T35
Gounod, Méditation
piano duet
Original work:
Charles Gounod (1818–93), Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de piano de S. Bach.
This work for piano, violin and organ, which superimposed a cantabile melody
on the first prelude from J. S. Bach’s Das
Wohltemperirte Clavier, appeared in 1853, with a version for piano solo shortly after. In 1859 it was published for the first time as
Ave Maria, the words by Paul
Bernard, a copy of which Gounod inscribed to
Bizet in that year (F-Pn
Vm7 61056(3)A).
Transcription:
before 1869, for
publication by Heugel. Bizet had
already written a version for piano solo, under the title Ave
Maria, and he also made a simplified version for piano solo in
Le Pianiste-Chanteur,
no. 43.
Printed score:
Bibliography:
- Curtiss 292