| Composition Year | 1872 |
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| Genre Categories | Secular choruses; Choruses; For 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; |
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| Work Title | The Bell |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Gounod, Charles |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | CG 282 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | ICG 200 |
| Key | D major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1872 |
| Librettist | Ingeborg Bröcher |
| Language | English |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Classical |
| Instrumentation | Voices: 2 mixed choruses (SATB/SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons 2 horns (D), 2 trumpets (D), timpani, bass drum, cymbal, triangle, harp, strings (see below, Comments) |
| Manuscript Sources | BnF |
Though BnF has an autograph manuscript that has the accompaniment as orchestral, Grove Music says the accompaniment was piano. BnF also says this was in a collection of 6 New Part Songs, second series, no.3. It is unknown whether the orchestral version pre-dates the collection, or even if that collection had piano accompaniment (though it probably did). Tagged for both for now, and subject to correction.