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"A Maiden's Prayer" (original Polish title: ' Op. 4, French: ') is a composition of Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861), which was published in 1856 in Warsaw, and then as a supplement to the ''Revue et gazette musicale de Paris'' in 1859. The piece is a medium difficulty short piano piece for intermediate pianists. Some have liked it for its charming and romantic melody; others have described it as "sentimental salon tosh." The pianist and academic Arthur Loesser described it as "this dowdy product of ineptitude." ==In country music== The American musician Bob Wills heard "Maiden's Prayer" played on a fiddle while he was a barber in Roy, New Mexico,〔McWhorter, ''Cowboy Fiddler'', pp. 59–60: "Bob said, 'He played "The Spanish Two-Step" and I locked the door where he couldn't get out and nobody else could get in, and I made him stay there until he taught me that and "Maiden's Prayer." Finally he nodded. I didn't know whether he needed to go to the bathroom or if I was doing it right, but I let him out.' That Mexican taught him those two tunes."〕 and arranged the piece in the Western swing style. Wills first recorded it as an instrumental in 1935 (Vocalion 03924, released in 1938),〔(Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Bob Wills – part II ) Retrieved 2 January 2012〕〔(Allmusic "Maiden's Prayer" Bob Wills with music sample ) Retrieved 1 January 2012〕 and it quickly became one of his signature tunes. Later, it became a standard recorded by many country artists, including Buck Owens on his number-one 1965 album ''I've Got a Tiger By the Tail''.〔(Allmusic ''I've Got a Tiger by the Tail'' Buck Owens Review with chart and music sample ) Retrieved 1 January 2012〕 The tune is still a standard in the repertoire of Western swing bands. Wills wrote lyrics for "Maiden's Prayer" and recorded it again in 1941 (Okeh 06205) with vocals by Tommy Duncan.〔(Allmusic "A Maiden's Prayer" Bob Wills with music sample ) Retrieved 1 January 2012〕 His lyrics reflect the title, and the song, as written by Wills, opens with: :Twilight falls, evening shadows find, :There 'neath the stars, a maiden so fair divine. :The moon on high seemed to see her there. :In her eyes is a light, shining ever so bright, :She whispered a silent prayer. Relatively few country singers have covered "Maiden's Prayer" with vocals, but they include Ray Price on his tribute album ''San Antonio Rose'' (1962)〔(Allmusic ''San Antonio Rose'' Ray Price Review with music sample ) Retrieved 1 January 2012〕 and Willie Nelson on his album ''Red Headed Stranger'' (on the 2000 CD reissue but not the 1975 LP).〔(Allmusic ''Red Headed Stranger'' Willie Nelson Review with chart and music sample ) Retrieved 1 January 2012〕 Both singers used the lyrics written by Wills with minor variations, e.g. the maiden is an Indian in Price's version. Also the Everly Brothers recorded a rendition of the song in 1973.〔The Everly Brothers, The Masters, Eagle Records, 1997〕 Wills recorded the song a third time on the 1963 album ''Bob Wills Sings and Plays''.〔 When he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, "Maiden's Prayer" was one of the works cited. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maiden's Prayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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