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Finding aid created by: LDC
Date: 11 Nov 2008
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Overview of the Collection |
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Creator: | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. |
Title: | Charles Gounod Collection |
Dates: | 1850-1893 |
Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. (SC) |
Abstract: | Autograph letters signed (123) and sheet music from the French composer. |
Language: | French |
Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Charles François Gounod (1818-1893) was a French composer, conductor, and organist best known for his opera Faust.
Gounod was born in Paris in 1818. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1836 to study with Halévy and Le Sueur. Gounod's first opera, Sapho, came to fruition when Pauline Viardot promised to sing in the title role. Gounod went on to have a successful musical career, composing operas, oratorios, cantatas, church music, and other orchestral works.
Operatic Works |
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1851 | Sapho | |
1854 | La Nonne sanglante | |
1858 | Le Médecin malgré lui | |
1859 | Faust | |
1860 | La Colombe | |
Philémon et Baucis | ||
1862 | La Reine de Saba | |
1864 | Mireille | |
1867 | Roméo et Juliette | |
1877 | Cinq Mars | |
1878 | Polyeucte | |
1881 | Le Tribut de Zamora |
The Charles Gounod Collection contains Correspondence (123 autograph letters) and Sheet music ("Nazareth; A Sacred Song" and "Soldiers' Chorus") from the French composer.
The collection contains two series: Correspondence and Sheet Music.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 -- Correspondence.
Subjects
Composers -- France.
Music -- 19th century.
Genres and Forms
Letters (correspondence)
Sheet music.
Occupations
Composers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Charles Gounod Collection
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence
Sheet Music
Correspondence | |||||||||||
SC 247, Folder 1 | 1850-1893 |
Sheet Music | |||||||||||
SC 247, Folder 2 | "Nazareth; A Sacred Song" | ||||||||||
SC 247, Folder 2 | "Soldiers' Chorus," from Faust Act IV - chorus for men's voices |