Requiem in C major
Arrangement for chamber orchestra (arr. Z. Szathmáry) CG op. Posth., 1893/2012
Charles Gounod composed the present Requiem under the impact of the death of his 4-year-old grandson, Maurice. According to legend, death overtook him as he was finishing the last details of this work. In 1895 it was published posthumously in various arrangements by his pupil Henri Busser. The work was heard in an impressive performance on the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of the composer in St. Madeleine, under the direction of Gabriel Fauré and was highly praised in the contemporary press. The version for large
orchestra (Carus 27.315) was first published in Spring 2011 in a critical edition.
Version for small orchestra. In order to make the work accessible to a wider public Carus has presented an arrangments for choir and organ (Carus 27.315/45). An additional version for a small group of instruments is in preparation. The vocal and string parts are identical to the large version. In addition the oboe, clarinet and horn, as well as an independent organ part are employed.
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Composer
Charles Gounod
| 1818-1893Charles Gounod is known today especially as the composer of the operas Faust (1859) and Roméo et Juliette (1867), and of the very popular Méditation sur le 1er prélude de piano de J. S. Bach (1852), arranged in 1859 as an Ave Maria. The fact that Gounod is regarded primarily as an important opera composer does not do justice to his extensive œuvre, which encompasses all genres. His creative output is dominated by his church music, which overshadows that of all other 19th-century composers. Personal details
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Arranger
Zsigmond Szathmáry
| 1939
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Frequent questions about this work
Can I also use the “normal” vocal score /03 and the choral score /05 from the full-scale version to sing the version presented here?
Yes, the vocal parts are absolutely identical, and therefore the vocal scores and choral scores are compatible with both versions.
Can the string parts of the original version (Carus 27.315/00) also be used for the arrangement?
Yes, the string parts in the arrangement have been taken over unchanged from the original version. We also offer the string parts for this version on loan with article number Carus 27.315/69.
Why are you offering new arrangements of the work when there are already numerous contemporary arrangements available (Éditions Choudens)?
The contemporary versions were most likely not written by Gounod himself, but by his student Henri Busser. Gounod himself probably only wrote the score for large orchestra. Shortly before his death, he is said to have entrusted Busser with a reduction for organ. Busser then created not only the organ version, but several arrangements (for details, see the preface to the Carus edition).
The version for small orchestra offered by Carus does not duplicate any of the existing instrumentations, but uses different instruments: oboe, clarinet, horn, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, and organ. For example, the use of a harp was deliberately avoided, as many orchestras do not have a harp available.
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