La belle Hélène [collection] : opéra bouffe en 3 actes / paroles de Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy ; musique de J. Offenbach. 1864-1866.

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La belle Hélène [collection] : opéra bouffe en 3 actes / paroles de Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy ; musique de J. Offenbach. 1864-1866.

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Arranged in six groups: I. Vocal scores (9). II. Vocal parts (137). III. Chorus parts (136). IV. Promptbooks (15). V. Dialogue parts (164). VI. Accompanying material (1). The vocal scores include two French editions, by Gèrard (1864?, pl. no. C.M. 10,240) and Heugel (1865?, pl. no. H. 4624); one English edition by Chappell (1866, pl. no. 13266) and two German editions by Bote & Bock (pl. nos. 15786 and 6906--6927). The vocal parts include two sets of English manuscript parts and one set of German manuscript parts with English translations written in. Several of these parts carry names of performers. One hundred and six parts are mimeoed English for the "Fair Helen Version," with numerous duplicates. The chorus parts include 16 German manuscript parts bearing performers' names and English translations written in; eight manuscript English parts, carrying performers' names, 76 mimeoed English parts for the "Fair Helen Version," and 37 English, mimeoed parts carrying performers' names and the indication "Pauline Hall Opera Co." on one. The promptbooks include six typed books in English, two of which are unbound and incomplete; one mimeoed book marked "Harrison Version" and "Casino Version," including a playbill with cast pasted in the front; three manuscript books in English, one of which is unbound; and two books consisting of the printed libretto, in English, one of which is marked "Aimee translation" and is made up of the pages of the libretto pasted into a ledger, and the other an English libretto for the "Emily Soldene version," printed in Sydney, 1877, by Henry Solomon, with interleaved pages of manuscript. The cast is listed in the preliminaries. Three books are in German, manuscript, one of which carries a playbill for the Thalia-Theatre, May 17, 1880, pasted in the cover. The dialogue parts include five sets of English parts, typed and manuscript, many of which are fragmentary; and one set of German manuscript parts bearing the name of Wm. Kreitz. Of the English parts one set carries the indication "Property of Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau" and one set bears the stamp of Fred Solomon. There are also 89 mimeoed parts, in English, several carrying names of performers. The accompanying material consists of a program for a performance by Morley Meredith.

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Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

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Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of Jewish ancestry. He had a strong influence in popular music in Europe, and was one of the originators of the operetta, of which he wrote more than one hundred. His works were noted for their elements of satire and parody; two for which he is particularly known are the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and the opera The Tales of Hoffman . From the guide to the Jacques Offenbach Letter, undated (after 1844)...

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897

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Henri Meilhac was a French dramatist, who often collaborated with Ludovic Halévy. From the guide to the Henri Meilhac plays, undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) This inscription is almost certainly by the French writer Henri Meilhac (1831-1897), who co-wrote the libretti for a number of operas and operettas, including Bizet's Carmen; Massenet's Manon; and Offenbach's La Périchole, La vie Parisienne and La belle Hélène. Fro...

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908

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French dramatist. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to M. Denis, "Mercredi 9". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507876 From the description of Document signed, dated : Paris, 8 June 1885, 1885 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873886 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873408 ...