Ave Maria on glass harp

Ave Maria by Franz Schubert played on glass harp by Robert Tiso. This song is No. 6 of Schubert s Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See (Songcycle from The Lady of the Lake ), composed in 1825. It is listed as Ellens Gesang. III. Hymne an die Jungfrau (Ellen s song, III. Hymn to the Virgin), and it is often referred to as Elles dritter Gesang (Ellen s third song). The original source is The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott ( 17711832), in the German translation (published 1819) by Adam Storck (17801822) in 1819 (the name Adam Storck is a pseudonym for Philipp Adam). The seven songs that form the songcycle were published in 1826 as Schubert s Op. 52, with both Storck s German texts and the original English texts by Scott, under the title Sieben Gesange aus Walter Scotts Fräulein vom See (Seven Songs from Walter Scott s Lady of the Lake). Often sung in Latin with an adaptation of the Roman Catholic Ave Maria text, this song is often referred to