T40

Seconde Méditation

Gounod

Piano, violin, and harmonium ad lib.

Original work: Charles Gounod (1818–93), Seconde Méditation for violin and orchestra (Condé, CG 2c), itself an arrangement of the Cavatine ‘Un jour plus pur’ sung by Rodolphe (tenor) in Act III of La Nonne sanglante, opera in five acts, libretto by Scribe and Delavigne, first played at the Opéra on 18-10-1854. The arrangement has an eight-bar extension at the end.

Transcription: for publication by Choudens in c. 1872.

Autograph part: Private collection. Violin part headed Violon, 26-stave paper, 1 f., music [1], blank.

Manuscript score: Private collection. 20-stave paper, title page, 5 p. of music, marked with Choudens’ plate number A.C. 2448.

Printed score: Choudens, pl. no. A.C. 2448, c. 1872. F-Pn D4803.