Les noces d'Olivette (Audran, Edmond)

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English Version, "Olivette" (1881)

17 more: Flute (alternate images) • Clarinet (A/B♭) • Clarinet (alternate images) • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Horn 1, 2 (alternate images) • Cornets 1, 2 (A/B♭) • Cornets 1, 2 (alternate images) • Trombone • Timpani/Tambourine/Triangle/Bell/Snare Drum/Castanetts • Violins I • Violins I (alternate images) • Violins II • Violins II (alternate images) • Violas • Violas (alternate images) • Cellos/Basses • Cellos/Basses (alternate images)

Arranger John Joseph Braham (1847–1919)
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1881. Plate 48188.
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Misc. Notes Original images: 400dpi black and white tif files. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Apparently, re-orchestrated to suit American theater orchestras.
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Original Version
Arranger Léon Roques (1839–1923), piano reduction
Editor First edition
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens père & fils, n.d.[1879]. Plate A.C.4742.
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Misc. Notes This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from BNF using a method explained on this page. Converted to monochrome, cropped, de-skewed and optimized.
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English Version, "Olivette" (1881)
Language English
Translator Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889), English text
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1881.
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Language English
Translator Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889), English text
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., Ltd., n.d.(ca.1910). Plate 16900.
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For Piano (Choudens)
Arranger Antony Choudens (1849-1902)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate A.C. 4841.
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For Theatre Orchestra (Cox)
Arranger John Summers Cox
Publisher. Info. Theatrical and Dance Journal, No.93
Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, 1881.
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Misc. Notes The publisher would also have made available parts for clarinet 2, 2 horns, drums (often including triangle), cello, and piano ad lib.
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For Cornet, Violin and Piano (Ernst)
Arranger Henri Ernst
Publisher. Info. Boston: Thompson & Odell, 1881. Plate 451.
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Misc. Notes probably not Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst the violinist, nor Henri Ernst the flautist- both died in the 1860s, whereas Boston firms started releasing transcriptions by "Henri Ernst" and "H. Ernst" in the 1880s. For now, if not a pseudonym, identity of "Henri Ernst" here a mystery.
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For Cornet and Piano (Cox)
Arranger John Summers Cox
Publisher. Info. Classic Cornet Solos with Piano Accompaniment, No.104
Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, 1881.
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Misc. Notes The piano part is missing.
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For Piano (Rosewig)
Arranger Albert Henry Rosewig (1846-1929)
Publisher. Info. [Philadelphia]: T.A. Bacher, 1881. Plate 3150.12x.
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For Theater Orchestra (Cox)
Arranger John Summers Cox
Publisher. Info. Theatrical and Dance Journal, No.92
Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, 1881.
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Misc. Notes The publisher also made available additional parts for clarinet 2, 2 horns, drums (often including triangle), cello, and piano ad lib.
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General Information

Work Title Les noces d'Olivette
Alternative. Title Opéra-comique en trois actes
Name Translations Les Noces d'Olivette; オリヴェットの結婚; Wesele Oliwetty
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Audran, Edmond
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IEA 15
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1879/11/13
Paris: Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
First Publication. 1879
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France :
69e année, 2e série, Nº 1, 3 Janvier 1880, p.10, reg.65 (vocal score).
Librettist Alfred Duru (1829–1889)
Henri Chivot (1830–1897)
Language French
Dedication à Monsieur Catin
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
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