| Title | Le premier jour de bonheur | 
| Alternative title | Opéra-comique en trois actes | 
| Creators | Daniel François Esprit Auber (composer) and Adolphe d' Ennery (librettist) and Eugène Cormon (librettist) | 
| Opus | AWV 50 | 
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra | 
| Number of movements | — | 
| Keys | — | 
| Composed | — | 
| First published | 1868 | 
| Dedication | — | 
| Tempo markings | — | 
| Metronome markings | — | 
| Time signatures | — | 
| Average duration (sec) | — | 
| Number of measures | — | 
| Composition types | Operas comiques | 
| Language | French | 
| Period | Romantic | 
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| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger | 
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Joseph Rummel | 
| view | Complete | piano | Auguste Bazille | 
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Overture | — | Escudier | 1868 | Complete Score · view | 
| view | Overture | parts | Escudier | 1868 | Flute 1/2 · view Oboe 1/2 · view Clarinet 1/2 (A/B) · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Horn 1/2 (D/B), 3/4 (A/B) · view Cornet 1/2 (A-B) · view Trombone 1/2, 3 · view Timpani/Triangle, Military Drum, Bass Drum/Cymbals · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view | 
| view | Complete | vocal score | Escudier | 1868 | Complete Score · view PreliminariesOvertureAct I (Nos. 15)Act II (No. 6) · view Act II (Nos. 710)Act III · view | 
| view | Complete | vocal score | Escudier | 1869 | PreliminariesOvertureAct I · view Act II · view Act III · view | 
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | Escudier | 1868 | No.1, Mélodie: "Notre Dieu, notre époux" (Act I, No.1b) · view No.2, Madrigal: "Tout mortel serait jaloux" (Act I, No.1c) · view No.3, Romance: "J'ai vu s'écouler ma fortune" (Act I, No.2) · view No.4, Ariette: "Partir avec le jour" (Act I, No.3) · view No.6, Air: "Un époux, chez vous" (Act II, No.6) · view No.7, Les Djins-mélodie: "Ah! voici le nuit" (Act II, No.7b) · view No.8, Chanson: "Suzann' causons un p'tit moment" (Act II, No.7c) · view No.11, Brindisi: "Allons amis" (Act II, No.10b), F major · view No.11bis, Brindisi: "Allons amis" (Act II, No.10b), E flat major · view No.12bis, Nocturne: "Ô nuit, une heure encore" (Act III, No.11b) · view No.13, Rondo: "Je prétends dès demains" (Act III, No.12) · view No.15, Stances: "Ce nom qui me rappelle" (Act III, No.14) · view No.16, Cantabile: "Dieu pour haïr" (Act III, No.15b) · view | 
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands | Escudier | 1869 | Complete Score · view | 
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Escudier | 1868 | Complete Score · view | 
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