Composition: La vie parisienne (Offenbach, Jacques)
| Title | La vie parisienne |
| Alternative title | Opéra bouffe en cinq actes |
| Creators | Jacques Offenbach (composer) and Ludovic Halévy (librettist) and Henri Meilhac (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1866 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas bouffes |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete: 5-Act Version (1866) | piano | Victor Boullard |
| view | Selections: 5-Act Version (1866) | violin | Jules Offenbach |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | — | Flute 1/2/Piccolo · view Oboe 1/2 · view Clarinet 1/2 · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Horn 1/2 · view Trumpet 1/2 · view Trombone · view Timpani/Percussion · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | — | Flute 1/2 (2 also Piccolo) · view Oboe · view Clarinet 1/2 (A, B, C) · view Bassoon · view Horn 1/2 (G, A, B, F, E, B) · view Cornet 1/2 (A, B) · view Trombone · view Percussion · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos / Basses · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete: 5-Act Version (1866) | vocal score | Heu | 1866 | Complete Score (monochrome) · view Preliminaries - Act I - Act II · view Act III - Act IV - Act V · view |
| view | Complete: 4-Act Version (1873) | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete: 4-Act Version (1873) | vocal score | — | — | Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view Complete Score · view Color Cover · view |
| view | Selections: 5-Act Version (1866) | vocal score | Heu | 1866 | No.3, Couplets: "Elles sont tristes" (Act I, No.3) · view No.6, Rondeau: "Je suis Brésilien" (Act I, No.6b) · view No.7bis, Rondeau (extrait du duo): "Autrefois plus d'un amant tendre" (Act II, No.7) · view No.9, Rondeau de la lettre: "Vous souvient-il ma belle" (Act II, No.9) · view No.10, Couplets du Major: "Pour découper adroitement" (Act II, No.10) · view No.11, Couplets: "Je suis veuve d'un colonel" (Act II, No.11b) · view No.17, Chanson à boire: "On va couvrir" (Act III, No.17b) · view No.24, Couplets de la vie parisienne: "En cherchant dans la ville" (Act V, No.25b) · view |
| view | Complete: 5-Act Version (1866) | Arrangement for piano |
Heu | 1866 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Selections: 5-Act Version (1866) | Arrangement for violin |
Heu | 1867 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
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