last stanza is partially repeated to show how it is sung in the film): The version heard in Fantasia was arranged by Leopold Stokowski especially for the film, and unlike the original, which is for a solo voice, is scored for soprano and mixed chorus, accompanied by the string section of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The soloist is Julietta Novis. The Ave Maria sequence was later featured in Very Merry Christmas Songs, which is part of Disney Sing-Along Songs, as a background movie for the song "Silent Night". See also "Ave Maria" by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and French composer Charles Gounod "Ave Maria" by Russian composer Vladimir Vavilov, often misattributed to Italian composer Giulio Caccini "Ave Maria" by American R&B artist Beyoncé, a modern re-written rendition featured on her album I Am... Sasha Fierce. References External links Sheet music, Cantorion.org The Lady of the Lake, edition with notes by William J. Rolfe, Boston 1883, with the song on page 58, and notes on alternate words on page 177 , including "Hymn to the Virgin" Lieder composed by Franz Schubert 1825 compositions 19th-century songs Adaptations of works by Walter Scott