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

Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SATB) Orchestra, Organ (Soprano Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, Mixed choir(SSAB), Fl-picc, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 clarinet, 4bassoon, 4Hn, 2 Kor, 2 Trp, 3trombone, timpani, Be, Tr-Gr, harp, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Octobass, Org)

SKU: BA.BA08966-90

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Hans Schellevis. Arranged by Hans Schellevis. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Vocal Score. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08966-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08966-90).

ISBN 9790006564002. 27 x 19 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 Cecile 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.

* Gounod's well-known mass in a new Urtext edition
* Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)
* Idiomatic piano reduction
* In preparation for the Gounod bicentenary year 2018