Overture to Offenbach's Opera 'Orphée aux Enfers' (Binder, Carl)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Composition Year 1860
Genre Categories Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; [11 more...]For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For wind band (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr); Scores featuring wind band (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr)
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Editor First edition (+ reprint)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.(ca.1868). Plate 11520.
Reprinted Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Parts

⇒ 12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (in B♭) • Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba • Timpani, Bass Drum/Snare Drum/Triangle* • Harp • Violins I, II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.(ca.1868). Plate 11520.
Reprinted Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes *The Luck's part marked Bass Drum/Snare Drum/Triangle here is not present in the score. The usual configuration found is bass drum/cymbals and triangle.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Orchestra (Breig)

⇒ 15 more: Piccolo, Flute 1, 2, 3 • Oboes 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A/B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (B♭) • Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba • Timpani • Bass Drum/Cymbals, Triangle • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Clarinet 1, 2 (A/B♭)
#170836 - 0.21MB, 17 pp. -  4.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - !N/!N/!N - 11199×⇩ - Bert Breig

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Bert Breig (2012/1/14)

 Bassoon 1, 2
#170837 - 0.11MB, 7 pp. -  6.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 6813×⇩ - Bert Breig

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 Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (B♭)
#170839 - 0.12MB, 9 pp. -  6.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 8965×⇩ - Bert Breig

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Bert Breig (2012/1/14)

 Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
#170840 - 0.14MB, 11 pp. -  3.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - !N/!N/!N - 9383×⇩ - Bert Breig

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 Harp
#170843 - 0.07MB, 3 pp. -  7.3333333333333/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 6078×⇩ - Bert Breig

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Bert Breig (2012/1/14)

 Violins II
#170845 - 0.09MB, 4 pp. -  4.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 9404×⇩ - Bert Breig

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Bert Breig (2012/1/14)

 Basses
#170848 - 0.08MB, 3 pp. -  4.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 7269×⇩ - Bert Breig

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Bert Breig (2012/1/14)

Arranger Bert Breig
Publisher. Info. Bert Breig
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Misc. Notes Arranged for enlarged orchestra.
3 flutes and piccolo (vs. flute and piccolo), 2 horns (vs. 4), 3 trumpets (vs. 2)
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For Orchestra (Weninger)

⇒ 9 more: Flute/Piccolo • Clarinet (A) • Trumpet (A) • Trombone • Timpani/Snare Drum/Bass Drum/Triangle/Cymbals • Harmonium • Violins I (Direction) • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Leopold Weninger (1879–1940)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: Anton J. Benjamin, 1921. Plate A.J.B. 6829.
Copyright
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For Military Band (Laurendeau)
Arranger Louis Philippe Laurendeau (1861–1916)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1899.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes 30 July 2020: Added parts for C Piccolo and F Horns
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For Piano 4 hands (Andre)
Arranger Jean Baptiste André (1823–1883)
Editor Louis Oesterle (1854–1932)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1909. Plate 20662.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Violin and Piano (Wichtl?)
Editor G. Wichtl? (uncredited)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d. Plate U.E. 4748a.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Possibly a re-engraving of the Wichtl arrangement.
(Offenbach, André Monatsbericht (1865), p.80)
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For Violin and Piano (Windsperger)
Arranger Lothar Windsperger (1885–1935)
Publisher. Info. Einzel-Ausgabe, No.05170/2
Mainz: Schott, 1915.
Copyright
Public Domain
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For Violin and Piano
Arranger Arnošt Kraus (1875–1933)
Publisher. Info. Prague: Chadim, 1928. Plate FCh 484.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes color
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General Information

Work Title Overture to Offenbach's opera 'Orphée aux enfers'
Alternative. Title
Composer Binder, Carl
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICB 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1860
First Performance. 1860-03 in Vienna, Carltheater
Average DurationAvg. Duration 9 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide (tuba)
timpani, harp, strings
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Extra Information Composed for a Vienna production of the opera given in 1860.
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