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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
13967NY STEIN 1973. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. NY, STEIN, 1973 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
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
48778Milano: Ricordi. Small 4to pp. 321. In Italian. Green cloth. Paper somewhat browned cover little worn at edges o/w VG. Libretto with piano score. Ricordi 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
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
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
197028953Paris: Edition Choudens 1970. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and black. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 230 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast for the Théâtre de l'Opéra performance in 1862 includes Gueymard Hamackers Tarby Gueymard Belval Grisy Marié Coulon and Féret and from the from the Opéra Populaire performance in 1900 Julia Brietti A. Gillard Broglia Émile Cazenueve Stanler Outhier Corin Montégut and Darras.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; small catalogue handstamp to lower margin of upper. Seventh 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. Edition 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
190128814Paris: Choudens PNs A.C. 1005 1012 7410 1901. Large octavo. Original publisher's dark ivory illustrated wrappers printed in green. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 242 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Marthe Rioton Marié de L'Isle de Crapone Eyreams M.L. Rolland Marechal Dufrane Vieuiller Jacquin and Huberdeau. <br/><br/>With an autograph inscription signed by English dramatic soprano Florence Easton 1882-1955 to upper portion of title.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and soiled; spine creased. Signatures partially split. Fourth 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 [PNs A.C. 1005 (1012), 7410] 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
45981NY: Rullman. Large 8vo pp. 32. Pencilled on cover "Saturday afternoon Dec. 28 1889." Paper wraps. In English and French. Cover little chipped and spotted some leaves slightly dog-eared o/w VG. "Mme. Angelina Patti under the direction of Henry E. Abbey and Maurice Grau. Opera libretto." Small portrait of Patti. Rullman unknown books
192028828New York: G. Schirmer PN 16100 1920. Large octavo. Full dark green decorative cloth gilt titling gilt to spine top edge gilt. 1f. recto blank verso portrait of composer 1f. recto title verso cast list v-xiv notes on first performance named cast list and synopsis 1f. contents 323 i publisher's advertisement pp. <br/><br/>Named cast includes Barbot Balanqué Reynald Cibot Miolan-Carvalho Faivre and Duclos. <br/><br/>Occasional performance annotations in blue crayon.<br/><br/>Spine slightly worn. Former owner's signature to front free endpaper; occasional annotations in pencil. 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. G. Schirmer [PN 16100] unknown books
192528805New York: G. Schirmer PN 13203 1925. Large octavo. Full dark green cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. i title iv notes on first performance named cast list and synopsis i contents 265 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Named cast for the first performance in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on April 27 1867 includes <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and rubbed; some fading and minor discoloration to spine. Former owner's signature and handstamp to free front endpaper. G. Schirmer [PN 13203] unknown books
19072305256Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1907. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Pencil name on front wrapper top corner of rear wrapper creased. 1907 Stapled Binding. 23 pp. "Gallia is an 1871 motet for soprano chorus orchestra and organ by Charles Gounod."--Wikipedia Oliver Ditson Company unknown books
