The Bohemian Girl (Balfe, Michael William)

Title The Bohemian Girl
Alternative title Grand Opera in 3 Acts; Die Zigeunerin
Creators Michael William Balfe, composer
Alfred Bunn, librettist
Opus
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1840
First published 1844
Dedication
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Composition types Grand operas
Language English
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Selections violin, cello and piano Richard Klugescheid
View Selections voice and guitar Francis Weiland
View Selections harp Nicholas Charles Bochsa
View Selections piano James Bellak
View Selections piano Charles Arthur Rawlings
View Selections piano
View Overture orchestra
View Overture piano 4 hands František Xaver Chotek
View I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls violin and piano John Conrad Viereck
View The Heart Bowed Down violin and piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Manuscript Complete Score (Die Zigeunerin)
View Complete vocal score Pietro Mechetti Complete Score
View Complete vocal score E. Gérard et Cie. Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Boosey & Hawkes Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Boosey & Hawkes Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Schirmer 1902 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Birchard 1914 Preliminaries, Acts 1-2
Acts 3-4
View Complete selections,vocal score Atwill 'Tis Sad to Leave Our Fatherland
Silence, The Lady Moon
What is the Spell hath yet effaced
Happy and Light of Heart
Come with the Gipsy Bride (Arline)
Come with the Gipsy Bride (chorus)
From the Valleys and Hills
Through the World Wilt Thou Fly, Love!
View Complete selections,vocal score Lee & Walker 1845 'Tis Sad to Leave Our Fatherland
Song of the Gipsy Bride
View Complete selections,vocal score John C. Schreiner & Son Then You'll Remember Me
I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls
View Complete selections,vocal score David P. Faulds I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls
View Complete selections,vocal score Benjamin W. Hitchcock I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls
View Complete selections,vocal score Henry Knoefel Then You'll Remember Me
View Complete selections,vocal score A.E. Blackmar & Bro. Then You'll Remember Me
View Complete selections,vocal score Geo. Dunn & Co. See at Your Feet a Suppliant One
View Complete Arrangement for violin, cello and piano
by Richard Klugescheid
; selections
Carl Fischer 1909 Complete Score and Parts
View Complete Arrangement for voice and guitar
by Francis Weiland
; selections
Lee & Walker 1845 'Tis Sad to Leave Our Fatherland
I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls
Then You'll Remember Me
View Complete Arrangement for harp
by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
; selections
Chappell Then you'll remember me; Happy & Light
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by James Bellak
; selections
Firth Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Charles Arthur Rawlings
; selections
W. Paxton and Co. Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Jos. F. Atwill Arline Waltz (abridged)
Bohemian Gallop (abridged)
Arline Gallop
Gipsy's Dream Waltz
Gipsy March
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections E. Ferrett & Co. 1845 Quadrilles
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Klemm & Brother 1845 Bohemian Gallop (abridged)
View Overture Arrangement for orchestra Boosey & Hawkes Flute
Oboes
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Bassoons
Cornet 1
Cornet 2
Timpani
Drum
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello & Bass
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by František Xaver Chotek
Schirmer 1908 Complete Score
View I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls Arrangement for violin and piano
by John Conrad Viereck
A. Fiot 1844 Complete Score
View The Heart Bowed Down Arrangement for violin and piano S.T. Gordon 1880 Complete Score and Violin Part

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