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==Schubert's setting==

==Schubert's setting==

The words are often sung to a musical setting by [[Franz Schubert]]. Curiously, although his original song was inspired by his devotion, it was not entitled ''Ave Maria,'' but "Ellens dritter Gesang" (Ellen's third song), and was a setting for a German translation of a portion ''The Lady of the Lake,'' a long poem by [[Sir Walter Scott]]. In the original, Scott's heroine is praying to the Virgin Mary, and opens her plea with the phrase "Ave Maria," but continues in her own words:

The words are often sung to a musical setting by [[Franz Schubert]]. Curiously, although his original song was inspired by his devotion, it was not entitled ''Ave Maria,'' but ''Ellens dritter Gesang'' (Ellen's third song), and was a setting for a German translation of a portion ''The Lady of the Lake,'' a long poem by [[Sir Walter Scott]]. In the original, Scott's heroine is praying to the Virgin Mary, and opens her plea with the phrase "Ave Maria," but continues in her own words:

&nbsp;&nbsp;Ave Maria! maiden mild!<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;Ave Maria! maiden mild!<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Listen to a maiden's prayer!<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Listen to a maiden's prayer!<br>