Franz Schubert - Ave Maria, D. 839 (Ellen's Third Song)

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"Ellens Gesang III", also called Ave Maria, was composed as a setting of a song from Walter Scott's popular epic poem "The Lady of the Lake" and thus forms part of Schubert's "Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See".
In Scott's poem the character Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake has gone with her exiled father to stay in a cave as he has declined to join their previous host, Roderick Dhu, in rebellion against King James. Roderick Dhu, the chieftain of Clan Alpine, sets off up the mountain with his warriors, but lingers and hears the distant sound of the harpist Allan-bane, accompanying Ellen who sings a prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary, calling upon her for help. Roderick Dhu pauses, then goes on to battle.

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