Ave Maria

Composer: John Wallace Goodrich (1871-1952), 1897
Text: Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826-1886)

Recording: not available
Lyrics: (Sopr.1)
Schweig sam _ treibt mein mor _ _ scher Ein baum; klar _ und ru hig, ru hig wogt _ der See; pur pur _ _ war me A bend schat ten, pur _ pur war me A _ _ bend schat ten faer ben der Ge bir ge Schnee. Ei nes _ Ei _ lands Klos ter _ hal len dim mern aus der _ _ Fluth _ em por; Muen ster _ glo _ cken _ hoer _ ich schal _ len, Muen ster glo-_-cken _ hoer ich, und der Schwes tern from _ men Chor, _ und _ der Schwes tern from _ _ _ men _ Chor: Sem _ pi ter ni fons a mo ris, con _ so la trix _ tri sti um, pi-a Ma ter Sal va to ris, a _ ve, _ Vir _ go Vir _ gi num.	Sum mend, sin gend, suess _ er ster bend _ _ kommt _ der Ton; fueh _ _ ren schwin gend sei _ nen letz ten Hauch _ _ da von. Suess er _ ster _ bend _ _ kommt _ der Ton; _ Lutt und _ Wel le fueh _ ren schwin gend s ei nen letz ten Hauch da von. _ Sem _ pi ter ni fons a mo ris, con so la trix tri sti um, pi a Ma _ ter Sal va to ris, a ve, Vir go Vir _ gi num. Sem pi ter ni fons a mo ris, con so a trix _ tri sti um, pi a Ma ter Sal _ va to ris, con so _ la trix tri _ sti um, _ pi a Ma ter Sal _ _ va to ris, a ve, Vir go Vir _ gi num. A-ve, A-ve, Vir go Vir gi num.
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Internet references, biography information.

Grove Music Online.

Wallace Goodrich (1871-1952) American organist, conductor and writer on music. 7" x 9" photograph signed by Goodrich, dated " December, 1941". Good condition, stained on verso.

"Goodrich graduated from Newton High School and in 1888 Goodrich began studying organ with Henry Dunham and composition with George W. Chadwick at the New England Conservatory. He also studied with Rheinberger in Munich (1894-1895) and with Widor in Paris. In 1896-1897, Goodrich served as coach at the Leipzig Municipal Theater. In 1897, Goodrich returned to Boston and joined the organ faculty at NEC. He was appointed Dean in 1907 and subsequently Director in 1931- a position he held until 1942. Goodrich was organist at Church of the Messiah and later Trinity Church in Boston from 1902-1907. He was the official organist for the Boston Symphony from 1897-1900, performing Handel’s Concerto in D minor in the first pair of concerts ever held at Symphony Hall in October 1900. Goodrich founded Boston’s Choral Art Society in 1901 and served as its conductor until 1907. At various points, Goodrich also directed the Cecilia Society (1907-1910), the Worcester County Choral Association (1902-1907) and the Boston Opera Company (1909-1912). Among the operas conducted by Goodrich were Faust, Lakme, La Boheme, Rigoletto, Mignon, Hansel and Gretel , Converse’s The Sacrifice (world premiere) and The Pipe of Desire . In addition, Goodrich held the position of secretary to the Joint Commission on Church Music of the Episcopal Church, from its beginning in 1919 until 1948. Goodrich composed choral music, including his Ave Maria for chorus and orchestra (Munich, 1895). Goodrich also wrote The Organ in France (1917), “Recollections of my time at New England Conservatory”, and translated A. Pirro’s Johann Sebastian Bach and his Works for the Organ (1902) and d’Ortigue’s Methode d’accompagnement du plain-chant (1905)." -Grove Music Online.

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