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This page from the January 11, 1890, issue of L'Illustration presents the piano arrangement for the "Marche Funèbre" composed by Charles Gounod for the play Jeanne d'Arc. The heading credits the lyrics to Jules Barbier and identifies the work as a drama in five acts and in verse, which was then being performed at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. The sheet music features a slow, "Andante" tempo marking and a somber, rhythmic bassline characteristic of a nineteenth-century funeral procession, intended to accompany the tragic final scenes of the play. Including such scores in a general news magazine allowed readers to recreate the atmosphere of the popular Parisian theater in their own homes, reflecting the central role that Gounod's music played in the success of Sarah Bernhardt's iconic portrayal of the French heroine.