Lael Viegas playing ' Ave Maria ' (Music: Franz Schubert ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 8 - December 8, 2025 : Schubert’s “ Ave Maria ” wasn’t originally a setting of the Catholic prayer. It was composed in 1825 as “ Ellens dritter Gesang” (Ellen’s Third Song) , part of a seven-song cycle based on Sir Walter Scott’s 1810 poem The Lady of the Lake . The original German lyrics were a translation by Adam Storck , and the song
