Charles Gounod
Charles-François Gounod (; French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertory. He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and popular short pieces including his Ave Maria (an elaboration of a Bach piece) and "Funeral March of a Marionette". Born in Paris into an artistic and musical family Gounod was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris and won France's most prestigious musical prize, the Prix de Rome. His studies took him to Italy, Austria and then Prussia, where he met Felix Mendelssohn, whose advocacy of the music of Bach was an early influence on him. He was deeply religious, and after his return to Paris, he briefly considered becoming a priest. He composed prolifically, writing church music, songs, orchestral music and operas. Gounod's career was disrupted by the Franco-Prussian War. He moved to England with his family for refuge from the Prussian advance on Paris in 1870. After peace was restored in 1871 his family returned to Paris but he remained in London, living in the house of an amateur singer, Georgina Weldon, who became the controlling figure in his life. After nearly three years he broke away from her and returned to his family in France. His absence, and the appearance of younger French composers, meant that he was no longer at the forefront of French musical life; although he remained a respected figure he was regarded as old-fashioned during his later years, and operatic success eluded him. He died at his house in Saint-Cloud, near Paris at the age of 75. Few of Gounod's works remain in the regular international repertoire, but his influence on later French composers was considerable. In his music there is a strand of romantic sentiment that is continued in the operas of Jules Massenet and others; there is also a strand of classical restraint and elegance that influenced Gabriel Fauré. Claude Debussy wrote that Gounod represented the essential French sensibility of his time. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 17, 1818 (Paris), Died October 18, 1893 (Saint-Cloud)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
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Recordings (Results 276-300 of 1111 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-17498 | 12-in. | 4/14/1916 | Ave Maria | Ema Destinnová | Soprano vocal solo, with cello, harp, and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-17533 | 12-in. | 4/26/1916 | Fausto selección | Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala | Marimba band | composer | |
Victor | B-17740 | 10-in. | 5/25/1916 | Sérénade | Geraldine Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with flute, harp, and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-18152 | 12-in. | 7/26/1916 | Even bravest heart | Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-18539 | 12-in. | 10/10/1916 | Sacred songs no. 2 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18754 | 10-in. | 11/23/1916 | Sing, smile, slumber | Olive Kline | Soprano vocal solo, with flute obbligato and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-18754 | 12-in. | 11/23/1916 | Sing, smile, slumber | Olive Kline | Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19025 | 10-in. | 1/9/1917 | O, Margareta! | Axel Jorgensen | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-19148 | 12-in. | 1/31/1917 | Valse | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-19148 | 12-in. | 12/13/1928 | Juliet's waltz song | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-19316 | 12-in. | 2/27/1917 | Marguerite waltz | Victor Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-19962 | 10-in. | 5/29/1917 | Siebel's arie | Mischa Léon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-20382 | 10-in. | 7/10/1917 | Sing, smile, slumber | Conway's Band ; H. Benne Henton | Saxophone solo, with band | composer | |
Victor | B-20472 | 10-in. | 8/1/1917 | There's a green hill far away | Ferdinand Himmelreich | Celeste solo | composer | |
Victor | C-20634 | 12-in. | 8/17/1917 | Funeral march of a marionette | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-20670 | 12-in. | 9/14/1917 | Air des bijoux | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-20687 | 12-in. | 9/20/1917 | O sing to God | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-21429 | 12-in. | 1/25/1918 | Salut, demeure | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-21455 | 12-in. | 2/18/1918 | Flower song | Elsie Baker | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22579 | 10-in. | 2/11/1919 | Alerte! où vous êtes perdus | Frances Alda ; Marcel Journet ; Giovanni Martinelli | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-22647 | 12-in. | 3/5/1929 | Dio possente | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-22647 | 12-in. | 3/21/1919 | Dio possente | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22881 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | Le veau d'or | Georges Baklanoff | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22882 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | Serenade de Mephistopheles | Georges Baklanoff | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23538 | 10-in. | 12/17/1919 | Laivyne | Anthony Sodeika | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gounod, Charles," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102530.
Gounod, Charles. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102530.
"Gounod, Charles." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.
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