varying forms as early as the 6th century in the Liturgy of St. James

and others, the Ave Maria was finally adopted as a popular devotion in the 11th century.

The present form was fixed by Pope Pius V in 1568 and has been used by the Roman

Catholic laity as widely as the Our Father, or Lord's Prayer.

The recordings of "The Lord's Prayer" and "Ave Maria" were recorded in "Living Stereo" but released

only once on this limited edition stereo RCA Victor single. All re-releases following this time were either

in monaural or electronically reprocessed stereo. These recordings were recovered and re-mixed from the original

three-track master tapes specifically at the request of George Townsend who compiled and sequenced

this compilation for Buddha Records in 2001. With appreciation to Rob Santos, Dennis Ferrante and the

RCA Records Label. A significant find.

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