Emma (Auber, Daniel François Esprit)

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Parts

Complete

15 more: Flute 2 (doub. piccolo) • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (C, B♭, A) • Clarinet 2 (C, B♭, A) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1 (various keys) • Horn 2 (various keys) • Trumpet 1 (various keys) • Trumpet 2 (various keys) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos / Basses

Publisher. Info. Paris: La lyre moderne, n.d.[1821]. Plate 435.
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Selections

7 more: No.4, Air: "Les oiseaux du bocage" (Act I, No.4) • No.5, Air: "Quel changement en un moment" (Act I, No.5) • No.7, Couplets: "Une rose bien fleurie" (Act II, No.7) • No.8, Duo: "Quelle différence dans notre éxistence" (Act II, No.8) • No.9, Trio: "Ah! mon père" (Act II, No.9) • No.10, Le compliment. Air: "Monsieur Raymond" (Act II, No.10a) • No.13, Air: "Pourquoi cette tristesse" (Act III, No.13)

Arranger Composer, piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Paris: La lyre moderne, n.d.[1821]. Plate 436.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Violin and Piano (Rifaut)
Arranger Victor Rifaut (1799–1838)
Publisher. Info. Paris: La lyre moderne, n.d.[1821]. Plate 436 O.
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Misc. Notes Violin/flute part ad lib.; can be played as a piano solo.
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General Information

Work Title Emma, ou La promesse imprudente
Alternative. Title Opéra-comique en trois actes
Composer Auber, Daniel François Esprit
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. AWV 6
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IDA 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1821/07/07
Paris: Opéra-Comique (Feydeau)
First Publication. 1821
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France :
Dixième année, Nº 30, 27 Juillet 1821, p.410, reg.198 (v.s. selections).
Librettist Eugène de Planard (1783–1855)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation vocal soloists, mixed chorus
orchestra: 2 flutes [2nd doub. piccolo], 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings
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