Charles Gounod: Messe Solennelle - Ste Cécile: Mixed Choir And Ensemble
Ste Cécile
Composer | Charles Gounod |
Editor | Hans Schellevis |
Publisher | Bärenreiter-Verlag |
Instrumentation | Soloists, Mixed Choir and Orchestra |
Product Format | Part |
Description Product Type | Part |
Genre | Sacred |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Style Period | Romantic |
ISMN | 9790006564088 |
No. | BA8966-82 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Voicing | SATB |
Series | Bärenreiter Urtext |
Minimum Order Quantity Sales | 2 |
Messe solennelle (Ste Cécile) for Soloists (STB), Choir (SATB), Orchestra and Organ
Sacred works occupy a large part of Charles Gounod’s oeuvre. It was the Messe solennelle en l’honneur de SainteCécile 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 of1856 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 publishedtocelebrate 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
- Full score and parts (BA8966) and vocal score (BA8966-90) available for sale