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reduced orch. for Gounod MassDate: January 1, 2009 by Cecil Rigby
 Happy New Year, everyone!
The Gounod website lists several orchestrated versions of the "St. Cecilia Mass," including one for just organ and strings (...not interested in that version). I haven't been successful locating publishers of any of the known alternates, however. (Choral parts are readily available, however.) Have any of you ever used a reduced orchestration for this in the past? Can you share any publisher info, university library or lending library sources with me? Alternately, since I've located a source for the original orchestration, can you tell me how you reduced forces "on your own"? Using six harps isn't financially feasible! maybe two.... Many thanks in advance.... Cecil Rigby
Clinton F. Nieweg on January 2, 2009 5:20pm
Original Instrumentation: Gounod, Charles 1818-1893 (b Paris, 17 June 1818; d Saint-Cloud, 18 Oct 1893). French
Messe solennelle (St. Cecilia) 1855
chorus solos STB
3[1.2.pic] 2 2 4 — 4 4(2+2) 3 0 — tmp+2(cym, bd) — 6hp[1part] — org — str
Composer calls for octobasse (an obsolete form of giant double bass) in one movement [optional].
One harp can play the entire part.
French composers at this time often doubled the bassoon parts with only two real parts being needed and some slight division into 4 parts at times. Check the score to see what can be omitted or re-written. Same for the 4 Horns and the 2 Trumpets, 2 Cornets.
The standard publication for sale:
Kalmus A6236
Score $80.00
Set (str 4,4,3,2,2,) $265.00
In the music database listing 1.4 billion items from 10,000 libraries worldwide, the only reduction listed is for voices, string quartet and organ:
Messe solennelle (Sainte-Cécile), partie d'orgue spéciale remplaçant les instruments à vent, devant être jouée avec Ie quatuor (cordes), déduction par H. d'Aubel. Le Beau, gr. in-8 (1895). [POP? Agent EMI?]
74 vocal/keyboard editions listed as: Charles Gounod - Messe solennelle (St. Cecilia): for soprano, tenor, and bass soli and full chorus of mixed voices with piano or organ accompaniment.
Reference: Charles François Gounod : a research and information guide / Timothy S. Flynn Published: New York : Routledge, 2009. $150.00
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