Les bavards (Offenbach, Jacques)

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Complete

13 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (C/B♭/A) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (A/F/D/G/A♭/C/E♭) • Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Trombone 3 • Timpani • Triangle • Tambourine • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. Paris: G. Brandus & S. Dufour, n.d.[1863]. Plate B.et D.10,664.
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Vocal Scores

Complete

7 more: Complete Score • Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6

Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: G. Brandus & S. Dufour, n.d.[1863]. Plate B. et D. 10,619.
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Selections

4 more: No.3, Couplets: "Ce sont d'étranges personnages" *(Act I, No.3a) • No.5, Chanson: "Partout on chercherait en vain" (Act I, No.5) • No.10, Chanson à boire: "C'est l'Espagne qui nous donne" (Act II, No.10b), D♭ major • No.10bis, Chanson à boire: "C'est l'Espagne qui nous donne" (Act II, No.10b), F major

Publisher. Info. Paris: G. Brandus et S. Dufour, n.d.[1863]. Plate B.et D.10,618.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Fantasy (No.16)

For Piano (Root)
Arranger Frederic Woodman Root (1846–1916)
Publisher. Info. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1870. Plate 6034.
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Arranger Frederic Woodman Root (1846–1916)
Editor Robert A. Hudson (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Robert A. Hudson, 2024.
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Libretti

Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: Gray & Green, 1868.
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General Information

Work Title Les bavards
Alternative. Title Opéra bouffe en deux actes
Name Translations Les Bavards; おしゃべり屋たち; Gaduły
Name Aliases Bavard et bavarde
Authorities Wikipedia; BNF: 14016050x
Composer Offenbach, Jacques
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJO 5
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
First Performance. 1862/06/11
Bad Ems: Kurtheater (original 1-act version, Bavard et bavarde)

1863/02/20

Paris: Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (published 2-act version)
First Publication. 1863
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France :
52e année, 2e série, Nº 15, 11 Avril 1863, p.174, reg.929 (v.s. selections).
Librettist Charles Nuitter (1828–1899), after Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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