Composition: La colombe, CG 6 (Gounod, Charles)
| Title | La colombe |
| Alternative title | Opéra-comique en deux actes |
| Creators | Charles Gounod (composer) and Jules Barbier (librettist) and Michel Carré (librettist) |
| Opus | CG 6 |
| Instrumentation | voices and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1860 |
| First published | 1860 |
| Dedication | à Monsieur Édouard Bénazet |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas comiques |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
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| view | Complete | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score |
| view | Romance: 'Apaisez, blanche colombe' (Act I) | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score ( A major ) |
| view | Romance: 'Apaisez, blanche colombe' (Act I) | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score ( G major ) |
| view | Romance: 'J'aimais jadis' (Act I) | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score ( F major ) |
| view | Romance: 'Que de rêves charmants' (Act II) | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score ( C major ) |
| view | Madrigal: 'Ces attraits que chacun admire' (Act II) | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score ( G flat major ) |
| view | Madrigal: 'Ces attraits que chacun admire' (Act II) | vocal score | Choudens | — | Complete Score ( F major ) |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Choudens | — | Overture Act I Act II |
| view | Entr'acte | Arrangement for piano 4 hands | Choudens | — | Complete Score |
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