Uploaded by violinthief on Jul 1, 2008
Deanna Durbin and the Vienna Boys Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben) perform the Bach - Gounod setting of Ave Maria.
This performance was filmed in the fall of 1937, when Durbin was 15 years old. The movie it is taken from is "Mad About Music".
Thanks for dholl17 for pointing out that the boys choir you see is the St. Luke's Choristers from Long Beach, CA. However they are just mouthing the words that Deanna Durbin and the Vienna Boys Choir had already recorded.
*Note - this is the second version I've posted. The earlier version simply had too much distortion. This time, I've made a new master DVD from my original tape and uploaded with a program which allows for higher quality sound transfers, and I hope the listener will now be able to appreciate a little bit more how Miss Durbin sounded. Still, considering the recording was made in 1937 with primitive equipment by today's standards, there is no way to know just how great her voice was.*
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She had a great talent. Her singing is so pure and her breath control is perfect.
2 years ago 42
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her singing is beautiful OMG I wanna sing like that
2 years ago 22
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Simply awesome. God gave her a gift that few have!
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what a remarkable voice...she sang this song the best...
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Truly an awe inspiring performance. I hope that Miss Durbin knows her music is still enchanting us. Thank God for the ability to record her voice so future generations will hear it and be swept away as we are.
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What pipes! Always loved Deanna....Thanks for posting this, fond memories. :-)
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A very nice rendition of Ave Maria!
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i think this is absolutely fantastic. the childrens voices really bring out the emotions in me. I want to hear more childrens choirs.
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@RandyNewmanFan sorry are you calling this version Disney-esque. Flip me, under your supreme ideas I guess millions of people should stop singing it in Churches across the world
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@RandyNewmanFan PUH-leeezz...
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Bravo and respect,my angel
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This is one of many videos I have uploaded that has been subjected to phony copyright claims by "Orchard Music" and "Ingrooves". This is a public domain recording. Please do not click on any links below the video. This criminal conduct should not be rewarded.
violinthief 1 month ago
Bach never existed, he was invented by the illuminati to undermine the real classical composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, and later composers including Schubert. Schubert's Ave Maria is much more spiritual than this ridiculous Disney-esque melody. They didn't even bother to obey their precious "counterpoint"
RandyNewmanFan 7 months ago
@RandyNewmanFan They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
violinthief 7 months ago 19