J. OffenbachLivre Rare Book
Les Contes d Hoffmann Opéra fantastique en 4 actes de J. Barbier et M. Carré. Partition Chant et Piano transcrite par A. Bazille. Piano-vocal score
188128795Paris: Choudens Père & Fils PN A.C. 5100 1881. Large octavo. Full modern dark green cloth modern marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title within border by L. Denis verso notes 1f. recto dedication verso blank 1f. recto notes on first performance named cast list and contents verso blank 242 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Isaac Ugalde Dupuis Molé E. Gourdon Belhomme Troy Talazac Taskin Griovot Chenevières and Teste. <br/><br/>Free front endpaper torn with tape repair. Lower outer corners soiled; title trimmed at lower margin affecting text; minor tear to lower margin of dedication leaf; lower corner of p. 127 chipped just touching printed area; lower corners ragged with paper loss to pp.143-160 not affecting music. Numerous small tears to lower edges. Worn. First Edition first issue. Fuld p. 127.<br/><br/>Les contes d'Hoffmann to a libretto by J. Barbier completed by Guirard was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique on February 10 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 Père & Fils [PN A.C. 5100] unknown books
