Carmen (Bizet, Georges)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 acts
Composition Year	1873-74
Genre Categories	Operas comiques; Theatrical Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra (arr); For voices and chorus with orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For voice, wind band (arr); For voices with orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the mezzo-soprano voice (arr); Scores featuring wind band (arr); For 4 accordions (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the accordion (arr); For 4 accordions, timpani (arr); Scores featuring the timpani (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 5 accordions (arr); For 5 accordions, timpani (arr); For 6 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); For orchestra (arr); For flute, 2 violins, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 4 clarinets (arr); For voice, mixed chorus, 2 pianos (arr); For voices and chorus with keyboard (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For violin, piano, harmonium (arr); Scores featuring the harmonium (arr); For 3 players (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
Related Works	Pieces based on Bizet's 'Carmen' Carmen Suite No.1 Carmen Suite No.2

1 Performances
2 Sheet Music
3 General Information

Performances

Recordings

Complete

Overture (EU)
*#586506 - 8.29MB - 3:37 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 11161×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

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Vangi (2019/8/21)

Act I (EU)
*#586507 - 117.50MB - 51:20 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 8578×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2019/8/21)

Act II (EU)
*#586508 - 101.93MB - 44:32 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 3585×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2019/8/21)

Act III (EU)
*#586511 - 142.76MB - 62:22 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 2965×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2019/8/21)

Performer Pages	Orchestre national de France (chorus, orchestra) Thomas Beecham (conductor)
Publisher Info.	Parlaphone, 1960.
Performers	Victoria de Los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc (voices)
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
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Selections

Complete Recording (EU)
*#471495 - 125.62MB - 54:45 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 10775×⇩ - MP3 - Rgagnaux

MP3 file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2017/5/16)

Performer Pages	Walter Goehr (conductor)
Publisher Info.	Musical Masterpiece Society/Concert Hall, 195?
Performers	Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Reissue	Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Recorded 195?, Hilversum
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Querschnitt durch die Oper “Carmen” (EU)
*#533050 - 53.14MB - 23:13 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 1441×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2018/7/23)

Performer Pages	Albert Wolff (Conductor) Opéra-Comique (Company) Suzanne Juyol (Carmen) Libero de Luca (Don José) Janine Micheau (Micaëla) Julien Giovannetti (Escamillo) Marcel Enot (Moralès) Denise Boursin (Frasquita) Jacqueline Cauchard (Mercédès) Jean Vieuille (Le Dancaïre) Serge Rallier (Le Remendado) Henri Médus (Zuniga) Pierre Germain (Lillas Pastia)
Publisher Info.	Disque Decca, 1958. LX 5137
Performers	Suzanne Juyol, Libero de Luca, Janine Micheau, Julien Giovannetti (voices) Opéra Comique de Paris (chorus, orchestra), Albert Wolff (conductor)
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Collection personnelle. Version masterisée. Chanté en français malgré l'édition d’origine allemande. Contenu d'après la pochette: Vorspiel I. Akt Habañera (Ja, die Liebe hat bunte Flügel) Duett I. Akt (Ich seh’ die Mutter dort) Arie der Micaëla (Ich sprach, daßen am Wall von Sevilla Blumenarie (Hier an dem Herzen treu geboren) Auftritt des Escamillo (Torerolied) Euren Toast kann ich wohl erwidern Finale IV. Akt
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Couplets: Chanson du Toréador (Act II, No.14)

Complete Performance (lossless)
*#409570 - 41.92MB - 4:05 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3617×⇩ - FLAC - Lekro

FLAC file (audio)
Lekro (2016/2/2)

Complete Performance (lossy)
*#409571 - 7.49MB - 4:05 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3435×⇩ - MP3 - Lekro

MP3 file (audio)
Lekro (2016/2/2)

Publisher Info.	Johnny Campen
Performers	Johnny Campen (baritone?), unknown pianist
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: soundcloud.
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Aria: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Act II, No.17)

Complete Performance
*#277428 - 4.08MB - 4:27 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 19101×⇩ - MP3 - Alain.jacques

MP3 file (audio)
Alain.jacques (2013/4/16)

Performer Pages	Jacques Pottier (tenor)
Publisher Info.	Alain M. Jacques
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	rec. 2010
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Complete Performance
*#299346 - 2.86MB - 3:07 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5242×⇩ - MP3 - Alain.jacques

MP3 file (audio)
Alain.jacques (2013/10/15)

Performer Pages	Jacques Pottier (tenor)
Publisher Info.	Alain M. Jacques
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	A public recording by O.R.T.F. (Office de la Radio et Télévision Française) in 1962
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Naxos

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Accompaniments

Act 2. Aria: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
*#704222 - 5.64MB - 4:03 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 460×⇩ - MP3 - Free Pianist

MP3 file (audio)
Free Pianist (2021/5/29)

Act 3. Aria: Micaëla, Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
*#446381 - 8.57MB - 6:13 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2263×⇩ - MP3 - Free Pianist

MP3 file (audio)
Free Pianist (2016/11/7)

Performer Pages	Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info.	Héctor Valls
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
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Synthesized/MIDI

Habanera (Act I)

For Voice, Mixed Chorus and 2 Pianos (Machella)

Synthesized Performance
*#197157 - 0.03MB - 3:30 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5637×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/4/3)

Publisher Info.	Maurizio Machella
Performers	Synthesized MIDI
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Entr'acte (Act II)

For Organ (Gouin)

Synthesized Performance
*#284780 - 0.01MB - 2:09 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1504×⇩ - MID - Keanur

MID file (audio/video)
Keanur (2013/6/15)

Publisher Info.	Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2013
Performers	MIDI file by Pierre Gouin
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 [tag/del]
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Act I
*#812362 - 80.13MB, 413 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 151×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2022/9/26)

Act II
*#812363 - 67.32MB, 332 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 100×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2022/9/26)

Act III
*#812364 - 53.81MB, 269 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2022/9/26)

Act IV
*#812365 - 45.27MB, 213 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2022/9/26)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1875.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): MS-436
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Complete Score
*#517383 - 51.19MB, 583 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1884×⇩ - Music Addict

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Music Addict (2018/3/31)

⇒ 5 more: Prélude • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV

Prélude
*#20318 - 1.31MB, 12 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 48477×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2008/8/5)

Act I
*#26096 - 14.39MB, 169 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50006×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/2)

Act II
*#26097 - 14.42MB, 156 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 28483×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/2)

Act III
*#26098 - 11.52MB, 130 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18773×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/2)

Act IV
*#26099 - 9.57MB, 116 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16099×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/2)

Editor	First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info.	Paris: Choudens Pére et Fils, n.d.[1877]. Plate A.C. 3795.
Reprinted	Budapest: Könemann, 1994. Plate K 1005.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Complete Score
*#517384 - 36.42MB, 576 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1602×⇩ - Music Addict

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Music Addict (2018/3/31)

Acts I, II
*#258403 - 22.05MB, 354 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8515×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2012/11/13)

Acts III, IV
*#258404 - 14.23MB, 222 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4745×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2012/11/13)

Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.3200, n.d.[1905]. Plate 9028.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Prelude, Act I
*#30415 - 29.34MB, 184 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30792×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2009/4/14)

Act II
*#30416 - 27.20MB, 168 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17155×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2009/4/14)

Act III
*#30417 - 23.31MB, 137 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11907×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2009/4/14)

Act IV
*#30418 - 13.68MB, 85 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10949×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2009/4/14)

Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.3200, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 9028.
Reprinted	Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A4590.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Prelude to Act I
*#304278 - 0.39MB, 18 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 12035×⇩ - Philhar

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Philhar (2013/11/23)

Editor	Philhar
Publisher. Info.	Le Concert - 2013
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This edition of the prelude includes only the first 119 measures. It is designed to be played alone (as "encore" for example). Typeset with LilyPond
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Parts

Complete

Flute 1/2/Piccolo
*#394972 - 10.44MB, 77 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7096×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

⇒ 19 more: Oboe 1/2 • Clarinet 1/2 • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2 • Horn 3/4 • Cornet 1/2 • Trombone 1/2 • Trombone 3 • Timpani/Triangle • Bass Drum/Cymbals • Snare Drum/Tambourine/Tambourin de Provence • Harp • Onstage Cornet 1/2 • Onstage Trombone 1/2 • Onstage Trombone 3 • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Oboe 1/2
*#394973 - 7.08MB, 53 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4865×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Clarinet 1/2
*#394974 - 10.54MB, 78 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5217×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Bassoon 1/2
*#394975 - 8.54MB, 62 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4718×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Horn 1/2
*#394976 - 2.33MB, 44 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4928×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Horn 3/4
*#394977 - 2.58MB, 44 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4304×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Cornet 1/2
*#394978 - 4.04MB, 32 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5251×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Trombone 1/2
*#394979 - 3.46MB, 28 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4335×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Trombone 3
*#394980 - 1.14MB, 19 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4248×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Timpani/Triangle
*#394983 - 2.78MB, 23 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4727×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Bass Drum/Cymbals
*#394981 - 0.46MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4323×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Snare Drum/Tambourine/Tambourin de Provence
*#394982 - 0.62MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4334×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Harp
*#394984 - 1.77MB, 15 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4322×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Onstage Cornet 1/2
*#804797 - 0.40MB, 3 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 396×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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Geniusboy98 (2022/8/7)

Onstage Trombone 1/2
*#804798 - 0.22MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 387×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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Geniusboy98 (2022/8/7)

Onstage Trombone 3
*#804799 - 0.11MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 389×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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Geniusboy98 (2022/8/7)

Violins I
*#394986 - 6.67MB, 59 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6467×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Violins II
*#394987 - 6.70MB, 54 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4857×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Violas
*#394988 - 6.91MB, 54 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4678×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Cellos/Basses
*#394989 - 12.87MB, 82 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5492×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2015/9/30)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: Choudens, n.d. Plate A.C. 3276.
Reprinted	New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A4590.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Violins I
*#106887 - 4.08MB, 58 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9454×⇩ - m.kowalski4

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m.kowalski4 (2011/6/25)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: Choudens, n.d. Plate A.C. 3276.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	page 49 was omitted because it was blank to comp for even page turns
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Violins I
*#134107 - 4.91MB, 58 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14958×⇩ - m.kowalski49

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m.kowalski49 (2011/10/8)

Violins II
*#134108 - 3.91MB, 52 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7731×⇩ - m.kowalski49

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m.kowalski49 (2011/10/8)

Violas
*#134106 - 3.64MB, 50 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6740×⇩ - m.kowalski49

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Cellos / Basses
*#134103 - 5.45MB, 78 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10409×⇩ - m.kowalski49

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m.kowalski49 (2011/10/8)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: Choudens, n.d. Plate A.C. 3276.
Reprinted	New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A4590.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Selections

Cello Part (for auditions)
*#378035 - 0.11MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1731×⇩ - Cellofan

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Cellofan (2015/5/15)

Editor	Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi 15.5.2015
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
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