Ave Maria - Sheet Music for Chamber Orchestra Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod

An extensive orchestral arrangement of the well-known song by Gounod, which he wrote over Bach's first prelude.

The smallest possible instrumentation here is 2 violins, violoncello, double bass and piano or harp. This can be expanded with an additional viola, woodwinds, horns, timpani and percussion.

The piece is supplied with the following parts:
1 x flute, 1 x oboe, 1 x Bb clarinet, 1 x bassoon, 2 x horn 1 2 in F, 1 x timpani, 1 x percussion, 8 x 1st violin, 6 x 2nd violin, 4 x viola, 2 x cello, 1 x double bass and 1 x piano or harp.

The original prelude by Bach is played throughout on the piano (or harp)
The melody by Gounod is in the first violin. Violin 2, violoncello and double bass play newly added parts, everything else is doubling.

Instrumentation
1 flute
1 oboe
1 clarinet in b flat
1 bassoon
horn 1 and 2 in F
2 timpani
1 large cymbal
8 1st violones
6 2nd violins
4 violas
2 cellos
1 double bass
harp and / or piano

This instrumentation can also be reduced to the smallest possible instrumentation of:
a 1. violin
a 2nd violin
a violoncello
a double bass
piano (or harp)