Composition: Geneviève de Brabant (Offenbach, Jacques)
| Title | Geneviève de Brabant |
| Alternative title | Opéra bouffe |
| Creators | Jacques Offenbach (composer) and Adolphe Jaime (librettist) and Étienne Tréfeu (librettist) and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 2 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1859 |
| First published | 1859 |
| 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: 3-Act Version (1867) | piano | Marius Boullard |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1859) | parts | Manuscript | — | Flute · view Oboe (Overture Only) · view Clarinet (A, B) · view Cornet 1/2 (A, B) · view Trombone · view Violins I (desk 1) · view Violins I (desk 2) · view Violas · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1859) | vocal score | — | — | Part 1 · view Part 2 · view |
| view | Complete: 3-Act Version (1867) | vocal score | Heugel | 1868 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete: 5-Act Version (1875) | vocal score | Heugel | 1875 | Supplemental Score · view |
| view | Selections: 2-Act Version (1859) | vocal score | Heugel | 1859 | Ronde de Mathieu Lænsberg: "Messieurs, de mon spécifique" (Act I, No.2) · view Ronde des jeux: "À l'heure où la nuit profonde" (Act II, No.16) · view |
| view | Selections: 3-Act Version (1867) | vocal score | Heugel | 1868 | No.2, Ronde du paté: "Salut, salut, noble assemblée!" (Act I, No.2) · view No.3, Sérénade du page: "En passant sous la fenètre" (Act I, No.3), duet in G major · view No.3ter, Sérénade du page: "En passant sous la fenètre" (Act I, No.3), solo in F major · view No.5, Couplets de la toilette: "Cet habit-là ne lui va point" (Act I, No.7), G major · view No.5bis, Couplets de la toilette: "Cet habit-là ne lui va point" (Act I, No.7), F major · view No.6, Chanson du page: "Grâce à vous, mesdemoiselles" (Act I, No.7bis) · view No.7, Trio de la main et la barbe: "Ah! madame, vous qui brillez" (Act I, No.8) · view No.7bis, Chanson de la main et la barbe (extraite de trio): "Sa menotte est douce" (Act I, No.8), G major · view No.7ter, Chanson de la main et la barbe (extraite de trio): "Sa menotte est douce" (Act I, No.8), A major · view No.8, Couplets du paté: "Ah! de mon cœur un trouble s'empare" (Act I, No.9) · view No.10, Boléro de Charles Martel: "J'arrive armé de pied en cap" (Act I, No.11) · view No.11, Couplets des deux hommes d'armes: "Protéger le repos des villes" (Act II, No.14) · view No.12, Chanson: "Ô ma ma maman" (Act II, No.16b) · view No.13, Ronde des infidèles: "Pour combattre le Sarrasin" (Act II, No.18) · view No.14, Tyrolienne: "Le jour point" (Act II, No.19) · view No.15, Couplets de la mèche: "Geneviève était blonde" (Act II, No.22) · view No.16, Couplets de la biche: "Quand on possède une biche" (Act III, No.23) · view No.18, Couplets de Sifroid: "Je viens de la Turquie" (Act III, No.25) · view No.19, Complainte de Golo: "Golo, monstre plein de crimes" (Act III, No.27) · view |
| view | Couplets de deux hommes d'armes (Marines' Hymn) | vocal score | Boosey & Hawkes | — | Complete Score ( D major ) · view Complete Score ( D major ) · view |
| view | Couplets de deux hommes d'armes (Marines' Hymn) | vocal score | London: Boosey & Co. | — | Complete Score ( D major ) · view |
| view | Complete: 3-Act Version (1867) | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1868 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
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