OFFENBACH, Jacques 1819-1880

Pierrette et Jacquot ... Opérette en un acte Livret de Jules Noriac et Philippe Gille. [Piano-vocal score]

[New York]: Belwin-Mills [PN A607], [1985].

Octavo. Original publisher's decorative wrappers printed in colour. 1f. (recto title, verso copyright statement), 2ff. (notes, synopsis, biographical notes), 1f. (recto cast list and contents, verso blank), [1] (half title), 2-49, [i] (blank) pp.

Named cast includes Cécile Gregoire, Esther Gregoire, Adèle Cuinet, Daubray, and Sanson.

A re-issue of the Choudens edition.

Pierrette et Jacquot, to a libretto by Noriac and Gille, was first performed in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens on 13 October 1876.

"[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.

Item #29196

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