Composition Year | 1859 |
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Genre Categories | Psalms; Religious works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
Work Title | Près du fleuve étranger ; Psaume CXXXVII |
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Alternative. Title | By the Waters of Babylon |
Composer | Gounod, Charles |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | CG 191 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICG 141 |
Key | C minor |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1859 |
First Publication. | 1865? |
Librettist | A. Quételart after Bible (Psalm CXXXVII) |
Language | French |
Dedication | Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voices, chorus, orchestra |
Extra Information | Originally for mixed chorus a capella, or with piano or organ (CG 191), other arrangements also have catalog numbers and are listed here. For example, CG 191a is for mixed chorus and orchestra. |
Entry at Charles-Gounod.com:
Près du fleuve étranger, ps. 137, choeur à 4 voix, paroles d'A. Quételart. Idem, ibid. (23 février 1861). Trad. ang1. de Farnie. London (1866). (Quatre grands chceurs, n- 1). Ave verum, pour choeur et orch., composé et dédié a la Société des concerts du Conservatoire. Ms. daté du 11 juillet 1861 (Coll. Ch. Malherbe).
Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France August 19 1865, p.379, registration 1843. (first? publication, not the above arrangement. Probably a vocal score, but unclear. "Strasbourg, sans nom d'éditeur".)