GOUNOD Charles. Autograph musical manuscripts; about pages in various sizes, in ink or pencil. Important set of fragments and sketches. Notebook of pencil sketches (7 ff. oblong small in-4), for a Bolero, melodies (including "Marguerite gentille"..., "The sun is bright"...), for Les 3 rêves, for a "ballet air", etc. - Chorus for 6 mixed voices: "Miserere mei"... [CG 165] (18 p. oblong in-8). - Project for a patriotic song, En avant! (1875; 24 p. in-fol.), song and lyrics, prepared for orchestration. - Trumpet and trombone parts for the Judex (2 p. in-fol. each). - Magnificat in English: "My soul doth magnify the Lord"... (2 p. in-fol.). - The beginning of a Stabat Mater " with choirs and soli and accompaniment by cellos, double basses, harps and organ (title and 3 p. in-fol.) - 44 sheets of various sketches: for The Redemption ("Les Saintes femmes au tombeau"), The Annunciation, George Dandin, the love scene of Romeo and Juliette, a Kyrie, quartets, melodies, choruses, etc.