AVE MARIA

Ave Maria is known for its vocal strings lines and heartfelt Romantic

expressivity. A unitary song rendered in either minor or major mode and

stereotyped as rural folk music due to its lack of harmonic structure. There

are many Ave Maria songs but this song by Francisco Santiago is great, it

was arranged it different themes and tunes. It’s like an opera, it can be sung

by a group or by solo. In fact were so grateful that we have our own Ave

Maria in the Philippines.

This song was composed in order to honour our Virgin Mary. We

Filipinos are indeed religious people. This song is usually sang at weddings and

funerals. This is a very classic song that reminds us of our cultures, values and belief.