Composition: Mireille, CG 8 (Gounod, Charles)

Title Mireille
Alternative title Opéra comique en cinq actes
Creators Charles Gounod (composer) and Michel Carré (librettist)
Opus CG 8
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1864
First published 1864
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Composition types Operas comiques
Language French
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
view Complete piano
view Overture military band Louis Philippe Laurendeau
view Overture theater orchestra Theodore Moses Tobani
view Intermède piano 4 hands
view Valse-Ariette piano 4 hands
view Valse-Ariette piano S. Cramer
view Quadrille piano 4 hands Henri Marx and Maurice Decourcelle

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view Overture Choudens Complete Score
view Overture parts Choudens Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2 (A)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (G/E), 3/4 (D/C)
Trumpet 1/2 (C)
Trombone 1/2, 3
Timpani/Triangle, Bass Drum/Cymbals
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
view Five-Act version vocal score Choudens Complete Score
view Five-Act version vocal score Choudens Complete score
view Three-Act version vocal score Boosey & Hawkes Incomplete Score
view Chanson de Magali: 'La brise est douce' (Act II) vocal score Choudens Complete Score (G major, high voice)
view Cavatine: 'A vos pieds, hélas' (Act II) vocal score Choudens Complete Score (E minor)
view Complete Arrangement for piano Choudens Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
view Overture Arrangement for military band
by Louis Philippe Laurendeau
Carl Fischer 1887 Conductor Score
view Overture Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Theodore Moses Tobani
Carl Fischer Piano Conductor
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon
Horn 1/2 (F)
Cornet 1, 2 (A)
Trombone
Timpani/Bass Drum
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
view Intermède Arrangement for piano 4 hands Holograph manuscript 1882 Complete Score
view Valse-Ariette Arrangement for piano 4 hands Choudens Complete Score
view Valse-Ariette Arrangement for piano
by S. Cramer
Choudens Complete Score
view Quadrille Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Henri Marx and Maurice Decourcelle
Choudens Complete Score

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