| Charles Gounod; With Family Letters and Notes on Music; From the French Contributor(s): Gounod, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 123166312X ISBN-13: 9781231663127 Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com OUR PRICE: $8.84 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.28 lbs) 60 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...was even then successfully following in his father's footsteps. His son, Guillaume 1 See letter from Berlioz to Gounod, dated November 19, 1851. 1 See letter from Gounod to Lefuel, undated. Dubufe, seems, at the time I write, to be likely to maintain the reputation of his forefathers right worthily. The principal parts in "Ulysse" were filled by Mademoiselle Judith, Messieurs Geffroy, Delaunay, and Maubant, Mademoiselle Nathalie, and others. The musical portion of the performance consisted of no less than fourteen choruses, one tenor solo, several melodramatic instrumental passages, and an orchestral overture. There was a certain risk of monotony in the general effect, as the composer was limited to orchestra and chorus; but I was fortunate enough to avoid the difficulty fairly well, and this second work of mine earned me fresh goodwill in the artistic world. No publisher had offered to publish the score of "Sappho," but that of " Ulysse " was more favoured. Messieurs Escudier did me the honour and the kindness of printing it free of charge. "Ulysse" had a run of forty performances. It was the second ordeal, as regards dramatic composition, through which my mother had watched me pass. The choruses of "Ulysse," as far as I can judge them, are fairly correct in character and expression, and are marked by a distinctly personal style. The orchestral treatment still fails from lack of experience, more than in actual colour, the general feeling for which strikes me as being fairly good. A few days after my marriage I was appointed Superintendent of Instruction in Singing to the Communal Schools of the City of Paris, and Director of the Choral Society connected with them, in the place of Monsieur... |