La vie parisienne (Offenbach, Jacques)

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12 more: Oboe 1/2 • Clarinet 1/2 • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2 • Trumpet 1/2 • Trombone • Timpani/Percussion • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A5377.
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12 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (A, B♭, C) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (G, A♭, B♭, F, E, B) • Cornet 1/2 (A, B♭) • Trombone • Percussion • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos / Basses • Basses

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Complete: 5-Act Version (1866)

Arranger Victor Boullard (1832–1876), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Heu, n.d.[1866]. Plate E.H.742.
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Complete: 4-Act Version (1873)

Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Heu, n.d.(ca.1873). Plate E. H. 742.
Reprinted Paris: Louis Gregh, n.d.
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5 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Color Cover

Arranger Victor Boullard (1833-1876), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Heu, n.d.(ca.1873). Plate E.H. 742.
Reprinted Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. (later Salabert), n.d. Plate R.L. et Cie. 6742.
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Selections: 5-Act Version (1866)

7 more: No.6, Rondeau: "Je suis Brésilien" (Act I, No.6b) • No.7bis, Rondeau (extrait du duo): "Autrefois plus d'un amant tendre" (Act II, No.7) • No.9, Rondeau de la lettre: "Vous souvient-il ma belle" (Act II, No.9) • No.10, Couplets du Major: "Pour découper adroitement" (Act II, No.10) • No.11, Couplets: "Je suis veuve d'un colonel" (Act II, No.11b) • No.17, Chanson à boire: "On va couvrir" (Act III, No.17b) • No.24, Couplets de la vie parisienne: "En cherchant dans la ville" (Act V, No.25b)

Arranger Victor Boullard (1832–1876), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Heu, n.d.[1866]. Plate E.H.273.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete: 5-Act Version (1866)

For Piano solo (Boullard)
Arranger Victor Boullard (1833–1876)
Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Heu, n.d.[1866]. Plate E.H.754.
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Selections: 5-Act Version (1866)

For Violin (Jules Offenbach)
Arranger Jules Offenbach (1815–1880)
Publisher. Info. La vie parisienne. Airs arrangés pour violon seul.
Paris: E. Heu, n.d.[1867]. Plate H.765.
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.
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General Information

Work Title La vie parisienne
Alternative. Title Opéra bouffe en cinq actes
Name Translations Pariser Leben; La Vie parisienne; La vida parisina; Viața pariziană; Парижская жизнь; [6 more...]סיפורי הופמן -אופרה; パリの喜び; Pariserliv; Pariisi elu; Życie paryskie; Párizsi élet
Name Aliases Viaţa pariziană; パリの生活; ラヴィ・パリジェンヌ
Authorities Wikipedia; GND: 300115695; BNF: 139167461
Composer Offenbach, Jacques
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJO 85
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts (revised to 4 acts)
First Performance. 1866/10/31
Paris: Palais Royal (original version)

1873/09/25

Paris: Théâtre des Variétés (revised version)
First Publication. 1866 – Paris: E. Heu
Librettist Ludovic Halévy (1834–1908)
Henri Meilhac (1831–1897)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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