Composition: Les bavards (Offenbach, Jacques)
| Title | Les bavards |
| Alternative title | Opéra bouffe en deux actes |
| Creators | Jacques Offenbach (composer) and Charles Nuitter (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1863 |
| Dedication | — |
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| 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
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
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| view | Complete | parts | Brandus | 1863 | Flute 1/2 (2nd also Piccolo) · view Oboe · view Clarinet 1/2 (C, B, A) · view Bassoon · view Horn 1/2 (A, F. D, G, A, C, E) · view Cornet 1/2 (A, B) · view Trombone 3 · view Timpani · view Triangle · view Tambourine · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos / Basses · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Brandus | 1863 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view Part 1 · view Part 2 · view Part 3 · view Part 4 · view Part 5 · view Part 6 · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | Brandus | 1863 | No.2, Romance: "Sous aimer, ah! peut-on vivre?" (Act I, No.2) · view No.3, Couplets: "Ce sont d'étranges personnages" *(Act I, No.3a) · view No.5, Chanson: "Partout on chercherait en vain" (Act I, No.5) · view No.10, Chanson à boire: "C'est l'Espagne qui nous donne" (Act II, No.10b), D flat major · view No.10bis, Chanson à boire: "C'est l'Espagne qui nous donne" (Act II, No.10b), F major · view |
| view | Complete | — | Gray & Green | 1868 | Complete Libretto · view |
Recordings/Performances
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