Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 (Gounod, Charles)

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Performer Pages Mado Robin (soprano)
Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (orchestra)
Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
Publisher Info. EMI Classics - enregistrements originaux, 1947-59.
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Misc. Notes Collection personnelle
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens Père et Fils, n.d.[1876]. Plate A.C. 1483.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Ballet

Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens Fils, n.d. Plate A.C. 8151.
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Parts

17 more: Oboe 1/2 • Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2 (G/F/E/E♭/D/D♭/C) • Horn 3/4 (D/D♭/C/B basso/B♭ basso) • Trumpet/Cornet 1/2 (E♭/D/C/B♭/B basso/A) • Trombone 1/2 • Trombone 3 • Timpani/Triangle • Bass Drum/Cymbals • Snare Drum • Harp 1/2 • Organ • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1870s).
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Arranger Hector Salomon (1838–1906), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1867). Plate A.C. 1411.
Revised issue — n.d.(ca.1888). Plate A.C. 7410 in places.
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Misc. Notes scan #396306 is missing page 224. View BYU ca.1873 copy at archive.org
View Univ. Toronto copy at archive.org (many added photos, etc.)
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1890s). Plate A.C. 1411.
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Misc. Notes Ville de Paris MMP 4-037
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Arranger Hector Salomon (1838–1906), piano reduction
Language Italian
Translator Giuseppe Zaffira (fl.1875), Italian text
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1867). Plate A.C. 1410.
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Language Russian / Italian / French
Publisher. Info. Moscow: A. Gutheil, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate A. 6843 G.
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Language French / English
Translator Theodore Baker (1851–1934), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1897. Plate 13203.
Reprinted New York: G. Schirmer, 1925.
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Misc. Notes Contains an introductory essay by William James Henderson (1855-1937).
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Arietta: 'Je veux vivre dans le rêve qui m’enivre' (Act I)

Arranger Hector Salomon (1838–1906), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d. Plate A.C. 1413 (4 bis).
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Misc. Notes from the Moulis-Gauckler-Herrenschmidt archive
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Language French / English
Translator Theodore Baker (1851–1934), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1897. Plate 13203.
Reprinted New York: G. Schirmer, 1925.
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Misc. Notes Excerpt from #140316 above, cleaned up in ScanTailor.
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Chanson: 'Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle' (Act III)

Publisher. Info. 20 Mélodies, 4e recueil (No.6, pp.33-38)
Paris: Choudens, n.d.[1877]. Plate A.C. 3799.
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Misc. Notes For high voice.
Published in this collection as Qui vivra verra!.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano (Bérel)
Arranger Antony Bérel [=Antony Choudens (1849–1902)]
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.[1867]. Plate A.C. 1412.
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For Harp (Verdalle)
Arranger Gabriel Verdalle (1847–1918)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate A.C. 12527.
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Misc. Notes From the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University
(as digitally mirrored at archive.org).
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Fantaisie

For Piano 6 Hands (Crémer)
Arranger Henry Crémer (18xx–19xx)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d. Plate A.L. 11,983.
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For Piano 4 hands
Publisher. Info. Piano-Soleil, supplément du no.1
Paris: J. Rebecq, 1896.
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Ballet

For Piano 4 hands (Salomon)
Arranger Hector Salomon (1838–1906)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens Père et Fils, n.d. Plate A.C. 8126.
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For Piano (Salomon)
Arranger Hector Salomon (1838–1906)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens Père et Fils, n.d. Plate A.C. 8097.
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Bezpłatny Dodatek, No.273/2
Warsaw: Redakcya Echa Muzycz., n.d.[1888]. Plate R 32 F.
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Valse-ariette (Act I)

For Piano 4 hands
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1867). Plate A.C. 1436.
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For Piano (Richards)
Arranger Brinley Richards (1817–1885)
Publisher. Info. Warsaw: Jules Guranowski, n.d. Plate J. 34 G.
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For Piano (Strelezki)
Arranger Anton Strelezki (1859–1906)
Publisher. Info. Memphis: E. Witzmann & Co., 1882. Plate 27-3.
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Misc. Notes Cleaned 600 dpi B/W. Simplified arrangement.
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Madrigal: 'Ange adorable' (Act I)

For Voice and Piano (Gounod)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1865). Plate A. C. 1413(6).
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Misc. Notes For high voice.
Published as A la Madone, and set to a different text.
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Publisher. Info. 20 Mélodies, 4e recueil (No.8, pp.47-50)
Paris: Choudens, n.d.[1877]. Plate A.C. 3799.
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Misc. Notes For high voice.
Published in this collection as A la Madone, and set to a different text.
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Libretti

Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1876.
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General Information

Work Title Roméo et Juliette
Alternative. Title Opéra en cinq actes
Name Translations Ромео и Джульетта; Romeo y Julieta; Rómeó és Júlia; Romeo ja Julia; Romeo e Giulietta; [11 more...]ロメオとジュリエット; Romeo a Julie; Romeo och Julia; Romeo i Julia; Romeo ve Jülyet; 羅密歐與朱麗葉 (古諾); 罗密欧与朱丽叶 (古诺); رومئو و ژولیت; Ռոմեո և Ջուլիետ; Roméo og Juliette; 罗密欧与朱丽叶
Name Aliases Romeo et Juliette; Romeo y Julieta de Gounod; Romeu i Julieta
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179421646; LCCN: n81007971; GND: 300061307; [3 more...]SELIBR: 287251; SUDOC: 069371636; BNF: 139126385
Composer Gounod, Charles
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CG 9
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICG 156
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1867
First Performance. 1867-04-27 in Paris, Théâtre Lyrique
voices, orchestra, Adolphe Deloffre (conductor)
First Publication. 1867
Librettist Jules Barbier (1825–1901)
Michel Carré (1821–1872)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Juliette (soprano)
Roméo, son of Montaigu (tenor)
Frère Laurent (bass)
Mercutio, Romeo's friend (baritone)
Stéphano, Romeo's page (soprano, trouser role)
Count Capulet (bass)
Tybalt, Lady Capulet's nephew (tenor)
Gertrude, Juliet's nurse (mezzo-soprano)
The Duke (bass)
Pâris, a young count (baritone)
Grégorio, Capulet's servant (baritone)
Benvolio, Montague's nephew (tenor)
Frère Jean (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Male Retainers, Female Retainers, and Kinsmen
of the Houses of Capulet and Montague, Maskers

Orchestra

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets (both also cornets), 3 trombones
timpani, snare drum, triangle (in timpani part), cymbals (part missing), bass drum (part missing), harps, strings
Related Works Pieces based on 'Roméo et Juliette'
Manuscript Sources Holograph FS (F-Pn, RES VMA MS-3047)
Mss parts (F-Pn, MAT F-396)
Mss parts (F-Pn, MAT-455)
Ballet Music, mss FS (F-Pn, A650.A2)
Corrected proof, VS (F-Pn, RES-1976)
Corrected proof, VS (F-Pn, A-650.C)
External Links Wikipedia article
Synopsis (charles-gounod.com)
Scores at Sheet Music Plus

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