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Electre : autograph manuscript, [1818-1893].

Record ID
114552
Creator
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Biographical Data
French composer.
Object title

Electre : autograph manuscript, [1818-1893].

Uniform title
Electre. Selections
Date
[1818-1893].
Credit line
Gift of William Voelkle in memory of J. Rigbie Turner, 2015.
Provenance
William Voelkle.
Notes
For voices and orchestra; incomplete. The first 34 measures are for orchestra, with a voice line (Oreste) left blank; the next 24 measures are for voice (Une Jeune Grecque), with the orchestral lines left blank.
The music is similar to that of the "Marche et choeur (Fragment d'Electre)" in the Cary Collection (Cary 212). The work to which the Cary and Voelkle fragments belong has not been further identified.
Author of text anonymous or unidentified.
Associated names
Voelkle, William M., former owner.