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Autograph letter, dated : Sevigny, 24 July 1857, to [Rosalie Jousset], 1857 July 24.

Record ID: 
117729
Creator: 
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Biographical Data: 
French composer.
Title: 
Autograph letter, dated : Sevigny, 24 July 1857, to [Rosalie Jousset], 1857 July 24.
Date: 
1857 July 24.
Notes: 

The letter is attached to the autograph manuscript of the song, the text of which begins "La plaine est vaste, e le soleil géant vermeil" (Cary 583). With a different text, it became the Chant du Berger Andreloun ("Le jour se lève") in Act IV, Scene 1 of Gounod's opera Mireille.

Associated names: 

Jousset, Rosalie, recipient.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection