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GRAND OPERALIBRETTOS
GRAND OPERALIBRETTOS
FRENCH AND ENGLISH TEXT AND MUSIC OF THE PRINCIPAL AIRS FAUST BY GOUNOD Boston : OLIVER DITSON COMPANY : New York OPERA SCORES All the vocal scores have English text together with the foreign text mentioned below. Unless otherwise specified, these books are bound in paper. Send for Descriptive Circular P—Oratorios, Cantatas, Operas and Operettas. OLIVER DITSON COMPANY FAUST A LYRIC DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS BOOK BY J. BARBIER AND M. CARRÉ MUSIC BY CHARLES GOUNOD 30 BOSTON: OLIVER DITSON COMPANY: NEW YO
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PREFATORY NOTE
PREFATORY NOTE
The legend of the magician Faust and his compact with the Devil comes from remote antiquity. At first in the form of folk tales in many lands, through ballads and the primitive drama it found its way into literature. It remained for the master-poet, Goethe, to fuse all the elements of the legend into an imaginative drama of unequaled ethical and poetic interest, to give the story the form in which it appeals most strongly to the modern mind. Innumerable musical works of every form have drawn ins
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THE STORY OF THE ACTION
THE STORY OF THE ACTION
Act I. —Faust, an aged philosopher, who has grown weary of life, and of the vain search for the source of all knowledge, decides, after a nightlong vigil, to end his existence by taking poison. In the act of raising the cup to his lips his hand is arrested by the sound of merry voices of maidens singing in the early morning of the joy of living. Again he essays to drink, but pauses to listen to the song of the reapers on their way to the fields, voicing their gratitude to God. Excited to a frenz
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SCENE I.
SCENE I.
Faust's Study. (Night. Faust discovered, alone. He is seated at a table covered with books and parchments; an open book lies before him. His lamp is flickering in the socket.) (Pours liquid from the flask into a crystal goblet. Just as he is about to raise it to his lips, the following chorus is heard, without.)...
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SCENE V.
SCENE V.
(Students, with Maidens on their arms, preceded by Musicians, take possession of the stage. Burghers in the rear, as at the commencement of the act.) Students, Maidens, Burghers, etc., afterwards Siebel and Marguerite . ( Siebel retreats before Mephistopheles , who then compels him to make a circuit of the stage, passing behind the dancers.) (He is about to hurry after Marguerite , when he suddenly finds himself face to face with Mephistopheles —he hastily turns away and leaves the stage.)...
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SCENE I.
SCENE I.
Marguerite 's Garden. (At the back a wall, with a little door. To the left a bower. On the right a pavilion, with a window facing the audience. Trees, shrubs, etc.) Siebel , alone. (He enters through the little door at the back, and stops on the threshold of the pavilion, near a group of roses and lilies.) (Plucks flowers in order to make a bouquet, and disappears amongst the shrubs.)...
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SCENE II.
SCENE II.
Mephistopheles and the preceding. (The prison walls open. The soul of Marguerite rises towards heaven. Faust gazes despairingly after her, then falls on his knees and prays. Mephistopheles turns away, barred by the shining sword of an archangel.) End of the Opera....
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SCÈNE PREMIERE.
SCÈNE PREMIERE.
Le Cabinet de Faust. ( Faust , seul. Sa lampe est près de s'eteindre. Il est assis devant une table chargée de parchemins. Un livre est ouvert devant lui.) (Il verse le contenu de la fiole dans une coupe de cristal. Au moment où il va porter la coupe à ses lèvres, des voix de jeunes filles se font entendre au dehors.) Jeunes Filles et Labs. Béni soit Dieu! Jeunes Filles et Labs. Béni soit Dieu!...
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SCÈNE PREMIÈRE.
SCÈNE PREMIÈRE.
La Kermesse. (Une des portes de la ville. A gauche un caborte à l'enseigne du Bacchus) Wagner , Etudiants, Bourgeois, Soldats, Jeunes Filles, Matrones. (Bourgeois et Soldats remontent vers le fond du théâtre.) (Un groupe de jeunes filles entre en scène.) (Les étudiants et les soldats séparent les femmes en riant. Tous les groupes s'éloignent et disparaissent.)...
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SCÈNE V.
SCÈNE V.
(Les étudiants et les jeunes filles, bras dessus, bras dessous, et précédés par des joueurs de violon, envahissent la scène. Ils sont suivie par les bourgeois qui ont paru au commencement de l'acte.) Les Mêmes, Étudiants, Jeunes Filles, Bourgeois, puis Siebel et Marguerite . ( Siebel recule devant Mephistopheles , qui lui fait faire ainsi la tour du théâtre en passant derrière le groupe des danseurs.) (Il va pour s'élancer sur la trace de Marguerite ; mais, se trouvant de nouveau face à face ave
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SCÈNE PREMIÈRE.
SCÈNE PREMIÈRE.
Le Jardin de Marguerite . (Au fond, un mur percé d'une petite porte. A gauche, un bosquet. A droite, un pavillon dont la fenêtre fait face au public. Arbres et massifs.) (Il s'approche du pavillon et trempe ses doigts dans un bénitier accroché au mur.) (Il cueille des fleurs pour former un bouquet et disparaît dans les massifs du jardin.)...
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SCÈNE VIII.
SCÈNE VIII.
Les Mêmes, Mephistopheles , Faust . ( Marguerite baisse les yeux sous le regard de Mephistopheles , se hâte d'ôter le collier, le bracelet et les pendants d'oreilles et de les remettre dans la cassette.) ( Marguerite abandonne son bras à Faust et s'éloigne avec Mephistopheles et Marthe restent seuls en scène.) ( Mephistopheles et Marthe reparaissent.)...
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Standard Opera Librettos
Standard Opera Librettos
All librettos have English text. Additional texts are indicated by Italic letters, as follows: I , Italian; G , German; F , French. Those marked with (*) contain no music. All the others have the music of the principal airs. PRICE, 30 CENTS EACH, NET. Boston: OLIVER DITSON COMPANY: New York Chicago: LYON & HEALY, Inc. London: WINTHROP ROGERS, Ltd. Order of your local dealer MADE IN U. S. A....
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SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Bound in paper, cloth back, $2.50 each, net In full cloth, gilt.... 3.50 each, net In these volumes of The Musicians Library the editor has presented in chronological order the most famous arias from operas of every school. Beginning with songs from the earliest Italian productions, a comprehensive view of operatic development is given by well-chosen examples from German, French, and later Italian works, down to contemporary musical drama. Each song or aria is given in its original key with the
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