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
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Composed 1859
First published 1859
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Composition types Operas bouffes
Language French
Period Romantic
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view Complete: 3-Act Version (1867) piano Marius Boullard

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

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