Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Last updated: 10.01.25
According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Charles [François] Gounod was a French composer, pupil of Halévy and others at the Paris Conservatory, where he won the "Rome Prize" and so spent 3 years in Rome; afterwards church organist in Paris. At one time intended to become a priest. Had great success with opera "Faust", 1857. Also conductor; first conductor of what is now the Royal Choral Society, during the years 1870-75 spent in London. Later concentrated on religious music, e.g. oratorio "The Redemption". Other works include opera "Romeo and Juliet" and twelve other operas; 9 Masses and other church music; many songs; 3 symphonies; several miscellaneous pieces including a "Meditation" on the first prelude of Johann Sebastian Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier" (the so-called "Ave Maria"), and the "Funeral March of a Marionette". Cultivated an immediately effective style, often chromatically inclined, which has declined in favour since his death.
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DAHR: Charles Gounod | List of 1120 historic recordings from 1896 to 1950. |
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Ave Marie (1899) | F.W. Hager | Edison Record: 6701 | |
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O Sing to God (1916) | Helen Clark Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3031 | |
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Sanctus (1921) | Albert Lindquest | Edison Blue Amberol: 4148 | |
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Ave Marie (1912) | Marie Rappold Albert Spalding |
Edison Blue Amberol: 28106 | |
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Mon coeur ne peut changer, Mireille (1910) | A. Case | Edison Royal Purple Amberol: 29024 | |
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O, Divine Redeemer! (1920) | Marie Rappold | Edison Royal Purple Amberol: 29048 | |
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Sing, Smile, Slumber (1913) | Marie Rappold | Edison Blue Amberol: 28175 | |
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Sous les pieds d'une femme (1916) | T. Foster Why | Edison Blue Amberol: 2860 | |
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Vulcan's Song (1914) | T. Foster Why | Edison Blue Amberol: 2505 | |
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Repentir (190-?) | Marguerite Revel | Cylindres Edison Moulés Sur Or: 17484 | |
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Faust - Alerte! Alerte! (1912) | Frank Croxton Agnes Kimball Reed Miller |
Edison Blue Amberol: 1502 | |
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⇑There Is a Green Hill Far Away (1912) | Margaret Keyes | U.S. Everlasting Record: 1472 | |
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Faust - Alerte! Alerte! (1906) | Edmond Gluck Ragneau Ida Vaudère |
Cylindres Edison Moulés Sur Or: 17802 | |
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Faust - Je ris de me voir si belle (1909) | Blanche Arral | Edison Amberol: B169 | |
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Ave Marie (190-) | Mary Boyer | Cylindres Pathé 813 | |
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Air des bijoux (1898c.) | Mary Boyer | Cylindres Pathé 64 | |
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Était un roi de Thulé (190-) | Mary Boyer | Cylindres Pathé 59 | |
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O Magali! (1903) | Mary Boyer Jules Gautier |
Pathé 712 | |
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Mireille - Selections (1901-1902) | Mary Boyer | Cylindres Pathé 1373 | |
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Ah! si je redevenais belle (1901-1902) | Mary Boyer | Cylindres Pathé 1513 | |
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Nazareth (1913) | Alexander Prince | Edison Blue Amberol: 23055 | |
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Nazareth (1909) | P. Dawson | Edison Blue Amberol: 23147 |
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Ah! ne fuis pas encore (1914) | C. Gounod | Mary Carson Harvey Hindermeyer |
Edison: 2864 |
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Air des bijoux (1915) | C. Gounod | Alice Verlet | Edison: 3585 |
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Air des bijoux (1908) | C. Gounod | Geraldine Farrar | Victor: C-6657 |
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Ange adorable (1918) | C. Gounod | Ralph Errolle Alice Verlet |
Edison: 5961 |
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Ave Marie (1915) | C. Gounod | Marie Rappold | Edison: 3815 |
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Ave Marie (1921) | C. Gounod | Carmela Ponselle | Columbia: 49995 |
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Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee (1919) | C. Gounod | Clara Butt | Columbia: 76017 |
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Even Bravest Heart (1914) | C. Gounod | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 6417 |
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Faust - Alerte! Alerte! (1914) | C. Gounod | William F. Hooley Marie De Kyser Reed Miller |
Edison: 2979 |
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Faust - Je ris de me voir si belle (1903) | C. Gounod | Suzanne Adams | Columbia: 1243 |
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Faust - Je ris de me voir si belle (1909) | C. Gounod | Blanche Arral | Victor: C-6907 |
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Faust - Le parlate d'amor (1910) | C. Gounod | Bettina Freeman | Columbia: 30398 |
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Jerusalem (1923) | C. Gounod | A. Case | Edison: 8984 |
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Mireille - Arietta (1915) | C. Gounod | Alice Verlet | Edison: 3559 |
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O, Divine Redeemer! (1916) | C. Gounod | Clara Butt | Columbia: 6768 |
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Reine de Saba - Plus grand dans son obscurité (1921) | C. Gounod | Marie Rappold | Edison: 8186 |
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⇑Roméo et Juliette - Je veux vivre dans le rêve (1903) | C. Gounod | Suzanne Adams | Columbia: 1197 |
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Roméo et Juliette - Je veux vivre dans le rêve (1909) | C. Gounod | Blanche Arral | Victor: C-6904 |
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Roméo et Juliette - Valse (1917) | C. Gounod | Amelita Galli-Curci | Victor: C-19148 |
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Roméo et Juliette - Valse (1905) | C. Gounod | Lillian Blauvelt | Victor: C-2471 |
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Sanctus (1919) | C. Gounod | Donald Alexander Chalmers Helen Clark Albert Lindquest Virginia Rea George W. Reardon Horatio Rench Betsy Lane Shepherd John Young |
Edison: 6918 |
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Sing, Smile, Slumber (1916) | C. Gounod | Olive Kline | Victor: B-18754 |
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Sing, Smile, Slumber (1912) | C. Gounod | Grace Kerns | Columbia: 38390 |
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Sing, Smile, Slumber (1920) | C. Gounod | Cecil Arden | Edison: 7388 |
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There Is a Green Hill Far Away (1917) | C. Gounod | Ida Gardner | Edison: 5315 |
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When All Was Young (1915) | C. Gounod | Clara Butt | Columbia: 6605 |
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Clara Butt | Dame Clara Butt |        |
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Clara Butt | Critical Survey Vol 1 | |
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Michael Copley | Micro Classics |
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Adore and Be Still (1898) | C. Gounod (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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Ah! Non Partir Deh! Taci (1867) | C. Gounod (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Ave Marie (1900) | C. Gounod (music) |
Piano | Greer Indiana |
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Le Parlate D'amor (1863) | C. Gounod (music) | Piano | Greer | |
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There Is a Green Hill Far Away (1871) | C. Gounod (music) Cecil Francis Alexander (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
| Recorder Sheet Music |
Two (2) Pieces (Trombone)
Arr./Editor: Leonard Falcone Level: Grade 3. Publisher: Southern Music Company (SS834) |
 Soldier's Chorus (Faust) (D/A/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Hawthorns Music (HARA003) |
| Brass Sheet Music |
| Two (2) Pieces (Trombone)
Arr./Editor: Leonard Falcone Level: Grade 3. Publisher: Southern Music Company (SS834) |
| Soldier's Chorus (Faust) (D/A/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Hawthorns Music (HARA003) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 35 works by Charles Gounod (1818-1893).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
(w&m)
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Faust - Le parlate d'amor | 1863 | Bettina Freeman (perf.) | |
| Ah! Non Partir Deh! Taci (w&m) | 1867 | |
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| There Is a Green Hill Far Away | 1871 | Cecil Francis Alexander (words) Ida Gardner (perf.) Margaret Keyes (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Adore and Be Still (w&m) | 1898 | Pub. |
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| O, Divine Redeemer! | 1899 | Clara Butt (perf.) Marie Rappold (perf.) |
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| Était un roi de Thulé | 190- | Mary Boyer (perf.) | |
| Ave Marie | 1900 | Mary Boyer (perf.) Frederick W. Hager (perf.) Carmela Ponselle (perf.) Marie Rappold (perf.) Albert Spalding (perf.) |
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| Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir | 1901 | Marie Tempest (perf.) |  |
| Ah! si je redevenais belle | 1901 | Mary Boyer (perf.) | |
| Mireille - Selections | 1901 | Mary Boyer (perf.) | |
| O Magali! | 1903 | Mary Boyer (perf.) Jules Gautier (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Mireille - Valse | 1906 | Aline Vallandri (perf.) |  |
| Air des bijoux | 1909 | Blanche Arral (perf.) Mary Boyer (perf.) Geraldine Farrar (perf.) Alice Verlet (perf.) |
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| Faust - Je ris de me voir si belle | 1909 | Suzanne Adams (perf.) Blanche Arral (perf.) |
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| Nazareth | 1909 | Peter Dawson (perf.) Alexander Prince (perf.) |
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| Roméo et Juliette - Je veux vivre dans le rêve | 1909 | Suzanne Adams (perf.) Blanche Arral (perf.) |
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| Faust - Alerte! Alerte! | 1912 | Frank Croxton (perf.) Edmond Gluck (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Marie De Kyser (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.) Ragneau (perf.) Ida Vaudère (perf.) from "Faust" |
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| Ah! ne fuis pas encore | 1914 | Mary Carson (perf.) Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.) |
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| Even Bravest Heart | 1914 | Thorpe Bates (perf.) | |
| Vulcan's Song | 1914 | T. Foster Why (perf.) | |
| Mireille - Arietta | 1915 | Alice Verlet (perf.) | |
| When All Was Young | 1915 | Clara Butt (perf.) | |
| O Sing to God | 1916 | Helen Clark (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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| Sous les pieds d'une femme | 1916 | T. Foster Why (perf.) | |
| Roméo et Juliette - Valse (w&m) | 1917 | Lillian Blauvelt (perf.) Amelita Galli-Curci (perf.) |
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| Ange adorable | 1918 | Ralph Errolle (perf.) Alice Verlet (perf.) |
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| Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee | 1919 | Clara Butt (perf.) | |
| ⇑ Reine de Saba - Plus grand dans son obscurité | 1921 | Marie Rappold (perf.) | |
| Sanctus | 1921 | Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Albert Lindquest (perf.) Virginia Rea (perf.) George W. Reardon (perf.) Horatio Rench (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) John Young (perf.) |
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| Jerusalem | 1923 | Anna Case (perf.) | |
| March From Faust | 1926 | Ch. Gounod (words) | |
| Come Hither | ? | |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Mon coeur ne peut changer, Mireille | ? | Anna Case (perf.) | |
| Repentir | ? | Marguerite Revel (perf.) | |
| Sing, Smile, Slumber | ? | Cecil Arden (perf.) Grace Kerns (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) Marie Rappold (perf.) |
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C. Gounod | Alerte! Alerte! (2:45) | Ida Vaudère |
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C. Gounod | Air des bijoux (3:23) | Blanche Arral |
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C. Gounod | Je veux vivre (3:27) | Blanche Arral |
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C. Gounod | Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir (2:06) | Marie Tempest |