Station au temple de Melpomène pour la translation de Voltaire : chœur / par le C. Gossec.

Composer
Gossec, François Joseph, 1734-1829 [Browse]
Format
Musical score, Manuscript
Language
French
Published/​Created
[approximately 1791]
Description
1 score (pages 103-118) ; 31 cm.

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Notes
  • Autograph score.
  • Patriotic chorus for the transfer of the remains of Voltaire to the Panthéon on 11 July 1791.
  • For chorus and wind band.
  • Text by Voltaire, extracted from "Samson."
  • "Forms part of a collection of autograph manuscripts of nationalistic songs composed by Gossec during the revolutionary period." (Cf. F-Pn catalog).
  • Original held in: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (F-Pn), Ms. 1466.
  • On reel with: Gossec, Hymne à la victoire --- Gossec/Lefèvre, Pas de Manoeuvre.
  • 3rd item on reel.
Reproduction note
Microfilm. [Paris : Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Service Photographique, 19--]. Part of 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Language note
French words.
Source acquisition
The Douglas Townsend Microfilm Collection, Reel H.
In
Multi-title collection including Pas de manœuvre and 2 other(s).
OCLC
878190796
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