T49
Gounod, La Chanson du printemps
Original Work:
Charles Gounod (1818–93), La Chanson du
printemps, for voice and piano, on a poem by Eugène Tourneux, composed in 1849 (autograph at US-NH), published by
Meissonnier in 1860 and
by Choudens in the collection Vingt
Mélodies in 1867.
Transcription:
perhaps around 1874. It is
not known what transcription Bizet undertook, nor even
if it was this work that the letter to Choudens refers
to. A song of the same name by Victor Massé was
published by Cendrier in 1853.
Letter:
no date,
to Choudens:
'Ci-joints : 1o l’épreuve
de Philémon. 2o la
transcription de la chanson du Printemps.'
copy at F-Po