BIZET GEORGES: (1838-1875) French Composer. Rare Autograph Musical score by Bizet, four pages, large folio score page, n.p. , n.d., in French, and musical text in Italian. The score corresponds to Charles Gounod´s opera Faust. Bizet has penned 35 bars in two staves, with multiple corrections and words in Italian, being the scene two of the fourth act, almost complete, from `.. Quando a te lieta sorridea la vita... » to « ... io ti sarò fedele amico ognor´, which on the French libretto corresponds to (“Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite... I will remain your faithful friend..”) To the upper edge of the first score page, the editor Antoine de Choudens annotates `Pour remplacer la page 316 - Nouvelle romance de Siebel´, and to a small 8vo note, lightly affixed to the upper right corner Choudens states in French `Deux copies des parties d'orchestre et de la partition depuis l'andante en la jusqu'à fin.. mettre les paroles françaises a prendre dans Marguerite..´ With numerous small tears and chips to the edges and some light blue paper residue to the first page. G

 

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) French Composer.

Faust (is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod. Premiered at the Theatre Lyrique of Paris in March 1859.

After Bizet´s return from Rome to Paris, he found a found a supplement of income in work of arrangements, in particular of reductions for piano and songs, and even of copies. He worked especially for the music publisher Antoine de Choudens, who became his friend, and for Charles Gounod, of whom he was close.