Offenbach, Jacques. (1819-1880). Autograph Music Manuscript. Autograph sketch leaves, on six sides of four oblong 4to and oblong folio sheets, in pencil, written variously on one, two, and three staves per system, of ca. 200 measures. A few creases, one ink blot in corner of one page, otherwise in very good condition overall.
These busy and substantial sketch leaves, with a few indications such as "refrain," "mineur," "scherzo," "vln," "harpe," etc. appear to contain numerous workings out for several works. A few sections are clearly single melodic lines, while some are scored for keyboard, winds or string instruments.
With Johann Strauss, Jacques Offenbach was "one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written. His opera Les contes d'Hoffmann has retained a place in the international repertory, but his most significant achievements lie in the field of operetta. Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, La vie parisienne, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole remain outstanding examples of the French and international operetta repertory. Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." (Andrew Lamb, Grove Online)
These busy and substantial sketch leaves, with a few indications such as "refrain," "mineur," "scherzo," "vln," "harpe," etc. appear to contain numerous workings out for several works. A few sections are clearly single melodic lines, while some are scored for keyboard, winds or string instruments.
With Johann Strauss, Jacques Offenbach was "one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written. His opera Les contes d'Hoffmann has retained a place in the international repertory, but his most significant achievements lie in the field of operetta. Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, La vie parisienne, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole remain outstanding examples of the French and international operetta repertory. Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." (Andrew Lamb, Grove Online)
Offenbach, Jacques. (1819-1880). Autograph Music Manuscript. Autograph sketch leaves, on six sides of four oblong 4to and oblong folio sheets, in pencil, written variously on one, two, and three staves per system, of ca. 200 measures. A few creases, one ink blot in corner of one page, otherwise in very good condition overall.
These busy and substantial sketch leaves, with a few indications such as "refrain," "mineur," "scherzo," "vln," "harpe," etc. appear to contain numerous workings out for several works. A few sections are clearly single melodic lines, while some are scored for keyboard, winds or string instruments.
With Johann Strauss, Jacques Offenbach was "one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written. His opera Les contes d'Hoffmann has retained a place in the international repertory, but his most significant achievements lie in the field of operetta. Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, La vie parisienne, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole remain outstanding examples of the French and international operetta repertory. Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." (Andrew Lamb, Grove Online)
These busy and substantial sketch leaves, with a few indications such as "refrain," "mineur," "scherzo," "vln," "harpe," etc. appear to contain numerous workings out for several works. A few sections are clearly single melodic lines, while some are scored for keyboard, winds or string instruments.
With Johann Strauss, Jacques Offenbach was "one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written. His opera Les contes d'Hoffmann has retained a place in the international repertory, but his most significant achievements lie in the field of operetta. Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, La vie parisienne, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole remain outstanding examples of the French and international operetta repertory. Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." (Andrew Lamb, Grove Online)