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Originally Posted by PeterR
Ok, I may have confused you a little, let me try again. There is no "Bach's Ave Maria". In the early 18th century Bach wrote "Das Wohltemperierte Klavier" (a cycle of keyboard pieces in all 24 keys, showcasing the at that time revolutionary well tempered tuning system, in the then common way instruments were tuned such a thing wouldn't have been possible).
Then in the mid 19th century french composer Gounod wrote a melody that fit over the first piece of Bach's cycle (you could perhaps think of a techno piece of today using a sample of some other song as an analogy).
Schubert's song is early 19th century.
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Ahh! Much clearer now thanks
So Schubert did the Ave Maria 'from scratch'? Hmmm.. I'm surprised! Schubert just jumped up many ranks in my composers list!
Which reminds me, I seriously need to learn more about classical music, so much amazing material.. Soo many great composers, pieces of music... I should at least know all the essentials..
But daaam, so much stuff! Just Bach, Beethove and Mozart would probably keep me occupied for years!
What kills me also is actually finding versions I like!! A lot of time I get a few mp3's, find a song i love, buy a cd (or many cd's), only to find that I don't really like the version I bought, the arrangement, instruments, tempo sometimes, Ex: Bach's Aire, I have an amazing version on mp3, and about 3 Bach cd's with that song on, with versions that I don't enjoy as much

So its not only getting the right author + piece, you have to get the right "chef d'orchestre" (guy who leads orchestra.. name?!), orchestra, instruments, etc..
Its almost like anytime you buy a song+author, you get a different song! You could have Bach's Aire 20 times, and everyone of them would be different! Its awesome for relistenability of a piece, but hard on the n00b who wants something and ends up getting something else...