PIERRE (Constant). Music for Festivals and Ceremonies of the - Lot 258

PIERRE (Constant). Music for Festivals and Ceremonies of the French Revolution. Works by Gossec, Cherubini, Lesueur, Méhul, Catel, Martini, etc. Collected and transcribed by Constant Pierre. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1899. Large quarto, publisher’s binding in full printed cream paper. An important historical publication devoted to the official musical repertoire of the French Revolution. Constant Pierre, a scholar and music historian, brings together here the scores performed during major civic festivals, public ceremonies, and national celebrations held between 1789 and the dawn of the Empire. The volume brings together compositions by the leading revolutionary musicians, including Gossec, Cherubini, Lesueur, Méhul, Catel, and Martini. It constitutes a fundamental source for the study of French patriotic music and the origins of major modern civic events. The collection reproduces a large number of complete scores, including their lyrics, choral parts, accompaniments, and orchestral reductions. It notably features hymns to Liberty and the Republic, triumphal songs, civic hymns, and music composed for national holidays and revolutionary commemorations. Published as part of the City of Paris’s series on the French Revolution, this volume remains today a first-rate resource for historians of the Revolution, music, and republican institutions. Condition Original publisher’s binding preserved. Spine and edges are brittle, with tears and old repairs; end caps are worn. Interior is fresh and well-preserved; sheet music is clean. A sturdy copy despite the external flaws.