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Gounod Symphony no.1

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:55 pm
by jeremyfreudberg
Hi all:

I've noticed that on the Charles Gounod page there's no score or even a mention of Symphony no. 1 (D Major, 1855). The piece should be public domain and theoretically there should be a public domain score or manuscript. If anyone knows anything about why it has been omitted from IMSLP or knows anything about the whereabouts of a score, it would be much appreciated to leave a reply.

Thanks!

Re: Gounod Symphony no.1

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:44 pm
by Choralia
According to Worldcat, a score (now public domain) was published in 1855 by Colombier. The library nearest to you where a copy is supposed to be available is the Houghton Library at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA.

If you can scan and upload a copy to IMSLP, it will be immediately added to the composer's page. Nobody did so far: I think this is the only reason why this work is not yet mentioned in the composer's page.

A more recent typeset, probably copyrighted, is published by Kalmus.

Max

Re: Gounod Symphony no.1

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:34 pm
by jeremyfreudberg
Choralia wrote:According to Worldcat, a score (now public domain) was published in 1855 by Colombier. The library nearest to you where a copy is supposed to be available is the Houghton Library at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA.

If you can scan and upload a copy to IMSLP, it will be immediately added to the composer's page. Nobody did so far: I think this is the only reason why this work is not yet mentioned in the composer's page.

A more recent typeset, probably copyrighted, is published by Kalmus.

Max

Thanks for the helpful response! When I get a chance I'll try to get to Harvard and hopefully I'll be able to scan it sometime soon.