Record ID:
294563
Accession number:
PMC 54.1-66, Cary 12-13
Creator:
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, collector.
Title:
Auteurs divers chant : collection of 72 songs by French composers bound up and indexed by, and mostly presented to, Charles Gounod.
Published:
19th century
Credit Line:
Gift of the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, 1968.
Inscription/Markings:
A large number of the songs carry presentation inscriptions to Gounod from their composers.
Notes:
Gounod's own collection of the songs of his contemporaries and friends. One piano sonata by Charles Gay seems to have got in by mistake.
The title page of the first song carries Gounod's pencilled instructions to the binder.
Table of contents in Gounod's hand is bound at the end.
The volume consists of 66 printed items and 2 manuscripts. Many of the printed items have the lithographed title page pictures of the period.
Individual songs within the collection are cataloged separately (PMC 54.1-66, Cary 12-13).
Provenance:
Charles Gounod; Mary Flagler Cary.
Associated names:
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, former owner.
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, dedicatee.
Cary, Mary Flagler, former owner.
Department:
Music Collection: