Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini, Gioacchino)

Title Il barbiere di Siviglia
Alternative title L'inutile precauzione
Creators Gioacchino Rossini, composer
Cesare Sterbini, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1816
First published 1821
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Composition types Dramma giocoso
Language Italian
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano 4 hands Arnold Schoenberg
View Complete piano Friedrich Brissler
View Complete piano Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
View Complete piano Richard Metzdorff
View Complete piano Not credited
View Selections flute and guitar
violin and guitar
Anton Diabelli
View Selections guitar Anton Diabelli
View Selections guitar Enea Gardana
View Selections piano Józef Stefani
View Overture theater orchestra Charles J. Roberts
View Overture flute, clarinet, violin and piano Léo Laloge
View Overture flute, harp and piano
harp, violin and piano
flute, harp, cello and piano
harp, violin, cello and piano
Nicholas Charles Bochsa
View Overture flute, violin, cello and guitar Pierre Joseph Plouvier
View Overture flute, 2 guitars and cello Antonio Maria Bologna
View Overture flute, guitar and violin Ferdinando Carulli
View Overture horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
View Overture 3 trombones Pedro Henrique De Faria
View Overture violin, cello and piano —
View Overture piano 6 hands —
View Overture harp and piano Nicholas Charles Bochsa
View Overture violin and piano Hugo Ulrich
View Overture piano 4 hands Richard Kleinmichel
View Overture piano Gustav Blasser
View Overture piano —
View Overture piano Hugo Ulrich
View Overture piano Julius Weiss
View Overture guitar Louis-Ange Carpentras
View Cavatina: Ecco ridente in cielo (Act I) clarinet Charles Di Caro
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act I) piano Grigory Ginzburg
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act I) 4 guitars Anton Höger
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act I) clarinet Pierpaolo Romani
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) flute, clarinet and bassoon Roe William Goodman
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) oboe, clarinet and bassoon Roe William Goodman
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) 2 clarinets and bass clarinet Roe William Goodman
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) 2 clarinets and bassoon Roe William Goodman
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) flute and piano Anton Diabelli
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) clarinet Charles Di Caro
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) harp Ferdinando Marcucci
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) cello and keyboard —
View Storm Interlude (Act II) small orchestra Carl Hünn
View Terzetto: Zitti, zitti, piano, piano (Act II) harp and piano William Henry Steil
View Polonaise piano Józef Stefani
View Waltz harp Ferdinando Marcucci

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View 2-Act Version — Manuscript — Act 1
Act 2
View 2-Act Version — Ricordi — Complete Score
Act 1
Act 2
View 4-Act Version — La Lyre moderne — Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
View Sinfonia — Ricordi — Complete Score (original version)
View Sinfonia — Ricordi — Complete Score (revised version)
View Sinfonia — Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag — Complete Score (revised color)
Complete Score (revised mono)
View Complete (2-Act Version) parts Ricordi — Flute 1/2 (also Piccolo)
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2 (C)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (E)
Trumpet 1/2 (A)
Trombone
Timpani
Bass Drum
Triangle
Harp
Guitar
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Sinfonia (original version) parts Ricordi — Flutes 1/2
Oboes 1/2
Clarinet 1/2 (C)
Bassoons 1/2
Horns 1/2 (E, G)
Trumpets 1/2 (A)
Trombone
Bass Drum, Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Sinfonia (revised version) parts Breitkopf und Härtel — Flute, Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (in C, A)
Transposed parts (B)

Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (in E)
Transposed parts (F)

Trumpet 1, 2 (in A)
Transposed parts (B)

Trombone 1, 2, 3
Bass clef parts (Trombone 1, 2)

Timpani, Bass Drum
Violins I, II
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Sinfonia (revised version) parts Ricordi 1969 Clarinet 1/2 (C)
View Sinfonia (revised version) parts — — Clarinet 1 (A) (bar 177 onwards)
View Sinfonia (revised version) parts — — Alto Saxophone (alternate for Horn 1)
Bass Clarinet (alternate for Bassoon 1)
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act 1) parts — — Piccolo
Flute
Clarinet 1/2 (C)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (F)
Trumpet 1/2 (C)
Trumpet 1/2 (B)
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Aria: Il vecchiotto cerca moglie (Act 2) parts — — Complete Parts
View Complete vocal score Pietro Mechetti — Act 1 (missing pp.21-24)
Act 2
View Complete vocal score F. Lucca — Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Choudens 1897 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Schirmer 1900 Complete Score
Frontmatter
Overture
Act 1, Nos.1–5
Act 2, Nos.6–10
Act 1, No.11
Act 2, Nos.12–15
Act 2, Nos.16–18
Act 2, Nos.19–20
Supplementary aria: "Manca un foglio"
View Complete vocal score J. Tallandier — Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Casa Editrice Madella 1913 Complete Score
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act II, No.4) vocal score Marco Berra — Complete Score
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act II, No.4) vocal score Filippone & Cia. — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Arnold Schoenberg
Universal Edition — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Friedrich Brissler
Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
Sauer & Leidesdorf — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Richard Metzdorff
Litolff — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Richard Metzdorff
Litolff — Act 1
Act 2
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Not credited
Ricordi 1868 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for flute and guitar
violin and guitar
by Anton Diabelli
; selections
Diabelli — Overture, Nos.1-12 - Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for guitar
by Anton Diabelli
; selections
Diabelli — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for guitar
by Enea Gardana
; selections
Giudici et Strada — Introduzione, Cavatina, Canzone
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Józef Stefani
; selections
Klukowski — 2 Waltzes
View Overture Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Charles J. Roberts
Carl Fischer 1913 Condensed Score and Parts
View Overture Arrangement for flute, clarinet, violin and piano
by Léo Laloge
Léo Laloge 2018 Complete Score
Flute
Clarinet (A)
Violin
View Overture Arrangement for flute, harp and piano
harp, violin and piano
flute, harp, cello and piano
harp, violin, cello and piano
by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
Schonenberger — Complete Parts
Complete Parts (color)
View Overture Arrangement for flute, violin, cello and guitar
by Pierre Joseph Plouvier
Richault — Complete Parts
View Overture Arrangement for flute, 2 guitars and cello
by Antonio Maria Bologna
— — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for flute, guitar and violin
by Ferdinando Carulli
Johann André — Complete Parts
View Overture Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2017 Complete Score
Horn (F)
Trumpet (C)
Euphonium
View Overture Arrangement for 3 trombones
by Pedro Henrique De Faria
— — Complete Score
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
View Overture Arrangement for violin, cello and piano Lemoine — Complete Score and Parts
View Overture Arrangement for piano 6 hands Alphonse Leduc 1879 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for harp and piano
by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
Chappell — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for violin and piano
by Hugo Ulrich
Edition Peters — Complete Score
Violin Part
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Richard Kleinmichel
Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Gustav Blasser
Universal Edition — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Eug. Mathieu Fils 1893 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Léon Idzikowski — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Schirmer 1900 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Edition Peters 1907 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Milan: Ricordi — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano — — Incomplete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Hugo Ulrich
Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Julius Weiss
USA — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for guitar
by Louis-Ange Carpentras
Janet et Cotelle — Complete Score
View Cavatina: Ecco ridente in cielo (Act I) Arrangement for clarinet
by Charles Di Caro
— — Complete Score
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act I) Arrangement for piano
by Grigory Ginzburg
Muzgiz — Complete Score
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act I) Arrangement for 4 guitars
by Anton Höger
— — Complete Score
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 4
View Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Act I) Arrangement for clarinet
by Pierpaolo Romani
Pierpaolo Romani 2019 Complete Score
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for flute, clarinet and bassoon
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score and Parts
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score and Parts
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for 2 clarinets and bass clarinet
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score and Parts
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for 2 clarinets and bassoon
by Roe William Goodman
— — Complete Score and Parts
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for flute and piano
by Anton Diabelli
Diabelli 1824 Complete Score
Flute Part
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for clarinet
by Charles Di Caro
— — Complete Score
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for harp
by Ferdinando Marcucci
Manuscript — Complete Score
View Cavatina: Una voce poco fa (Act I) Arrangement for cello and keyboard — — Complete Score and Cello Part
View Storm Interlude (Act II) Arrangement for small orchestra
by Carl Hünn
Aibl 1870 Complete Parts
View Terzetto: Zitti, zitti, piano, piano (Act II) Arrangement for harp and piano
by William Henry Steil
H. Falkner — Complete Score
View Polonaise Arrangement for piano
by Józef Stefani
Klukowski — Complete Score
View Waltz Arrangement for harp
by Ferdinando Marcucci
Manuscript — Complete Score

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