Offenbach jacques

1907 · 36787 — Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 5100 1907. Large octavo. Quarter mid-tan calf with marbled boards dark brown leather title label gilt to spine marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto cast list and contents verso blank 327 pp. <br /> <br /> Binding very slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Minor internal browning; publisher's stamp to lower outer corner of title. Les contes d'Hoffmann to a libretto by J. Barbier completed by Guirard was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique on 10 February 1881. <br /> <br /> "Offenbach was with Johann Strauss ii 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 . 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 in Grove Music Online. Choudens [PN A.C. 5100] unknown