................................................................................................................................................ iv CHAPTER ONE: THE SEVEN LAST WORDS—AN INTRODUCTION....................................................1 CHAPTER TWO: TEXTUAL SOURCES FOR THE SEVEN LAST WORDS.............................................6 CHAPTER THREE: THE SEVEN LAST WORDS AS A PROBLEMATIC MUSICAL GENRE ..................................43 CHAPTER FOUR: GOUNOD’S LES SEPT PAROLES DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST SUR LA CROIX .......................51 CHAPTER FIVE: CÉSAR FRANCK’S SEPT PAROLES DU CHRIST SUR LA CROIX .........................82 CHAPTER SIX: THEODORE DUBOIS’ LES SEPT PAROLES DU CHRIST .......................................117 CHAPTER SEVEN: A COMPARISON OF THE SETTINGS BY GOUNOD, FRANCK, AND DUBOIS............................................................................................................168 BIBLIOGRAPHY .....................................................................................................................................191 APPENDIX................................................................................................................................................197 VITA..........................................................................................................................................................199