Record ID:
114552
Creator:
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Biographical Data:
French composer.
Title:
Electre : autograph manuscript, [1818-1893].
Uniform title:
Electre. Selections
Date:
[1818-1893].
Credit Line:
Gift of William Voelkle in memory of J. Rigbie Turner, 2015.
Notes:
For voices and orchestra; incomplete. The first 34 measures are for orchestra, with a voice line (Oreste) left blank; the next 24 measures are for voice (Une Jeune Grecque), with the orchestral lines left blank.
The music is similar to that of the "Marche et choeur (Fragment d'Electre)" in the Cary Collection (Cary 212). The work to which the Cary and Voelkle fragments belong has not been further identified.
Author of text anonymous or unidentified.
Provenance:
William Voelkle.
Associated names:
Voelkle, William M., former owner.
Department:
Music Collection: