Hymne à Sainte Cécile (Gounod, Charles)

		Movements/Sections 1 Composition Year 1865 Genre Categories Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; For violin, orchestra; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists; For violin, piano, organ; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the organ; For 3 players; For voice, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; For voice, piano, organ; For voices with keyboard; French language; For voice, violin, piano, organ (arr); For voices with solo instruments; For violin, piano, organ (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players; For organ (arr); For 1 player; For piano (arr)

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (12)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#258510 - 0.62MB, 12 (i, #1-11) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 335x⇩

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First edition

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Lebeau ainé, n.d.[1865]. Plate N.L.438.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Voice, Violin, Piano and Organ (Gounod)

 Full Score
*#257366 - 1.07MB, 9 (i, #1-8) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 189x⇩

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 Vocal Part
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 Violin Part
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 Organ Part
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 Doublebass Part (ad lib.)
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Paris: Lebeau ainé, n.d. Plate N.L.717.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Published as Ave verum.
Piano part can also be played by harp.

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For Violin, Piano and Organ (Gounod)

 Piano Score and Parts
*#258512 - 1.31MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 62x⇩

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Paris: Lebeau ainé, n.d.[1865]. Plate N.L.439.

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 Complete score (doubles as Piano, Organ parts)
*#18346 - 0.82MB, 11 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 1394x⇩

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 Violin Part
*#18345 - 0.16MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 403x⇩

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Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.(ca.1905). Plate A.L. 11939

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For Violin and Piano (Herman)

 Piano Score and Violin Part
*#151734 - 0.81MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 313x⇩

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Arranger:

Adolphe Herman (1823–1903)

Publisher Info.:

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d. [c.1868] Plate 19323.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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No mention of this arr in HMB. Other arrs 1868-79.

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For Violin and Piano (Saenger)

 Piano Score and Violin Part
*#151862 - 0.32MB, 5 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/C/V - 238x⇩

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Arranger:

Gustav Saenger (1865-1935)

Publisher Info.:

Religious Meditations
New York: Carl Fischer, n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

The first piece of music from this collection carries a copyright date of 1925.

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For Organ solo (Westbrook)

 Complete Score
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Arranger:

William Joseph Westbrook (1831-1894)

Publisher Info.:

London: Schott & Co., n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 1044.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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For Piano solo (Bériot)

 Complete Score
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Arranger:

Charles-Wilfrid Bériot (1833-1914)

Publisher Info.:

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.[1868]. Plate 19321.

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General Information

Work Title	Hymne à Sainte Cécile: Méditation Religieuse
Alternative Title	Ave verum

Composer	Gounod, Charles
Movements/Sections	1
Year/Date of Composition	1865
First Publication	1865
Language	Latin
Dedication	A mon ami Alard
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	original: violin and orchestra (2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, harps, double bass) arrangements, see below (publication history)

Misc. Comments

Later transcribed by Franz Liszt for solo piano as a free arrangement (S.491).

Publication History

This rarely performed work was subject to multiple arrangements by the composer. Originally written for violin solo, harps, timpani, winds, and double bass (Ricordi, Plate 40441, 1865), Gounod compressed the texture to violin, piano, and organ. Later, Gounod would replace the violin with a high soprano singing to the text of the "Ave verum corpus" (ca.1878).

Recording History

• Leslie Howard, pianist: Harold in Italy and Other Transcriptions (Hyperion, 1992)
• Brigitte Desnoues, soprano: Harmonies Célestes (Ligia, 1993)