Messe solennelle (Ste Cécile) for Soloists (STB), Choir (SATB), Orchestra and Organ
Sacred works occupy a large part of Charles Gounod’s oeuvre. It was the Messe solennelle en l’honneur de SainteCécile that established his fame as a church composer. Its melodic invention and effective handling of the orchestra reveal a close proximity to opera.
This Urtext edition is based not only on the original print of1856 but also on copyists’ manuscripts and autograph sources.
Rounding off this well-researched Urtext edition are an informative Introduction and a detailed Critical Commentary. The edition is being publishedtocelebrate the 200th anniversary of Gounod’s birth.
- Gounod’s well-known mass in a new Urtext edition
- Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)
- Idiomatic piano reduction
- Full score and parts (BA8966) and vocal score (BA8966-90) available for sale
| Arrangement | Mixed Choir, Orchestra, Voice |
| Genres | Sacred |
| Format | Part |
| NumberOfPages | 14 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Bärenreiter-Verlag |
| Contributors | Gounod, Charles(Composer) Schellevis, Hans(Artist) |
| Language | English, French, German |
| ISMN | 9790006564071 |