
- •The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. In the 29-volume second edition. Grove Music Online /General Editor – Stanley Sadie. Oxford University Press. 2000 Gounod, Charles-François
- •1. Youth, early career, ambitions in the church.
- •2. Emergence into prominence.
- •3. Career apogee.
- •4. England.
- •5. Later career.
- •6. Songs and choruses.
- •7. Church music.
- •8. Operas.
- •9. Position in French music.
- •Other latin liturgical
- •Sacred or pious part-music in french or english
- •Secular partsongs
- •Oratorios, cantatas etc.
- •Sacred and pious songs
- •Secular songs
- •Children's songs and partsongs
- •Orchestral and band
- •Instrumental chamber
- •Other instrumental
- •Writings
- •Bibliography letters
- •Biographical and general critical studies
- •Specialized critical studies
Secular songs
solo voice, piano unless otherwise stated
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Joseph en Egypte, 1835, unpubd (F-Pn); Où voulez-vous aller? (T. Gautier), barcarolle, v, pf, vn/vc/fl/hmn (1839); Venez douces compagnes, by 1842, unpubd (F-Pn); La fleur au papillon (Hugo), by 1842, unpubd; Premier prélude de J.S. Bach (Lamartine: Vers sur un album) (1852), arr. vv, solo vn, orch (1856), originally for insts (1853), with text Ave Maria (1859); 6 mélodies (1855): 1 Le premier jour de mai (Passerat), 2 O ma belle rebelle (Baïf), 3 Aubade (Hugo), 4 Chant d'automne, 5 Le lever (Musset), 6 Venise (Musset), composed 1842; Mon habit (Béranger) (1857); Sérénade (Hugo), v, pf, hmn/vc ad lib (1857), numerous arrs.; Chanson de printemps (E. Tourneux) (1860), arr. pf as 5e romance sans paroles (1866); L'âme de la morte (Banville), mélodie (1860)
Le vallon (Lamartine), composed c1840–42 (1861); Le juif errant (Béranger) (1861); A une jeune grecque (P. Yraven, after Sappho and P. Collin), épitaphe (1862); 20 mélodies, 1er recueil (1863), incl. Les champs (Béranger), Seul (Lamartine: La pensée des morts), L'âme d'un ange (Banville), mélodie, Le soir (Lamartine) [composed c1840–42, arr. pf as 3e romance sans paroles (1861)]; Medjé (J. Barbier), chanson arabe (1865); Solitude (Lamartine), mélodie (1865)
Stances: si la mort est le but (L. Bertin) (1866); Crépuscule, mélodie (‘P. et M.’) (1866); Tombez mes ailes! (E. Legouvé), romance (1866); Au rossignol (Lamartine), harmonie poétique (1867); Primavera (T. Gautier), mélodie (1867); Au printemps (Barbier), mélodie (1868); Donne-moi cette fleur (L. Gozlan) (1868); Ce que je suis sans toi (L. de Peyre) (1868); Hymne à la nuit (Barbier) (1868); Chant d'amour (Lamartine), orch, 1868, unpubd; A une jeune fille (E. Augier) (1869); Envoi de fleurs (Augier) (1869); A une bourse (Augier), confidence (1869)
Départ (Augier), scène (1869); Boire à l'ombre (Augier) (1869); Hommage à Madame la comtesse Herminie de Léautard (Mme Baëlen) (1869); Je ne puis espérer (A. Delpit), mélodie dramatique (1870); Absence (Ségur), mélodie (1870); Mignon (L. Gallet, after Goethe), mélodie (1871); Le souvenir (J. Collin), mélodie (1871); La pâquerette (Dumas fils), chanson (1871); Beware (Longfellow) (London, 1871); Bolero (J. Barbier; Eng. trans. B. Kelt) (London, 1871); Sweet baby sleep (G. Wither), lullaby (London, 1871); The sea hath its pearls, v, pf, hmn/vn ad lib (London, 1871)
Oh! that we two were maying (C. Kingsley), v, pf, hmn and va ad lib (London, 1871); Queen of Love (F.T. Palgrave) (London and New York, 1871); The fountain mingles with the river (Shelley) (London, 1871); It is not always May (Longfellow) (London, 1871); Woe's me (Campbell) (London, 1871); Good Night (Shelley) (London, 1871); There is dew (T. Hood) (London, 1871); 20 mélodies, 3e recueil (1872), incl. A toi, mon coeur (Barbier), Aimons-nous (Barbier), Prends garde (Barbier), Sur la montagne (Barbier), Chanter et souffrir (A. Delpit), Rêverie (Barbier)
Chanson d'avril: sérénade du passant (F. Coppée) (1872); The Worker (F. Weatherly) (London, 1872), also orchd; Ma belle amie est morte (Gautier), lamento (1872) [same text as Chanson du pêcheur]; Oh! dille tu! (G. Zaffira), madrigale (London, 1872); Perche piangi? (C. Pavesi) (London and New York, 1872); Passed away (E. Saunders) (London, 1872); Oh! Happy Home (E. Maitland) (London, 1872), also orchd; Maid of Athens (Byron) (London, 1872)
Biondina (Zaffira), poemetto lirici [song cycle] (London, 1872); prol, Da qualche tempo, 1 Biondina bella, 2 Sotto un cappello rosa, 3 Le labbra ella compose, 4 E stati alquanto, 5 Ho messo nuove corde, 6 Se come io son poeta, 7 Siam iti l'altro giorno, 8 E le campane hanno suonato, 9 Ell'è malata, 10 Jer fu mandata, 11 L'ho compagnata, [12 Ho sempre nel orecchio and Epilogue not composed]; Quanti mai (Metastasio) (London, 1872); Le pays bienheureux: question d'enfant (Gounod, after Mrs Hemans: The Better Land) (1872); Heureux sera le jour (Ronsard) (1872); Si vous n'ouvrez votre fenêtre (Dumas fils) (1872); La fauvette (Millevoye), chanson, (1872); If thou art sleeping (Longfellow) (London, 1873)
Loin du pays (Gounod), mélodie (London, 1873), also arr. vv; Peacefully Slumber, lullaby (London, 1873), arr. vn, pf as Berceuse (1875); Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch (folksong arr.) (London, 1873); Chidiock Tichborne (old ballad) (London, 1873); Welcome to Skye (old Jacobite song) (London, 1873); Ilala: stances à la mémoire de Livingston (Lord Houghton) (London, 1873), also orchd; Parlez pour moi (Barbier), romance (1875); Le memorare du soldat, prière, Bar solo, orch, vv ad lib (1875)
A une soeur (O. Pradère), romance (1875); A la brise (Aura gentil che mormori) (Fr. trans. Barbier) (1875); Mon amour a mon coeur (Barbier), mélodie (1875); Viens, les gazons sont verts (Barbier), chanson (1875); Les lilas blancs (P. Bourguignat), valse chantée (1876); When in the early morning (E. Maitland), (London, 1876); Le banc de pierre (P. de Choudens) (1876); Ma fille, souviens-toi (Louise Marie B.), mélodie (1876); Prière (Sully-Prudhomme) (1876); Compliment (Dumas fils) (1876); L'absent (Gounod), mélodie (1877)
My daddy is a cankered carl (old Scots song) (London, 1877); 20 mélodies, 4e recueil (1877): Le départ du mousse (P. Barbier), barcarolle, and several of the above; Vive la France (P. Déroulède), chant patriotique (1878), also with vv ad lib; Mélancolie (Coppée), rêverie in Gil-Blas (1880), also separately (1881); Ring out, wild bells (Tennyson, In memoriam) (London, 1880); A Cécile (G. Dubuffe), mélodie (1881); Réponse de Medjé (M. Barbier), mélodie (1882); Chant des sauveteurs bretons (A. Ségalas) (1882); Pauvre Braga (G. Nadaud) (1882); Elle sait! (G. Boyer) (1882); Les deux pigeons (La Fontaine) (1883)
La chanson de la glu (J. Richepin) (1883); Dernières volontés (L. Veuillot) (1883); Vaguons sur les flots, barcarolle (1884); Blessures (H. Taupin) (1885); Voix d'Alsace-Lorraine (R. Rousseil) (1885); The Arrow and the Song (Longfellow) (London, 1885); Le temps des roses (C. Roy) (1886); Vincenette (P. Barbier), chanson provençale (1887); Passiflora (J. de Chambrun) (1888); A la nuit (Gounod) (1891); Tout l'univers obéit a l'amour (La Fontaine) (1893); L'aveu (J. Rameau) (1894) [Gounod's last mélodie]; Chanson printanière (J. Barbier) (1895); La chanson du pêcheur (Gautier), composed 1841 (1895) [2nd setting of text as Ma bella amie est morte (1872)]; Soir d'automne (Gounod) (1896)
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