<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ave Maria by Gounod Gounod's Ave Maria, arranged for piano and cello . Performed by John Michel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> Charles Gounod composed a melody that was designed to be based on the prelude; a setting of that melody to Ave Maria is popular . The edition of the prelude used by Gounod contains the Schwencke measure . </P> <P> Mstislav Rostropovich compared this Prelude to the introductory bars of Bach's famous Prelude of Cello Suite No. 1, in a video named Rostropovich interprets Bach, filmed in 1991 at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine in Vézelay, France . </P>

Prelude and fugue no. 1 in c major bwv 846 analysis