In a message dated 9/24/00 9:39:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ODivaTina@a... writes:
<< It's not a Catholic wedding, so "Ave Maria" is out.>> >>
Believe it or not, I've done the Schubert "Ave Maria" at a number of Episcopal weddings at the request of the bride. Recently, both a baritone cousin of the bride and I sang, he, the Schubert "Ave Maria," and I, a Mozart "Laudate Dominum."
Here is my rant about the "Ave Maria:" The original text in German is even more inappropriate for a wedding than is the Latin prayer to Mary asking the virgin to pray for sinners now and in the time of their death. It is appropriate for a funeral, and I have sung the Bach - Gounod "Ave ... " at the request of the family.
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