Original work:Charles Gounod (1818–93), Deuxième Symphonie en Mi
bémol, first played by the Conservatoire's Société des
Jeunes Artistes on 10-1-1856.
The full score and parts were published soon after by
Choudens (pl. nos. A.C.
248 and A.C. 247).
Transcription: It is not clear whether Bizet transcribed this work
or not. Having made a four-hand transcription of the first symphony, it is
certainly likely that he was asked to do the same for the second. It was
probably this work to which Bizet's letter of 1862 to Choudens refers. It
was published in 1865, along with the piano solo
arrangement, although the arranger's name is not given on either.
Autograph score:not known
Printed score:
1
pl. no.:
A.C. 1204(1) – A.C. 1204(4)
pages:
title page, 2 blanks, music p. 2-76
date:
1865
note:
The arranger's name is not given. The arrangement was available as
four separate movements.
Choudens, with the title page of the two-hand arrangement overprinted
Édition à quatre mains, otherwise the same. D-B Mus.19619
Letter:
Autumn 1862, to
Choudens:
'Si nous voulions régulariser nos comptes
rigoureusement nous arriverions à un total un peu plus fort que je
ne le croyais moi-même. Par exemple, Erostrate . . .
200 [fr.], Le cabaret . . . 100 [fr.], La symphonie à
4 mains, 15 jours de travail c'est à dire ce qu'aucun de vos amis ne
vous ferait pour . . . 200 [fr.], Id. à 2 mains . . . 100 [fr.]
'