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GOUNOD Charles.
33 L.A.S. or P.A.S. "Ch. Gounod" (a few minutes unsigned), 1839- 1889, to various people; pages, most of them in-8.
Interesting set.
Nice 28 December 1839, to Mme BOUSQUET, account of his trip to Rome.
21 January 1864, to Léon CARVALHO, about the difficulties in the performance of Mireille; he refuses to remove the scene of the Crau (which was beyond Mme Carvalho's abilities).
He refuses to modify his work, and refuses to replace Mme Carvalho, whose "incomparable talent" he praises, by Mlle de
Maësen: "this scene is moreover the pivot of my work, and I consider it to mark the dramatic level of the role [...] which loses its greatest character without it.
If it must be transposed, let's transpose it: never delete it". And 2 drafts to the same on this subject.
2 July 1868, following the "double bankruptcy" of
Carvalho, he gives PERRIN the authorization to play Faust "on the grand opera theatre".
- July 1868, memorandum concerning
Faust and Romeo, following an article in the Figaro of 7 July 1868 on Carvalho's bankruptcy at the
Théâtre-Lyrique. - 1868. Memorandum clarifying the position of Gounod and his collaborators concerning the future performances of
Roméo et Juliette at the Opéra-Comique. -
1868, on his arrangement with Carvalho concerning his repertoire. - 22-23 October 1868. Delivery to Perrin of the ballet of Roméo et Juliette.
4 March 1869, to Victor MASSÉ, thanking him "for the beautiful performance that the Opéra choirs brought yesterday to the first performance of Faust.
London 29 March 1872, to Stanley LUCAS, about his royalties, and the "
Royalty system". - 20 April 1872, to Messieurs les
Commissionnaires de S.M. pour l'Exposition internationale, protesting against an arrangement of God save the Queen (autographed copy signed and annotated; plus 2 ex.
printed). - June 1872, to the editor of the Musical
World, concerning the article M. Gounod and his wrongs, and setting the record straight. - 29 June 1873, to the editor of the newspaper The
Echo, giving an update on his trial against
Littleton, explaining why the court was wrong in condemning him.
[1873 ?], to Peter BENOIT, defending Flemish nationalism in cultural matters.
He specifies that the teaching of music must be given in Flemish language in Flemish country.
London 6 January 1874, to the publisher LEBEAU, requesting the sending of scores. - February 1874, draft of the announcement of the creation of the "Société des Concerts d'orchestre", specifying its rules. - 9 April 1874, to the publisher Achille LEMOINE, requesting a modification of their treaty. With an autograph note concerning the treaty for
Polyeucte with Lemoine. - 5 April 1874, to
Mr. Peyton¸ claiming his right to choose the soloists performing his works. - St
Leonard's on Sea 30 April [1874], to an abbot in Lyon, for the setting to music of a religious text; details of rights. He is thinking of spending the winter in Biarritz.
25 May 1875, to E. DELDEVEZ, he renounces conducting the musicians of the Opéra orchestra at the gala evening of 30 May. - 23 February 1876, to M. Ballin, thanking him for his " Testimonial ", and warning him against any project with abusive use of his name. - 6 October 1876, minute of letter to the editor Achille LEMOINE; and copy by CG of a note from Lemoine in reply to articles concerning Polyeucte. - 25 April 1887, to a friend. - 16 August 1887, to his dear Paul, concerning his Messe de Jeanne d'Arc, and a shipment of ceps. - 17 February 1889, to the same, astonished at the enormity of the postmark requested by Reszké; he suggests asking Talazac.
S.d. to a London newspaper, asking for a rectification concerning his artistic property rights; forgeries have been published under his name (9 p.); - note about his complaint against "abominable forgeries" of his music; - note on copyright in Prussia; - to Manuel GARCIA, in English, on the statutes of his choral society; - to Eugène RITT, remedy to cure a boil.
Attached is a copy of a letter(Nov. 14
1878), with autogr. to the Minister of Public Instruction on the Halanzier-Krauss incident (role of Pauline)"; plus a letter dictated to his daughter Jeanne, to Mr. Harding
Milward (10 June 1880), concerning the Birmingham Festival and the translation of the libretto of
Redemption; plus a duplicate letter by
Anna Gounod, concerning Redemption to
Birmingham (7 July 1880)
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