# Ave Maria (On the Enigmatic Scale): Concert Band Conductor Score & Parts

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $45.00
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
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- **GTIN:** 9781571347275

## Summary

Ave Maria (On the Enigmatic Scale) concert band conductor score and parts, based on Giuseppe Verdi's sacred composition.

## Description

The "Four Sacred Pieces" for chorus are Giuseppe Verdi's (1813-1901) last compositions and were first performed in April, 1898. Ave Maria , the first of the "Four Sacred Pieces" was composed for four-part unaccompanied chorus. It is based on a scale that Verdi called "Scala enigmatica." Unlike any of the scales we recognize, it is composed of an unusual series of steps and half steps: C, D-flat, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A-sharp, B, C. The F is natural when the scale descends. This forms the basis of the composition. In the choral version, it is a setting of the Hail Mary prayer, and that text states best the mood of this beautiful and unusual composition. This arrangement for developing band has been completed by Barbara Buehlman.

## Categories

- **Categories:** Shipped

## Enrichment

- **Type:** sheet music
- **Type Synonyms:** musical score, conductor score
- **Tags:** concert band, sacred music, choral arrangement
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Music genre:** Religious, Vocal music
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

## Images

- ![Image 1](https://cdn.octogen.ai/9b2a64a810fa62ecdf8db63b242cdf34/faf0f663baf0c68e396dd47227b4b0e8.png)

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