CG
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Title
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Premiere
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Libretto
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Notes
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1
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Sapho
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1851 / 1884
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Émile Augier
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Opera in 3 acts (1851), revised in 5 acts (1884).
|
2
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La nonne sanglante
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1854
|
Eugène Scribe, Germain Delavigne
|
Opera in 5 acts after Lewis.
|
3
|
Le médecin malgré lui
|
1858
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Comic Opera in 3 acts after Molière.
|
4
|
Faust
|
1859
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Opera in 5 acts after Goethe
|
5
|
Philémon et Baucis
|
1860
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Comic Opera in 2 (or 3) acts after La Fontaine
|
6
|
La colombe
|
1860
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Comic Opera in 2 acts after La Fontaine
|
7
|
La reine de Saba
|
1862
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Opera in 4 acts after La Fontaine
|
8
|
Mireille
|
1864
|
Michel Carré
|
Opera in 5 acts after Mistral
|
9
|
Roméo et Juliette
|
1867
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Opera in 5 acts after Shakespeare
|
10
|
Cinq-Mars
|
1877
|
Paul Poirson, Louis Gallet
|
Dialog opera in 4 acts after Vigny
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11
|
Polyeucte
|
1878
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Opera in 5 (or 4) acts after Corneille
|
12
|
Le tribut de Zamora
|
1881
|
Adolphe d'Ennery, Jules Brésil
|
Opera in 5 acts
|
13
|
Romeo e Giulietta
|
1841
|
Felice Romani?
|
Scene for an opera (unfinished)
|
14
|
Cantatrici villane
|
1841
|
Giuseppe Palomba
|
Scene for 6 voices and orchestra ("Fra gli scoglie la procella", unfinished)
|
15
|
Marguerite à l'église
|
1849
|
anonyme
|
Scene from Faust (unfinished)
|
16
|
Iwan le Terrible
|
1856/57
|
Hippolyte Leroy, Henry Trianon
|
Opera in 5 acts (unfinished)
|
17
|
Amphitryon
|
1864
|
Ernest Legouvé
|
After Molière (project)
|
18
|
Athalie
|
1866
|
Delaforest
|
After Racine (sketch)
|
19
|
Françoise de Rimini
|
1867-1868
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
After Dante (sketch)
|
20
|
George Dandin
|
1874
|
Molière
|
Comedy in 3 acts (unfinished)
|
21
|
Maître Pierre
|
1877/1884
|
Louis Gallet
|
Opera in 4 acts (unfinihed)
|
22
|
Deux Roses
|
?
|
anonyme
|
(sketch).
|
23
|
Électre
|
?
|
|
Fragment
|
CG
|
Title
|
Premiere
|
Libretto
|
Notes
|
39
|
Le temple de l'harmonie
|
1862
|
Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
|
Cantata for the reopening of the Théâtre-Lyrique for soli, choir and orchestra with the title "Hymne à la musique"
|
40
|
Gallia
|
1871
|
Charles Gounod
|
Motett/Lamentation for S., mixed choir and orchestra
|
41
|
The sea of Galilee, biblical scene
|
1874
|
Saint Matthieu, transl. Weldon/Gounod
|
for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra
|
41a
|
Jésus sur le lac de Tibériade
|
1874
|
Saint Matthieu, transl. Weldon/Gounod
|
for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra
|
42
|
Cantata
|
1875
|
|
for the inauguration of the monument "memory to the venerables of the hall" (extracts of Psaume XL "Beatus qui intelligit") for choir and organ
|
43
|
Cantata
|
1876
|
Frère Albert-Marie
|
for the feast of T.-C. Frère Libanos for choir and piano
|
523f
|
Cantate SS Donatien et Rogatien
|
?
|
|
adaptation of the pontifical march.
|
1a
|
Stances à Molière
|
1846
|
Jules Barbier?
|
for S., mixed choir and orchestra, parodies on the last final part of Sapho (1858). Unpublished.
|
44
|
Marie Stuart et Rizzio
|
1837
|
Léon Halévy
|
Lyrique scene for the qualifying examination of the institute. Unpublished.
|
45
|
La Vendetta
|
1838
|
Amédée de Pastoret
|
Lyrique scene for the qualifying examination of the institute. Unpublished.
|
46
|
Fernand
|
1839
|
Amédée de Pastoret
|
Lyrique scene for the qualifying examination of the institute. Unpublished.
|
47
|
Hymne sacrée
|
1843
|
Gounod?
|
for 4 soli, choir and orchestra, beginning of the 3rd year. Unpublished.
|
48
|
Pierre l'Hermite
|
1849
|
anonymous
|
Dramatic scene for B., choir and orchestra. Choudens has published unter this title an extract arranged of "La Nonne sanglante" without any relation. Unpublished.
|
49
|
Cantate pour Dante
|
1864 (été)
|
|
Sketch?. Unpublished.
|
50
|
À la frontière!
|
1870
|
Jules Frey
|
Patriotic song for baritone solo, choir and orchestra. Unpublished.
|
51
|
Délivrance
|
1874
|
Charles Gounod
|
Thanksgiving hymnfor T. or S. solo, choir an orchestra. Unpublished.
|
52
|
Le Memorare du soldat
|
1875
|
Charles Gounod, after St. Bernard
|
for baritone solo, male choir in unison and orchestra. Unpublished.
|
53
|
La Communion des saints
|
1889
|
Frédéric Mistral
|
Legend for solo voice and orchestra. Unpublished.
|
CG
|
Title
|
Premiere
|
Category
|
Notes
|
54
|
Première Messe Solennelle à grand orchestre
|
1839
|
Solemn masses
|
"à la mémoire de mon cher et illustre Maître Lesueur", in G minor, for soli (STTBB) choir, orchestra and organ; unpublished
|
55
|
Messe à grand orchestre
|
1841
|
|
in A minor, for 3 male voices with solos of soprano, alto and tenor; written in Rome the 1st may 1841; unpublished
|
57
|
Deuxième messe solennelle
|
|
Solemn masses
|
for 4 solo voices, mixed choir, orchestra and organ: Kyrie and Credo as sketch. Unpublished.
|
56
|
Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile (St. Cecilia Mass)
|
1849/1855
|
Solemn Masses
|
in G major, for 3 solistes (S.T.B.) and mixed choir, orchestra and organ
|
56a
|
Messe solennelle
|
|
Solemn masses
|
for 3 solo voices, choir, orchestra and organ; contains Kyrie (sketch form), Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, but no Gloria or Agnus Dei; without doubt the first version of CG 56. Unpublished.
|
56f?
|
Messe solennelle (St. Cecilia)
|
|
Solemn masses
|
for 3 solo voices, choir, and organ; later arrangement by Gounod of the entire St. Cecilia Mass, with organ accompaniment replacing the orchestra, with a Second Offertory (A major, for organ, Andantino), and with a 4-hand arrangement of the original Offertory, presumably to be performed on organ. Published by Goddard et Co, 1874.
|
58
|
Messe du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus
|
1876
|
Solemn masses
|
in C major, for mixed choir SATB, 4 solistes and Orchestra
|
59
|
Messe solennelle de Pâques
|
1882
|
Solemn masses
|
in E♭ major, for mixed choir SATB and Orchestra
|
60
|
Messe solennelle sur l'intonation de la liturgie catholique
|
1888
|
Solemn masses
|
in G minor, for mixed choir, grand organ and choir organ; "composée pour la solennité de béatification du bienheureux Jean-Baptiste de La Salle"; Sortie fuguée for organwit the same theme see (CG 629)
|
61
|
Messe de saint Jean
|
1888, July
|
Solemn masses
|
in C major, for mixed choir, grand organ and choir organ, followed by a motet about the gospel of John (CG 61a): "In principio erat Verbum"
|
62
|
Messe dite de Clovis
|
1891
|
Solemn masses
|
"for the XIV. century of its baptism", in C major, for mixed choir and choir organ; Prelude for choir, brass, organ and bass solist (); the editor let it follow the first easy version of "In principio erat Verbum" and titled it abusively Épilogue: The day of christmas (CG 61b). Unpublished
|
63
|
Vokalmesse pour la fête de l'Annonciation
|
1843
|
Short masses
|
in C minor, for 5 voices a cappella; created in the Karlskirche in Vienna march 25, 1843.
|
64
|
Mass No.1 in A-flat major
|
1844
|
Short masses
|
for 3 voices [non equal] and organ.
|
65
|
Mass No.5 in C major (originally: Mass in C major, No.2)
|
1872/1892
|
Short masses
|
for 3 voices [non equal] and organ. Published in 1872 with some retouches, then, in 1892, under the title Messe brève No.5 Aux séminaires).
|
66
|
Messe brève et Salut à 4 voix d'hommes (No.1)
|
1845?
|
Short masses
|
in C minor, a cappella, Op.1 (followed by an Ave verum, by a Sub tuum and by a Da pacem).
|
67
|
Messe à 4 voix d'hommes No.2 sans Gloria
|
1845?
|
Short masses
|
in C major, a cappella: Kyrie lacunaire, Sanctus and Agnus Dei integrated in the mass before for publishing).
|
68
|
Messe à 4 voix d'hommes No.3 sans Gloria
|
1845?
|
Short masses
|
in A minor, a cappella: only Kyrie
|
69
|
Messe à 5 voix libres
|
after 1848?
|
Short masses
|
in E♭ major, for male and discant voices a cappella; incomplete: Kyrie (No.59 from Chants sacrés) and Sanctus (unfinished).
|
70
|
Messe à 3 voix d'hommes, aux Orphéonistes
|
1853
|
Short masses
|
in C minor, with descant ad libitum
|
71
|
Mass No.2 in G major (Deuxième Messe pour les sociétés chorales à 4 voix d'hommes)
|
1862
|
Short masses
|
in G major, with organ ad libitum
|
71a
|
Messe aux Communautés religieuses
|
1862
|
Short masses
|
in G, adapted for choir for 3 equal voices, from the 2.mass for "les sociétés chorales", by A. Le Beau
|
72
|
Messe à deux voix égales (Messe brève à la Congrégation des Dames auxiliatrices de l'Immaculée Conception)
|
1876
|
Short masses
|
in C major, for equal 2 voices, with organ or reed organ
|
65a
|
Messe aux séminaires
|
1870
|
Short masses
|
in C, for 3 male voices and organ (nearly identical to the mass No.2, inedited, from 1845)
|
71b
|
Messe aux Cathédrales
|
1870
|
Short masses
|
in G (adaptation, for solo voice and mixed choir, from mass No.2 for les sociétés chorales).
|
72b
|
Messe breve No.7 (Messe brève Aux Chapelles)
|
1890
|
Short masses
|
in C major; adaptation, from Gounod (?) for solo voices and mixed choir, from mass No.4
|
73
|
Messe des Anges Gardiens
|
1872
|
Short masses
|
in C major, for 4 solo voice, mixed choir and organ
|
74
|
Messe à la mémoire de Jeanne d'Arc
|
1887
|
Short masses
|
in F major, for solo voices, choir, organ and grand organ; starts with a prelude with fanfare
|
75
|
Messe dans le style du plain-chant
|
ca. 1872
|
Fragment
|
in D and C: Kyrie onlay with S. solo, choir and organ
|
76
|
Messe à 4 voix mixtes
|
after 1888
|
Fragment
|
in G minor: Kyrie fugue
|
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