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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
1855244941Paris 1855. 1 pp. pen and ink on Écoles Communales letterhead. Letter 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Frame 14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. Light edgewear and creasing faint offset. Mounted and framed with photographic portrait. 1 pp. pen and ink on Écoles Communales letterhead. Letter 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Frame 14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. Gounoud writes in praise of "the new Solfege in three progressive lessons that you have just published" noting its usefulness to music teachers in the instruction of modern music. unknown books
18611063994to. Paris: Choudens 1861. 4to. iv 248 pp. lithographed piano-vocal score. Contemporary rebacked quarter black morocco black cloth boards paneled in blind backstrip lettered and ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Corners bumped and frayed some discoloration to boards otherwise very good. § Third edition first issue title page inscribed by Gounod: “À mon excellente amie Madame Des Michels souvenir de ma profonde et respectueuse amitié Ch. Gounod.†His most poplar opera with libretto by J. Barbier and M. Carre first performed as an opera comique with spoken dialogue on 19 March 1859 at the Theatre-Lyrique Paris. The recitatives were added for a production at Strasbourg in April 1860 and a piano score of the opera version was published that year. The present score published according to Hopkinson in 1861 has added tempo markings and shows a cut from the Choeur de sorcieres in Act V. The libretto by Barbier and Carre is based on Goethe but focuses on the love story between Faust and Marguerite. Loewenberg 939. Choudens hardcover books
186025602Paris: Choudens A.C. 738. 1860. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown morocco with pebbled paper boards raised bands on spine in ruled compartments with titling and publication date gilt marbled endpapers original publisher's illustrated lithographic upper wrapper bound in. 1f. recto title verso blank i named cast list and table of contents 2-132 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>With composer's autograph inscription signed "Ch. Gounod" in brown ink to head of title: "à mon bon ami Hasselmans - souvenir bien amical" with Hasselmans's handstamp to upper corner of upper wrapper. <br/><br/>Named cast includes Carvalho A. Faivre Roger and Balanqué.<br/><br/>Small publisher's oval handstamp to lower outer corner of title.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped with small scratches to upper; upper wrapper somewhat soiled and creased. Title browned; some foxing and offsetting; occasional creasing or splitting at inner margins; publisher's handstamp faded. First Edition of the original version. Lesure p. 108. <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 may have inscribed this copy for Josef H. Hasselmans 1814-1902 a Belgian conductor harpist and violinist. Hasselmans "became first violinist with the orchestra of the Théâtre Royal Antwerp and later its conductor. His career continued at Strasbourg where he conducted the orchestra of the Théâtre Municipal and in 1854 he became the first director of the Strasbourg Conservatoire. He was a respected teacher as well as a creditable conductor and may be remembered for two major schools of double-action harp playing which stemmed from his tutelage." Alice Lawson Aber-Count in Grove Music Online. Choudens [A.C. 738.] unknown books
186725608Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 1411. 1867. Large octavo. Quarter red pebbled cloth with marbled boards titling gilt to spine. 1f. recto decorative lithographic title by Barbizet printed in light purple verso blank 1f. recto dedication "A Sa Majesté Charles XV Roi de Suède de Norvège" printed in blue verso blank 1 named cast list and index 2-303 i blank pp. Lithographed.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Carvalho Daram Duclos Michot Puget Laurent Barré Laveissière Troy jeune Troy Cazaux Wartel and Neveu. <br/><br/>Publisher's handstamp to lower margin of title.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; hinges split; endpapers browned. Some dampstaining to inner margins; occasional splitting creasing and small tears. First Edition first issue. <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 [PN A.C. 1411.] unknown books
251361 page ca. 76 x 187 mm. Four measures of an Adagio for organ with pedals in E-flat major in 4/4. Notated in black ink on three printed staves. <br/><br/>A note in black ink to verso signed Comte Élie de "Palys" explains that this autograph of Gounod has been "given by M. de Lassus his son-in-law to Mme Porteau." With rectangular blindstamp to upper left corner. <br/><br/>Very lightly foxed and stained; creased at central fold. "Best known today as the composer of the opera Faust and an Ave Maria descant to the first prelude of J.S. Bach's Das wohltemperirte Clavier Gounod wrote in most of the major genres of his day sacred and secular. That his reputation began to wane even during his lifetime does not detract from his place among the most respected and prolific composers in France during the second half of the 19th century." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. unknown books
7116viii 32 pp. 8vo 212 x 138 mm. modern aubergine cloth a little sunned title on upper cover. Paris: Félix & Regnault-Delalande 1824. A rare sale catalogue issued by the prolific expert Regnault-Delalande 1762-1824 describing the painter's extensive collection. This copy is printed on large paper and begins with a valuable biography of the artist. Gounod 1758-1823 was a pupil of Lépicié; his first appearance at the Paris Salon was in 1799. His son Charles became a famous musician and composer. 192 lots. The catalogue describes paintings by S. Bourdon Chardin van Dyck Gounod La Tour Miel and Rembrandt; drawings by Bouchardon Ant. Carracci Cochin fils van Dyck Gounod Greuze Jordaens Le Brun N. Poussin Raphael C. J. Vernet etc.; prints by G. & B. Audran Bartolozzi Callot Earlom Morghen Nanteuil Porporati Rembrandt C. Vernet etc. The print suites and books include the works of Palladio Scamozzi Perrault Newton Barbault Bartoli Piranesi etc. We also find the standard art historical books and artistic treatises of the 18th century. Fine copy. In the characteristic binding of the Bibliothèque Heim and with the library's stamp on verso of title. ❧ Lugt 10600. Oxford Art Online. hardcover books
188127462Paris 1881. 279 x 198 mm. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower left. A very good impression on laid paper. <br/><br/>Remnants of hinges to upper corners of verso. Béraldi: Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle Paris: 1885-92 XI-188. <br/><br/>Faust an opera in five acts 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 was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on March 15 1859. <br/><br/>"Faust became particularly important to the French musical establishment at the end of the century. A work by a winner of the Prix de Rome that could claim to be thoroughly modern and personal in style at its première and go on to international stages was a significant enhancement to the musical prestige of a French operatic culture previously dominated by Meyerbeer and the none-too-easily exportable genre of opéra comique. Its national value was enhanced because after some initial assessments as 'Wagnerian' Gounod's compositional voice in Faust was heard as important in the definition of a 'French' musical aesthetic." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. <br/><br/>Renouard 1845-1924 was a noted painter and engraver whose works are held at the Louvre the Opéra Museum etc. unknown books
36231Oblong folio 175 x 264 mm.<br/><br/>30 measures in total notated on both sides of the leaf the initial 13 measures in black ink the following 17 in purple pencil possibly a continuation of the same work. <br/><br/>With several deletions and "Notes manuscrites de Ch. Gounod" in pencil to upper right margin.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned; cut from a larger leaf. "Gounod wrote in most of the major genres of his day sacred and secular. That his reputation began to wane even during his lifetime does not detract from his place among the most respected and prolific composers in France during the second half of the 19th century." Steven Huebner in Grove Music Online. unknown books
1858257<p>Gounod Charles François <i>Le Médecin Malgré Lui Comédie en 3 Actes de Molière Arrangé en Opéra-Comique par MM Jules Barbier & Michel Carré. Musique de Charles Gounod Partition Piano et Chant.</i>Paris: Colombier Éditeur rue Vivienne No. 6 1858. 27.5 cm x 18 cm iv ; 190 pages. In-8vo. Original green wrapper bound-in. Bound in half blue goatskin with gold lettering on the spine over blue marbled boards. Slight wear to corners binding otherwise very good. Internally pristine printed on heavy paper wrapper slightly chipped. Engraved title page. First edition C 2097 Columbier. Signed and inscribed in ink by Gounod at the top of the title page: "à mon ami Léon Leroy : Souvenir affecteux. Ch. Gounod." </p> Sold with an ALS of presentation from Gounod to Léon Leroy dated "Samedi 5 février /70". The text is: " Mon cher ami Il y a huit jours que j'ai <u>votre </u>médecin … Et le mien aussi – car je viens d'être malade et je sors de mon lit. C'est pourquoi je n'ai pu mettre la main sur votre addresse dont la copie était dans mes papiers. Voulez-vous avoir la bonté de faire prendre mon souvenir chez mon concierge Il y est déposé par bande à votre nom --- à vous Ch. Gounod. " "My dear friend It has been eight days since I had your doctor --- and my own as well – since I came to be sick and I left my bed. It's why I have not been able to put my hand on your address which was in my papers. Would you have the goodness to come and get my souvenir from my concierge It is deposited in a wrapper in your name. Yours Ch. Gounod." Léon Leroy was a distinguished clarinetist and a member first in Paris then later in New York of the <i>Société Moderne pour Instruments</i>à <i>Vent and a soloist with the Garde Republicaine Band in Paris. </i><i>Le Médecin Malgré Lui </i>was Gounod's third opera dating from 1858. Colombier, Éditeur, rue Vivienne, No. 6 books
