Noel (Original Version)

ISBN-13: 9780193954243 / Angielski

Charles Gounod

Opis

for SA soloists, 3-part Chorus of Upper Voices, Piano and optional Organ/Harmonium Gounod's classic Christmas anthem is published here in its original scoring for Soprano and Alto soloists, three-part chorus of Upper Voices, Piano and optional Organ/Harmonium. A new translation has been provided which mirrors the French text more closely than the first English version published in 1866.

O autorze

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a French composer born in Paris. He trained at the Conservatoire de Paris and won the esteemed Prix de Rome in 1839 before travelling to Italy where he studied the church music of Palestrina. A devout Catholic, Gounod studied theology and considered joining the priesthood before ultimately deciding to dedicate his working life to composition. He held a post as organist and choirmaster at the Church of the Missions Etrangères in Paris and spent the years 1870-1875 in London, taking refuge from Prussian siege of Paris. Gounod returned to Paris where he continued composing instrumental and religious music until his death. Gounod became best known for his operas, notably Faust (1859). Though more conservative in style than his contemporaries, his vocal and choral writing influenced subsequent major French composers including Ravel and Debussy.