Post by 特斯拉 on Feb 5, 2023 15:39:41 GMT -5
Ave Maria is an ancient and important Catholic prayer, recognized pretty much everywhere throughout the Christian world, as many composers have created musical settings for ave maria down through the centuries.
Ave Maria is very popular and used in many occasions. But many argue that This piece was composed by Italian Gullio Caccini (kachini)(1551-1618) not by Vladimir Vavilov (1925-1973). In fact, the setting didn’t come to light until the twentieth century. One plausible reason as to why this might be is that this Ave Maria arguably wasn’t composed until then.
Also its composition structure cannot belong to 16th century, so it was a relatively unknown Russian (Soviet) guitarist and composer Vladimir Vavilov who composed it, and recorded it as an anonymous work in 1970. He recorded it under the label Melodia in 1972.
Why it is attributed to Gullio Caccini?
Well, It was because of Vavilov’s great reverence for the Virgin Mary at the time when religious composition was criminal under communism, so he had to attribute the song to Julio Caccini as the composer. The Soviet leaders suppressed creators of works, which were not in line with the communist theory. In this atmosphere, Vavilov could not risk to come out, as the author of this beautiful music with such an “Anti-Soviet” name “Ave Maria”.
Its presence on any classical crossover singer’s album is now almost guaranteed, popularized by Andrea Bocelli and especially by the Latvian soprano Inessa Galante who recorded it in 1995.
Ave Maria is very popular and used in many occasions. But many argue that This piece was composed by Italian Gullio Caccini (kachini)(1551-1618) not by Vladimir Vavilov (1925-1973). In fact, the setting didn’t come to light until the twentieth century. One plausible reason as to why this might be is that this Ave Maria arguably wasn’t composed until then.
Also its composition structure cannot belong to 16th century, so it was a relatively unknown Russian (Soviet) guitarist and composer Vladimir Vavilov who composed it, and recorded it as an anonymous work in 1970. He recorded it under the label Melodia in 1972.
Why it is attributed to Gullio Caccini?
Well, It was because of Vavilov’s great reverence for the Virgin Mary at the time when religious composition was criminal under communism, so he had to attribute the song to Julio Caccini as the composer. The Soviet leaders suppressed creators of works, which were not in line with the communist theory. In this atmosphere, Vavilov could not risk to come out, as the author of this beautiful music with such an “Anti-Soviet” name “Ave Maria”.
Its presence on any classical crossover singer’s album is now almost guaranteed, popularized by Andrea Bocelli and especially by the Latvian soprano Inessa Galante who recorded it in 1995.
