OFFENBACH J.Livre Rare Book
Lischen et Fritzchen Conversation Alsacienne en un acte Paroles de Paul Boisselot. Répertoire des Bouffes Parisiens. Representé pour la 1re fois à Paris le 3 Janvier 1864. Piano-vocal score
186429224Paris: G. Brandus et S. Dufour PN 11600 1864. Large octavo. Quarter black pebbled cloth with black pebbled cloth boards blank octagonal title label to upper. 1f. recto title within ruled border verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 52 pp. Lithographed.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Zulma Bouffar and Désiré.<br/><br/>Spine reinforced with dark red tape with titling in black; Occasional minor foxing; small publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to lower margin of title; small tear to outer margin of pp. 41/42 with repaired. First Edition later issue.<br/><br/>Lischen et Fritzchen to a libretto by Dubois P. Boisselot was first performed in Bad Ems on July 21 1863 and in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens on January 5 1864.<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. 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. G. Brandus et S. Dufour [PN 11,600] unknown books
