GOUNOD, Charles (1818-1893). Autograph album leaf signed and dedicated with a musical quotation of the opening of the Overture to Faust, inscribed Faust. (Ouverture.) à Monsieur le Prince Caradja. (6 8bre 1869.) Ch. Gounod, 1 page, 7 bars, one system of four staves for first and second violins, viola and violoncello, marked Adagio, 249 x 333mm. (the verso with an unidentified incomplete Andantino for violoncello and accompaniment, entitled plaintres de la jeune fille, 27 bars).

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GOUNOD, Charles (1818-1893). Autograph album leaf signed and dedicated with a musical quotation of the opening of the Overture to Faust, inscribed Faust. (Ouverture.) à Monsieur le Prince Caradja. (6 8bre 1869.) Ch. Gounod, 1 page, 7 bars, one system of four staves for first and second violins, viola and violoncello, marked Adagio, 249 x 333mm. (the verso with an unidentified incomplete Andantino for violoncello and accompaniment, entitled plaintres de la jeune fille, 27 bars).

Faust was first produced at the Théâtre-Lyrique on 19 March 1859.

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