Record ID:
114559
Accession number:
Cary 583
Creator:
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Biographical Data:
French composer.
Title:
La plaine est vaste : autograph manuscript, 1857 July 24.
Uniform title:
Plaine est vaste
Date:
1857 July 24.
Inscription/Markings:
At the end: "à ma fille Rosalie Ch. Gd Savigny 24 Juillet 1857."
Notes:
Song; for voice and piano.
Author of text anonymous or unidentified.
Title from incipit: La plaine est vaste, e le soleil géant vermeil.
This song, with a different text, became the Chant du Berger Andreloun ("Le jour se lève") in Act IV, Scene 1 of Gounod's opera Mireille.
Associated names:
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Mireille. Jour se lève.
Jousset, Rosalie, former owner.
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