Messe solennelle (Saint Cecile) for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra
by Charles Francois Gounod
4-Part - Sheet Music

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Solo soprano voice, solo tenor voice, solo bass voice, Mixed choir (SSAB), orchestra, organ (Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SATB), Orchestra, Organ)

SKU: BA.BA08966

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Hans Schellevis. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Score. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08966. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08966).

ISBN 9790006563975. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Text Language: Latin. Preface: Schellevis, Hans.

Sacred works occupy a large part of Charles Gounod’s oeuvre. It was the Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte Ccile that established his fame as a church composer. Its melodic invention and effective handling of the orchestra reveal a close proximity to opera.

This Urtext edition is based not only on the original print of 1856 but also on copyists’ manuscripts and autograph sources. Rounding off this well-researched Urtext edition are an informative Introduction and a detailed Critical Commentary. The edition is being published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Gounod’s birth.

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- A description of the sources
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- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

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