Schubert - Ave Maria - Deanna Durbin

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  • čas přidán 29. 02. 2008
  • Deanna Durbin, at age 18, singing Franz Schubert's masterpiece. Here is what Schubert had to say about this song, in a letter to his father:
    "My new songs from Scott's 'Lady of the Lake' especially had much success. They also wondered greatly at my piety, which I expressed in a hymn to the Holy Virgin and which, it appears, grips every soul and turns it to devotion."
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    Ave Maria
    Gratia plena
    Maria, gratia plena
    Maria, gratia plena
    Ave, ave dominus
    Dominus tecum
    Benedicta tu in mulieribus
    Et benedictus
    Et benedictus fructus ventris
    Tuae, Jesus.
    Ave Maria
    Ave Maria
    Mater Dei
    Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
    Ora, ora pro nobis
    Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
    Nunc et in hora mortis
    In hora mortis nostrae
    In hora mortis, mortis nostrae
    In hora mortis nostrae
    Ave Maria
    Amen
    __________________________________________
    Hail Mary,
    full of grace,
    the Lord is with thee;
    blessed art thou among women,
    and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
    Jesus.
    Holy Mary,
    Mother of God,
    pray for us sinners,
    now and at the hour of our death.
    Amen.
    ______________________________________
    The close-ups are of her co-stars in the film: Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Cecilia Loftis, Lewis Howard, Samuel S. Hinds, and the wonderful S.Z. Sakall (Carl the waiter from Casablanca) in his American film debut.
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Komentáře • 811

  • @danmingori284
    @danmingori284 Před 4 lety +37

    I finished my letter to Deanna then set it aside. A week or two had passed and I heard the saddest of news - the world had lost one of the greatest voices of our generations. Losing her voice, her presence, and her beauty was bad enough - losing her legendary talents, the memories she created - was devastating. They, those whom I enjoyed most in this meager lifetime, brought more than laughter and joy to me. Gone are the most enjoyable of friends - she, Deanna, among them.

  • @RosealieWalker
    @RosealieWalker Před 12 lety +12

    i was named after deanna. i am now 62 and have just watched her for the first time. no wonder my mother loved her so much. fantastic

  • @bugsbunny021
    @bugsbunny021 Před 12 lety +19

    I'm 54 years old and I can't help crying when I hear this too.

  • @katheenperrault9072
    @katheenperrault9072 Před 4 lety +51

    So beautiful! My mother had this sung to her by a nurse as she was dying! Tears to my eyes every time I hear it! I love this so much!
    I’m crying now!

  • @MizunoPansaa
    @MizunoPansaa Před 12 lety +19

    I'm a 28 year old woman who only cries under very very rare circumstances. And yet, no matter how many times I watch this, it makes me tear up. I understand exactly where you're coming from. It's heart-breaking beauty!

  • @stuartdurbin4441
    @stuartdurbin4441 Před 6 lety +183

    not only one of the loveliest women in filmdom but one of the loveliest sopranos ever to grace the entertainment industry, and I am very proud to be able to say, a distant relative of mine.

  • @TheLaarni02
    @TheLaarni02 Před 12 lety +65

    The most beautiful Ave Maria rendition I have ever heard!! Miss Durbin's voice is so smooth, so soothing, so angelic, I want to cry.

  • @artmcpharlin6730
    @artmcpharlin6730 Před 6 lety +51

    So beautiful and such a way to honor Mary, the mother of Jesus.

  • @frsdonahue
    @frsdonahue Před 12 lety +9

    What a blessing! Just beautiful. Always brings tears; and, this is how nuns should look. Good to see all the stars of Hollywood's Golden Years: Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Stephenson and S.Z. Szakall.

  • @MarkDaGardna
    @MarkDaGardna Před 12 lety +6

    All I know is that this was my mothers favorite rendition of this song and is why I love it also....Thank You Deanna.....

  • @popazz1
    @popazz1 Před 13 lety +9

    I am so pleased I have found this.Deanna Durbin had a truly beautiful voice,pure as spring water.As a 50 year old man,seeing this brings back so many happy memories of sitting with my mother on a saturday afternoon to watch the old black and white films.Well done for posting this clip!

  • @enterprisebaby
    @enterprisebaby Před 11 lety +3

    Absolutely true, and I love the Bach/Gounod piece with Miss Durbin and the choir boys as well. "Ave Maria"--Hail, Mary. "Gratia plena"--full of grace. Doesn't get much more Latin than that!

  • @jps2102
    @jps2102 Před 13 lety +6

    This is a most beautiful hymn. I dont know why people would want to bash each other. think about the words. absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!! Excellent video and thanks for sharing!!!

  • @Micelli1947
    @Micelli1947 Před 12 lety +5

    Reminds me of my Catholic School Education from 1953-1961. . . .those were the days!! God Bless for posting such a beautiful song!!!

  • @gf1001
    @gf1001 Před 11 lety +7

    I cannot believe the beauty of her voice, had not heard this for years, Deanna no one comes close to you for voice sheer perfection, RIP angel on earth.now angel in heaven.xx

  • @t.patrickregan4269
    @t.patrickregan4269 Před 4 lety +6

    Deanna Durbin is a beautiful beautiful voice beautiful woman 🙏

  • @petelovesbevsills
    @petelovesbevsills Před 15 lety +8

    Just imagine if there was ANYONE living today that could sing just one third as well as Beloved Deanna? The mind boggles desn't it?
    BRAVA Deanna, you were the BEST!!!!!!!!!!

  • @pancholom
    @pancholom Před 13 lety +7

    A beautiful singer with a beautiful voice singing one of the most beautiful vocal pieces ever composed

  • @lnw2715
    @lnw2715 Před 6 lety +8

    The purest, clearest, most perfect soprano voice ever. Others have lovely qualities also, but she is my favorite!

  • @rouman7
    @rouman7 Před 14 lety +1

    love this by lanza, but its one of the best i have heard a soprano sing, a pure voice diffrent to any other soprano. like lanza a voice of beauty....

  • @jameshowe50
    @jameshowe50 Před 10 lety +63

    Mary was my Mothers name. We felt the presence of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1988 as we marched in the evening procession with 10,000 of our closest friends and sang this song. Breath taking!!

  • @deloresbenson7846
    @deloresbenson7846 Před 5 lety +7

    My mom's favorite song. I love to listen to it and think of her.

  • @moyo8356
    @moyo8356 Před 11 lety +3

    She has an Angelic face for sure, a powerful voice descended from Heavens to touch the heart of hearts of all mankind.

  • @annbax11
    @annbax11 Před 12 lety +7

    no words need to be spoken, everytime I listen to her beautiful voice, so under rated, yet one of the best, every time she makes me cry, I think I have watched all her movies, especially when she starred with Franchot Tone, I am sure there was more going on there, the chemistry between the both of them was electric.

  • @day1678
    @day1678 Před 4 lety +3

    O Most Blessed among women art thou, Oh holy Mother of God.

  • @happygael
    @happygael Před 13 lety +2

    My first true Love I fell in love with her at the Loews valencia In Manhattan years ago.
    her voice is something special

  • @jhentlekiss
    @jhentlekiss Před 13 lety +2

    Angelic Face with an Angelic voice! what a combination! Truly Heaven Sent!

  • @stuartoneill2663
    @stuartoneill2663 Před 4 lety +7

    Best I've heard yet and I'm still looking

  • @swingsc
    @swingsc Před 11 lety +7

    This rendition of Ave Maria always moves me to tears I've listened to Deanna sing it hundreds of of times over the last 50years, my mother bought the record during WW2 and I found it in a box when I had just become a teenager and loved it ever since. Her voice is wonderful and she was such a lovely lady who wrote to me a couple of times and sent me a signed photo from Mad About Music dedicating the still to me which I sent to her some 30years ago, sadly missed by many LOL R.I.P.

  • @luvlygirl1000
    @luvlygirl1000 Před 11 lety +7

    Breath taking, her voice and beauty dares to be❤

  • @BalletBabyBoy
    @BalletBabyBoy Před 12 lety +2

    Lovely...one of the most inspired and beautiful songs ever written. Schubert was touched by the muse.

  • @kathydunnavant2064
    @kathydunnavant2064 Před 5 lety +6

    Never seen this movie or heard this rendition of This beautiful song! Wonderful!

  • @purpleyoshi22
    @purpleyoshi22 Před 13 lety +4

    This song really grips the soul.

  • @nevillemurray5045
    @nevillemurray5045 Před 5 lety +15

    Heartbreakingly beautiful, I can't believe that I have never come across this version before. It makes me wonder what other treasures are out there. Thank you CZcams.

  • @cox123ish
    @cox123ish Před 11 lety +3

    may she rest in Gods arms. i love her voice she was beautyfull. i will remember her in my latin mass. from bishop mike Cox Ireland. thank you youtube most seenceerley.

  • @josephabela9765
    @josephabela9765 Před 5 lety +4

    She sings from heaven!!

  • @KIZERVONZINGER
    @KIZERVONZINGER Před 14 lety +3

    Love her voice and she was alway so sweet. I love her in anything she made me want to be a singer :)

  • @maebao
    @maebao Před 13 lety +3

    Always love Ave Maria songs, but she make this one even beautifull to hear and to see her singing, love very much, thank u for post that video.

  • @candycattles4844
    @candycattles4844 Před 4 lety +22

    2019 Oct 13 were is everyone at who watches & listening to her beautiful voice ??

  • @lynstoneham
    @lynstoneham Před 4 lety +7

    Magnificent Voice

  • @rovingdodge
    @rovingdodge Před 11 lety +2

    This song reminds me of my dear Mum who passed away a month ago. I can't put into words how much I miss her. Love you Mum.

  • @petetotaro9510
    @petetotaro9510 Před 4 lety +15

    Phenomenal as Schubert version is by far the most beautiful Ave Maria one will ever hear!

  • @padilllac
    @padilllac Před 12 lety +9

    I love this song, a beautiful tribute to the Mother of God. Thank for posting it here.

  • @retroman1962
    @retroman1962 Před 11 lety +6

    One of the greatest voices of the 20th century. She inspired Maria Callas and Mario Lanza. RIP Deanna.

  • @TheLaarni02
    @TheLaarni02 Před 12 lety +13

    I have goosebumps listening to her. What a fantastic sweet operatic voice, so smooth. The best Ave Maria rendition I've heard. Just beautiful!

  • @sandie157
    @sandie157 Před 4 lety +4

    Beautiful. My dad loved her voice

  • @daniellanglois89
    @daniellanglois89 Před 5 lety +11

    Words could never begin to describe Deanna’s pure tone and elegance. She is simply perfect.

  • @brucescott3718
    @brucescott3718 Před 8 lety +81

    My mother loved Deanna Durbin, and I now know why, what a divine talent.

  • @suzy1956ify
    @suzy1956ify Před 4 lety +2

    Frisson ,frisson , et larmes , j’arrive pas à contrôler mes émotion !!!!

  • @mmbmbmbmb
    @mmbmbmbmb Před 5 lety +4

    Thank you for quoting Franz Schubert's letter to his father! Thanks for sharing this Rarity!

  • @user-vs2hk7cv6w
    @user-vs2hk7cv6w Před 4 lety +9

    Потрясающая актриса.

  • @parkman35
    @parkman35 Před 12 lety +2

    A great performance for our Blessed Lady...

  • @princessdesigns8439
    @princessdesigns8439 Před 5 lety +5

    So angelic and heavenly

  • @susiehepburn1997
    @susiehepburn1997 Před 11 lety +15

    I adored Deanna, grew up watching all her movies and used to say my prayers that God would give me a voice like hers.. He never did, of course, her's was one in a million.. The fact that she could act too was just icing on the cake.. They just don't make movies like this anymore and they just don't make singers like Deanna..

  • @raydziadzio1058
    @raydziadzio1058 Před 9 lety +211

    If Schubert wrote nothing else he would be remembered till the end of time for Ave Maria!

  • @marionlarkin9837
    @marionlarkin9837 Před 4 lety +12

    My mother sang this at weddings it was her favourite song, soo I had it played at her funeral it is such a magnificent song.

  • @odragde16
    @odragde16 Před 15 lety +4

    amazing performance !!! beautiful the voice of an angel

  • @susansantapola
    @susansantapola Před 10 lety +3

    Perfecto!!! Mesmerising, moving, devastating, soothing, amazing, uplifting, sad, inspired. xx

  • @barbn.h.4110
    @barbn.h.4110 Před 6 lety +4

    Incredible song with the perfect voice

  • @milkblackcoffee
    @milkblackcoffee Před 14 lety

    Just beautiful!
    Thank you Robby for sharing it with me.

  • @jewelmarkess
    @jewelmarkess Před 11 lety +2

    R.I.P. I've loved her voice and her movies so much, tried to watch every single one of them. She was a wonderful singer and actress and a great person.

  • @arthurwalker9767
    @arthurwalker9767 Před 9 lety +167

    One of the greatest female voices ever. Pity she lived in the early days of film and recordings. Perfect intonation, breathing, phrasing and rhythm. What more can one want?

  • @TheRealGneiss
    @TheRealGneiss Před 15 lety +3

    As a singer Deanna will never be overshadowed by anyone. Outside of opera she was quite simply in a class of her own!

  • @OperaBuff1935
    @OperaBuff1935 Před 16 lety +4

    Oh, Ceil! This is just beautiful. This is the kind of music one will hear in Heaven. No one knows what Heaven will be like, but I can't imagine Heaven without Mozart' music, as well as other great composers - Haydn's "Cretion" , etc. And now let's add Deanna Durbin to that list. (Of course, she's still living. :-) This is the best,most wonderful and glorious "Ave Maria" I've ever heard. Thank you for the posting.
    operabuff1935

  • @Aussiesound1
    @Aussiesound1 Před 12 lety +4

    The Franz Schubert composition, the melody, the music, the arrangement, the performance by Deanna Durbin all magically woven together to create a masterpiece and to have been there during this scene would have been a moving and spiritual experience.

  • @paulhamilton7229
    @paulhamilton7229 Před 8 lety +11

    the voice of an angel

  • @24AngelChild68
    @24AngelChild68 Před 11 lety +4

    This is the best version of Ave Maria i have ever heard! Luv you and your beautiful soprano voice

  • @avemariaclark
    @avemariaclark Před 12 lety +4

    This is a real classic version of this gorgeous piece. I listen to this one on my AVE MARIA playlist when I'm feeling nostalgic about my grandmother, who loved to sing this piece.

  • @Psicobeatle
    @Psicobeatle Před 14 lety

    The most perfect version that I´ve hear

  • @johnbader3094
    @johnbader3094 Před 9 lety +14

    one of the best I've heard. She has a voice of an angel and a face to match.

  • @annbax11
    @annbax11 Před 12 lety +2

    what more can be said, simply beautiful

  • @007jimmymac
    @007jimmymac Před 11 lety +30

    My Mom introduced me to this beautiful singer and we would watch her old movies and of course this piece on you tube. This was the song she remembered as a child and loved this so much. Mom died a few days ago and 'Ave Maria' was played at her funeral mass. I will always think of this with every rosary I offer for her.

  • @johnshouse6075
    @johnshouse6075 Před 11 lety +3

    Very beautiful voice and passion. Loved Deanna also in "One Hundred Men and A Girl". Was able to get on DVD.

  • @neilduff5918
    @neilduff5918 Před 6 lety +3

    Wow! I have heard this many times from different singers but "Wow" Deanna's is the nicest of all. Gorgeous. Spine tingling stuff!

  • @edmundcharles5278
    @edmundcharles5278 Před 9 lety +44

    Wow! She was the diva of the 1940s and boy could she sing!

  • @robertcolon2038
    @robertcolon2038 Před 9 lety +11

    Beautiful; the golden era of movies.

  • @tanbird3811
    @tanbird3811 Před 5 lety +9

    Her voice is so wonderful...timeless, agelessly sublime!

  • @happygael
    @happygael Před 11 lety +1

    I remember seeing her hearing her at the loew's 72 street in New York City when I was a child. in the thirties. I saw her in several othe movies.I never forgot her voice. It is beautiful

  • @janetpritchard5014
    @janetpritchard5014 Před 4 lety +2

    Wonderful voice, my late father’s favourite, thanks for posting

  • @jrlomy2k
    @jrlomy2k Před 13 lety +1

    Apparently 19 people are without souls or worse than satan. How this song, this rendition cannot bring a sinner to their knees or tears of joy, is beyond me.
    Even Satan trembles at the mere sound of an "Ave".
    Thank you for posting, this is one of the most beautiful renditions of this song I've heard in a while. How I miss when the Catholic Church was truly Catholic. "THIS" is what the angels treasure and what we strive for. Merry CHRISTmas, to all!

  • @starrydi
    @starrydi Před 6 lety +1

    Anyone who would give this a thumbs down is just sadly ignorant. Even if it is not the style they listen to they should at least appreciate the performance and the song for the quality and the skill that it is.

  • @jrlomy2k
    @jrlomy2k Před 15 lety

    It's such a shame that there aren't movies made like this anymore. I am a thirty something year old Catholic who longs for the church to be as it once was portrayed in beautiful segments of movies like this. Times when people not only respected the religious, but revered them with the highest regard. Now they are made nothing but mockeries of them. Jesus, mercy! Thanks for the beautiful video post. God bless.

  • @avemariaclark
    @avemariaclark Před 11 lety +12

    That's what I call classic beauty!

  • @mogrady8290
    @mogrady8290 Před 6 lety +3

    My favourite song of all time by Deanna Durbin simply stunning!

  • @Rose3499
    @Rose3499 Před 6 lety

    I just Love this Hymns, it make me Cry---I use to sing it with weddings and funeral, when I was young. It's So emotional for me, with the hurtful journey with my marriage....

  • @curtisbrumfield9031
    @curtisbrumfield9031 Před 8 lety +57

    man she put her heart and soul into this song

  • @sunofgod480
    @sunofgod480 Před 9 lety +44

    This is what heavenly angels must look and sound like

  • @pointelouise
    @pointelouise Před 10 lety +7

    A Canadian treasure.

  • @rogerwoodland6387
    @rogerwoodland6387 Před 8 lety +42

    SO BEAUTIFUL IT MAKES ME WEEP.

  • @lindajones7219
    @lindajones7219 Před 6 lety

    MY BELOVED FATHER DIED AGED 94 3 YEARS AGO .AS A CHILD GROWING UP HE WOULD LISTEN TO DEANNA DURBIN SING AND HE WOULD TREMBLE AND SAY TO ME ,,,LIN NEVER WILL YOU HEAR SUCH A VOICE AS THIS ,OTHERS DO WELL BUT NOONE CAN COMPARE WITH HER .HE WAS SO RIGHT A BEAUTIFUL LADY AN ASTOUNDING VOICE .SENT FROM HEAVEN

  • @Aussiesound1
    @Aussiesound1 Před 7 lety +117

    Hard to follow that lovely performance. May the Lord bless her immortal soul Amen

  • @24AngelChild68
    @24AngelChild68 Před 11 lety

    R.I.P. Deanna I miss you and I will always love you :'(

  • @jewelmarkess
    @jewelmarkess Před 12 lety +2

    Deanna Durbin sings it beautifully. Even though I prefer when this song is sung in the original German, I love Deanna's voice. Love this movie too.

  • @JRobbySh
    @JRobbySh Před 13 lety

    She stopped making movies before I was even aware of her. Never realized how beautifully she sang until U-tube. Danke sehr!

  • @AnneMary49
    @AnneMary49 Před 10 lety +19

    Beautiful singing voice...brings tears to your eyes and love in your heart...thanks for sharing

  • @paullaric8537
    @paullaric8537 Před 8 lety +29

    Deanna and her voice are both unforgettable. We're so lucky to be able to see and hear her at her best.
    P&D

  • @blackiemittens
    @blackiemittens Před 12 lety +1

    I'm not a Catholic, but since seeing "Fantasia" as a child, this has always been one of my favorite pieces of music. Talent is a gift from God. You respond to the 'spark' of God in the composer, musician, singer, whatever the artist is. It speaks to the God
    'spark' in you.

  • @miltydolan
    @miltydolan Před 8 lety +55

    Never again will there be a voice like this.

  • @raymond3193
    @raymond3193 Před 8 lety +85

    The song Ave Maria is beautiful music from Heaven.

  • @emg475
    @emg475 Před 10 lety +15

    Imagine having to watch an Advertisment for Budweiser before hearing Ave Maria... welcome to America.. :-(

    • @USSDrumSSN677
      @USSDrumSSN677 Před 10 lety +6

      I second this. I hate the CZcams stupid advertisements interrupting. It really puts me off.