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190028306Paris: Choudens 1900. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 132 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Barbot Balanqué Reynald Cibot Carvalho Faivre and Duclos.<br/><br/>Bound with:<br/>ADAM Adolphe 1803-1856<br/>Le Brasseur de Preston Opéra-Comique en trois Actes Paroles de MM. de Lenven et Brunswick. Représenté pour la première fois a Paris sur le Théatre Royal de l'Opéra-Comique le 31 Octobre 1838 Partition Piano et Chant: 15 francs. Piano-vocal score. Paris: Bichault PN 4932 R. ca. 1900. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. blank i contents 102 i blank 103-240 i blank i decorative device pp.<br/><br/>Large octavo. Quarter red leather with textured red cloth spine in decorative compartments gilt titling gilt decorative endpapers. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn; remnants of label to spine. Browned; occasional foxing; some leaves trimmed; several leaves partially detached; some signatures split; annotation in pencil to verso of free front endpaper; small publisher's facsimile handstamp to upper margin of first page of music. First performed to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Carré's Faust et Marguerite and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part I in the French translation by Gérard de Nerval in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on March 19 1859.<br/><br/>To most opera lovers today Gounod is essentially the composer of Faust and Roméo et Juliette and with good reason for it would be difficult to defend the critical position that these are not his best works for the stage." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens unknown books
189028826Paris: Choudens Fils PN A.C. 1005 1890. Large octavo. Original publisher's full red cloth flexible blindtooled boards titling in silver to upper and spine. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 3-32 viii 132-328 33-213 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn soiled and bumped; front free endpaper brittle corner lacking. Browned; some signatures split. Third version fourth issue.<br/><br/>Mireille to a libretto by Michel Carré after Frédéric Mistral was first performed at the Lyrique on March 19 1864.<br/><br/>"There are. fine moments in Mireille particularly in the title role where Gounod exhibits his particular talent for feminine characterization. Mireille. is a noteworthy contribution to the French lyric stage. It presents the unsuitability of a love match because of difference in social status entirely within the framework of a rural agrarian society and transforms the daughter of a farmer into a tragic heroine."<br/><br/>"In his unceasing quest for what he saw as dramatic and spiritual truth Gounod succeeded in restoring a higher sense of artistic purpose to the French stage and in strictly musical terms his influence on the course of French music was substantial." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens Fils [PN A.C. 1005] unknown books
189528952London: Chappell & Co. PN 22805 1895. Quarto. Original publisher's blue wrappers with titling in dark blue within decorative border. 1f. recto title verso named cast list and notes on first English performance i contents 2-225 i publisher's catalogue pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes from the Royal Opera Covent Garden London production includes Melba EamesRegina Pinkert Bauermeister Edouard de Reszké Dufriche Igenio Corst Ceste Castelmary Miranda Rinaldini and Jean de Reszké and from the Carl Rosa Opera Company production Zelie de Lussan Kate Drew Annie Cook Abramoff Max Eugene John Child F. H. Celli E. Albert and Barton McGuckin.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and detached with remnants of tape repairs; spine reinforced with cloth tape. Tape to inner margin of title and verso of final leaf; minor soiling to edges of title with small publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to lower margin. First performed in English in Liverpool by the Carl Rosa Opera Company at the Royal Court Theatre on Wednesday the 15 January 1890. Chappell & Co. [PN 22805] unknown books
189635065London: William Heinimann 1896. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Full dark green cloth with musical motif gilt to upper titling gilt to spine. 267 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; endpapers slightly stained. Minor internal wear and browning; edges slightly dusty; some gathering slightly split. William Heinimann hardcover books
190028830Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 703 1900. Large octavo. Red cloth-backed textured blue paper boards with decorative device and titling printed in black to upper titling gilt to spine. 1f. recto title within decorative architectural border verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 49 i 50-54 55-178 pp. Some leaves unopened.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Nicot Chapuyt Bouhy and Giraudet from the Opéra-Comique and Froment Carvalho Battaille Balanqué and Sax from the Théâtre Lyrique.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and soiled; upper hinge partially split. Browned; some signatures split. Third version second issue.<br/><br/>Philémon et Baucis to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Jean de La Fontaine's fable was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on February 18 1860.<br/><br/>"At the suggestion of Léon Carvalho director of the Théâtre Lyrique Gounod expanded his original two-act frame into three by adding a middle act that depicts the orgiastic celebrations of the townspeople in Jupiter's temple. For the 1876 revival at the Opéra-Comique which established Philémon in the repertory of that house until World War II Gounod reduced the work to two acts." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [PN A.C. 703] unknown books
189028804Paris: Choudens Père & Fils PN A. C. 1411 1890. Large octavo. Half maroon cloth with marbled boards title label in manuscript to spine. 1f. recto illustrated title verso notes i named cast list and contents 2-71 i 72-80 81-132 i 133-137 138-249 250 blank 251-290 pp.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and faded; repairs to inner margins of many leaves; tear to lower margin of title repaired. Third version second issue.<br/><br/>First performed in Paris at the Lyrique on April 27 1867 to a libretto by Barbier and Carré after Shakespeare.<br/><br/>Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette contains four exquisite soprano-tenor duets a number almost certainly unprecedented in 19th-century opera and a harbinger of the prominence of love duets in such works as Massenet's Manon and Werther; to Gounod's great credit each has a distinct musico-dramatic ambience and shape." Steven Huebner in Grove Miusic Online. Choudens Père & Fils [PN A. C. 1411] unknown books
1895182174Chicago / New York: Rand McNally & Company 1895. Hardcover. VG light age toning to pages small tear to tissue guard covering frontispiece; light wear to boards hinges loose internally pages are otherwise clean and clear. Blue cloth boards red and gilt lettering and illustrations on covers; top edge gilt untrimmed pages 223 pp; bw portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Rendered into English by Annette E. Crocker. Rand, McNally & Company hardcover books
190028958Paris: Choudens Fils PN A.C. 1482 1900. Large octavo. Half black cloth with textured black paper boards. 1f. recto title verso blank i cast list and contents 2-253 i blank pp. Text in German.<br/><br/>With occasional lyrics translated into Danish in manuscript.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and shaken. Tear to outer margin of p. 197-198. First performed in Paris at the Lyrique on April 27 1867 to a libretto by Barbier and Carré after Shakespeare.<br/><br/>Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette contains four exquisite soprano-tenor duets a number almost certainly unprecedented in 19th-century opera and a harbinger of the prominence of love duets in such works as Massenet's Manon and Werther; to Gounod's great credit each has a distinct musico-dramatic ambience and shape." Steven Huebner in Grove Miusic Online. Choudens Fils [PN A.C. 1482] unknown books
189228738Boston: Oliver Ditson 1892. Quarto. Original publisher's dark orange wrappers with titling within architectural border. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto preface verso blank 3-5 dramatis personae synopsis and contents 6-236 pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers detached with minor chips tears and tape repairs to edges; former owner's signature "E.B. Shinmon" to upper wrapper; spine lacking. Some signatures split; former owner's signature to title; tape repair to upper margin of p. 131 not affecting music. Third version. First American Edition. <br/><br/>First performed to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Carré's Faust et Marguerite and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part I in the French translation by Gérard de Nerval in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on March 19 1859.<br/><br/>To most opera lovers today Gounod is essentially the composer of Faust and Roméo et Juliette and with good reason for it would be difficult to defend the critical position that these are not his best works for the stage." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Oliver Ditson unknown books
188028812London and New York: Boosey and Co 1880. Large octavo. Original publisher's full dark red cloth decoratively tooled in blind black dark blue and gilt titling gilt to spine all edges gilt. 1f. recto title verso printer's note 1f. recto contents verso cast list and synopsis 176 pp.<br/><br/>Head and tail of spine very slightly frayed. Some signatures partially split; minor staining to upper margins of pp. 158-161. "There are. fine moments in Mireille particularly in the title role where Gounod exhibits his particular talent for feminine characterization. Mireille. is a noteworthy contribution to the French lyric stage. It presents the unsuitability of a love match because of difference in social status entirely within the framework of a rural agrarian society and transforms the daughter of a farmer into a tragic heroine."<br/><br/>"In his unceasing quest for what he saw as dramatic and spiritual truth Gounod succeeded in restoring a higher sense of artistic purpose to the French stage and in strictly musical terms his influence on the course of French music was substantial." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Boosey and Co unknown books
189728954Paris: Choudens Fils PN A.C. 7409 2743 880 1897. Large octavo. Quarter dark red cloth with decorative textured blue paper boards printed in black. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 222 xxii pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Gueymard Hamackers Tarby Belval Grisy Marié Coulon and Fréret.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn; signature to upper outer corner of front pastedown. Slightly browned. Sixth version. <br/><br/>First performed in Paris at the Opéra on February 28 1862 to a libretto by Barbier and Carré inspired by G. de Nerval's Le voyage en Orient. "The magnificent first production was directed by Eugène Cormon with costumes designed by Alfred Albert and Paul Lormier and scenery by Édouard Desplechin Act I Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph Thierry Acts II and IV scene 2 Hugues Martin Act III and Joseph Nolau and Auguste-Alfred Rubé Act IV scene 1." Wikipedia. Choudens Fils [PN A.C. 7409, 2743, 880] unknown books
187928957Paris: Léon Grus PN L.G. 3381 1879. Large octavo. Full modern dark gray cloth. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto dedication to his collaborators and friends Paul Poirson and Louis Gallet verso blank 1f. recto named cast list verso blank 1f. contents i part title iii a-c 287 i blank pp. Lithographed<br/><br/>Named cast includes Dereims Stéphanne Giraudet Barré Alfred Maris Bernard Lefèvre Teste Collin Chenevière Villars Davoust Chevrier Franck-Duvernoy Périer P. Lévy Dorel and Laurençon.<br/><br/>With an inscription signed A. Giacometti to dedication.<br/><br/>Columbia Broadcasting System Music Library handstamp to lower margin of free front endpaper and several leaves; tape repairs to gutters of pp. 16-1718-19 22-23 81-99 and 280-281; some soiling to title with small oval publisher's handstamp to lower margin. Second version first issue.<br/><br/>Commission by Carvalho just after he took on the directorship of the Opéra Comique 1876 Cinq-Mars was "given a lavish production" there on April 5 1877 to a libretto by Poirson and Ballet after the novel by A.V. de Vigny. "The first appearance of a new opera by as eminent a figure as Gounod attracted a flurry of attention." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Léon Grus [PN L.G. 3381] unknown books
186528785Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 1005.1012 1865. Large octavo. Quarter black calf with marbled boards spine in gilt-ruled compartments titling gilt marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title illustrated by T. Laval 1f. dedication 1f. named cast list and contents 3-32 132-328 33-214 pp.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; hinges split. Occasional light to moderate foxing; some signatures split; several leaves partially detached; small publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to lower margin of title; small tear to outer edge of p. 189 not affecting music. Third version. <br/><br/>Mireille to a libretto by Michel Carré after Frédéric Mistral was first performed at the Lyrique on March 19 1864.<br/><br/>"There are. fine moments in Mireille particularly in the title role where Gounod exhibits his particular talent for feminine characterization. Mireille. is a noteworthy contribution to the French lyric stage. It presents the unsuitability of a love match because of difference in social status entirely within the framework of a rural agrarian society and transforms the daughter of a farmer into a tragic heroine."<br/><br/>"In his unceasing quest for what he saw as dramatic and spiritual truth Gounod succeeded in restoring a higher sense of artistic purpose to the French stage and in strictly musical terms his influence on the course of French music was substantial." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [PN A.C. 1005.(1012)] unknown books
187025625Paris: Choudens A.C. 1482. 1870. Large octavo. Half dark blue morocco with maroon pebbled cloth boards and gilt rules spine in decorative compartments gilt titling gilt. 1f. recto decorative lithographic title by Barbizet printed in blue verso blank 1 recto cast list and table of contents 2-271 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Publisher's handstamp to lower margin of title; oval handstamp of Dachauer & Vilanova in New York to lower margin of title and first page. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; head of spine slightly chipped. Slightly worn; occasional foxing and creasing; first signature partially detached. Probable First German Edition. Lesure p. 108.<br/><br/>Roméo et Juliette was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on April 27 1867. The opera was "Gounod's most spectacular immediate success. Coming as it did during the Exposition Universelle of 1867 when Paris was invaded by visitors from the provinces and abroad the opera drew full houses for many consecutive nights. It started its rapid conquest of foreign stages at Covent Garden on 11 July 1867 and before the end of the year had been seen at major centres in Germany and Belgium." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [A.C. 1482.] unknown books
186024772Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 664. 1860. Large octavo. Quarter dark red cloth with textured boards titling gilt to spine. 1f. decorative lithographic title by P. de Grauzat printed in black with portraits of Marguerite Faust and Méphistophélès 1f. named cast list and index 252 pp.<br/><br/>With red handstamp to lower edge of title and occasional editorial annotations especially to front free endpaper in a 20th-century hand.<br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn rubbed bumped and scuffed. Minor dampstaining foxing and offsetting; lacking upper corner of final leaf with no loss to music. Second edition. Hopkinson: Notes on the Earliest Editions of Gounod's Faust 247.<br/><br/>Faust was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on March 19th 1859 in a version with spoken dialogue; recitatives were added in 1860 and a ballet in 1869. The libretto by Barbier and Carre is based on Goethe but focuses on the love story between Faust and Marguerite. <br/><br/>"The historical importance of Faust is that it sounded a new note in French music. The conventional pomposities of the grand opera which then dominated the stage were superseded by a more intimate and poetic approach. The fashion Gounod set was one of conversational exchange rather than declamation." James Harding: Gounod p. 114. Choudens [PN A.C. 664.] unknown books
186428811Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 1005 1012 1864. Large octavo. Half dark red morocco with marbled boards original publisher's dark ivory illustrated wrappers bound in. 1f. recto title illustrated by V. Arouy verso blank 1f. recto dedication verso blank i named cast list and contents 2-191 i 192-200 201-242 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Miolan-Carvalho Morini Ismaël Petit Faure-Léfèvre Reboux and Wartel.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking; library bookplate to front pastedown; upper wrapper chipped with repair and with perforated handstamp also to title. Slightly foxed and browned; tear to inner margin of first two leaves repaired; ex-library with associated markings. First Edition later issue. <br/><br/>Mireille to a libretto by Michel Carré after Frédéric Mistral was first performed at the Lyrique on March 19 1864.<br/><br/>"There are. fine moments in Mireille particularly in the title role where Gounod exhibits his particular talent for feminine characterization. Mireille. is a noteworthy contribution to the French lyric stage. It presents the unsuitability of a love match because of difference in social status entirely within the framework of a rural agrarian society and transforms the daughter of a farmer into a tragic heroine."<br/><br/>"In his unceasing quest for what he saw as dramatic and spiritual truth Gounod succeeded in restoring a higher sense of artistic purpose to the French stage and in strictly musical terms his influence on the course of French music was substantial." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [PN A.C. 1005 (1012)] unknown books
186626259Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 738 1866. Large octavo. Quarter contemporary red calf with marbled boards rules and titling gilt to spine marbled endpapers. 1f. title i named cast list for the first performance and table of contents 148 pp. Lithographed. Text in French. <br/><br/>Handstamps of Choudens and E. Heu to lower margin of title. Printer's note to lower margin of table of contents.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn bumped and scuffed; head of spine slightly torn. Some minor soiling; small tear to blank head of first two leaves. Probable first issue of the second version. Lesure II p. 108-109. OCLC no. 15150060. <br/><br/>The first performance of La Colombe took place at the Théatre de Bade in Baden-Baden on August 3 1860 under the direction of Edouard Bénazet. An expanded version of the opera was staged at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1866.<br/><br/>"Gounod's 12 operas span a range of the generic types available in French lyric theatre. Smaller works such as Philémon et Baucis and La colombe strike a balance between spoken dialogue and set pieces typical of opéra comique of the second quarter of the 19th century: relatively small-scale numbers with many strophic types among them are joined by long passages of dialogue. Musical depictions of frivolity are relatively few by standards of the genre contributing to the general tenor of these pieces as sentimental comedy." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [PN A.C. 738] unknown books
187325627Paris: Choudens A.C. 1411. 1873. Large octavo. Quarter dark green pebbled cloth with dark green pebbled paper boards titling giilt to spine. 1f. recto decorative lithographic title by Barbizet printed in brown verso blank 1 named cast list and table of contents 2-269 270-283 "Supplement" i blank pp. <br/><br/>Named cast includes both singers from the opera's first performance at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on April 27 1867 Carvalho Daram Duclos Michot Puget Laurent Barré Laveissière Troy jeune Troy Cazaux Wartel and Neveu and those from a subsequent restaging at the Opéra-Comique on January 20 1873 Carvalho Ducasse Decroix Duchène Bach Raoult Duvernoy Bernard Teste Melchissédec Ismaël-Bouhy and Nevue. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Minor foxing heavier to outer leaves; light dampstaining to outer margins of approximately 15 leaves; small tear to outer margin of pp. 145-146. Revised edition possibly issued to coincide with the 1873 revival.<br/><br/>Roméo et Juliette was "Gounod's most spectacular immediate success. Coming as it did during the Exposition Universelle of 1867 when Paris was invaded by visitors from the provinces and abroad the opera drew full houses for many consecutive nights. It started its rapid conquest of foreign stages at Covent Garden on 11 July 1867 and before the end of the year had been seen at major centres in Germany and Belgium." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [A.C. 1411.] unknown books
188128951Paris: Choudens Père & Fils PN A.C. 4633 1881. Large octavo. Quarter dark purple calf with marbled boards spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt. 1f. recto illustrated title verso notes i notes on first performance named cast list and contents 2-387 i blank pp.<br/><br/>With a manuscript inscription to Louis Gal from the publisher to upper right corner of title.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Daram Janvier Sellier Melchissédec Mermand Bonnefoy Krauss Lasalle Giraudet and Sapin.<br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn rubbed and bumped; spine faded; foot frayed. First Edition later issue.<br/><br/>First performed in Paris at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra on April 1 1881.<br/><br/>"In his unceasing quest for what he saw as dramatic and spiritual truth Gounod succeeded in restoring a higher sense of artistic purpose to the French stage and in strictly musical terms his influence on the course of French music was substantial." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens Père & Fils [PN A.C. 4633] unknown books
186226503Milano: Francesco Lucca PNs 13851-13876 1862. Folio. Dark gold cloth-backed wrappers. 1f. recto with lithographic illustration of a scene from the opera verso blank. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list verso table of contents with plate and page numbers 247 i blank pp. Engraved. Text in Italian.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Giuseppe Morini Giorgio Atry Luigi Colonnese Vincenzo Paraboschi Leonilda Boschetti Maria Gualtieri and Prassede Dompieri. <br/><br/>Lacking upper wrapper lower worn and soiled. Slightly worn and soiled; margins and outer leaves foxed; occasional fraying perforations chips and small tears not affecting music; upper portions of some leaves dampstained. First Italian Edition of the second version. OCLC no. 16852458.<br/><br/>Faust was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on March 19th 1859 in a version with spoken dialogue; recitatives were added in 1860 and a ballet in 1869. The libretto by Barbier and Carre is based on Goethe but focuses on the love story between Faust and Marguerite. <br/><br/>"The historical importance of Faust is that it sounded a new note in French music. The conventional pomposities of the grand opera which then dominated the stage were superseded by a more intimate and poetic approach. The fashion Gounod set was one of conversational exchange rather than declamation." James Harding: Gounod p. 114. Francesco Lucca [PNs 13851-13876] unknown books
186728878Paris: Choudens A.C. 1411. 1867. Large octavo. Flexible dark blue leather boards decorative endpapers. 1f. decorative lithographic title by Barbizet printed in purple 1f. dedication 'A Sa Majesté Charles XV Roi de Suède de Norvège" 1 named cast list and index 2-303 pp. Lithographed.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn. Light foxing soiling and offsetting; first and last leaves browned; occasional tears repaired; some loss to corners not affecting music; publisher's handstamp to lower right portion of title; circular owner's stamp to dedication and cast list; cast list leaf partially detached. First Edition. <br/><br/>First performed at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on April 27 1867 with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre after Shakespeare. <br/><br/>"Roméo et Juliette was Gounod's most spectacular immediate success. Coming as it did during the Exposition Universelle of 1867 when Paris was invaded by visitors from the provinces and abroad the opera drew full houses for many consecutive nights. It started its rapid conquest of foreign stages at Covent Garden on 11 July 1867 and before the end of the year had been seen at major centres in Germany and Belgium." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Choudens [A.C. 1411.] unknown books
187026347London: Cramer & Co. Limited PN 8914 1870. Folio. Original publisher's quarter dark green cloth with illustrated boards titling gilt to spine. 1f. publisher's catalogue of operas arranged for piano 1f. title 1f. "Argument" i table of contents i cast list 281 i blank 1f. catalogue of Debain's Harmoniums pp. Lithographed. Text in English. With additional publisher's catalogs "Old English Ditties" and instruction books to pastedowns.<br/><br/>Binding worn and shaken with some bumping and chipping; endpapers browned. Occasional light soiling; several leaves partially detached; some minor creasing. First English Edition. Revised version for London. Very scarce. OCLC no. 16852569.<br/><br/>La Reine de Saba to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Gérard de Nerval's collections of stories Le voyage en Orient was first performed at the Opéra in Paris on February 28 1862. The English version by Henry Farnie was renamed Irene and interwove "certain legends and traditions of freemasonry." Wikipedia.<br/><br/>"The work was severely condemned by almost the entire Parisian press. In spite of Gounod's efforts to clarify motivations of the characters through thematic recollections critics were mystified by the racial origin of and ideological imperatives for the Balkis-Adoniram union; the opera was withdrawn after only 15 performances. With some revisions it fared better at the Théâtre de la Monnaie and became part of the repertory there in the 1860s and 70s. Performances in England in 1865 at the Crystal Palace where the title role became Irene and the setting was shifted to Turkey as well as a Parisian revival in 1900 were unsuccessful." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Cramer & Co. (Limited) [PN 8914] unknown books
187828743Paris: Henry Lemoine PN 8139.H. 1878. Quarto. Quarter black calf with purple textured paper boards spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list verso contents 331 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Salomon Lassalle Bérardi Auguez Menu Bataille Bosquin Gaspard Krauss and Caldéron.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Some signatures split; music seller's handstamp to title. First Edition first issue. <br/><br/>Polyeucte to a libretto by Barbier and Carré after Pierre Corneille based on his life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus finished in December of 1642; the opera was first performed in Paris at the Opéra on October 7 1878.<br/><br/>"In his unceasing quest for what he saw as dramatic and spiritual truth Gounod succeeded in restoring a higher sense of artistic purpose to the French stage and in strictly musical terms his influence on the course of French music was substantial." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. Henry Lemoine [PN 8139.H.] unknown books
1882244942n.p. Paris September 26th 1882. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Old ink stain else near fine. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Gounod overwhelmed by work writes "Please kindly excuse me but I am worn out! Everyday from the morning to the evening the countless appointments and summonses fight over my life: I don't even have time to face my correspondence! So more work. . Kindly let me know with a note the reason of your visit: if it is possible for me to help you I will do it . unknown books
1884244944n.p. Paris 23 May 1884. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Fine. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Gounod sends his regrets that he cannot locate a verse play of Tourneux's father and complains of his heavy work load "I am snowed under with requests from the Committees and I can't accept even one more. My whole life goes into it and I devote all my time to it unknown books
