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The overtures of Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber [electronic resource]

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The overtures of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), once as popular as those of Gioacchino Rossini and Franz von Suppé, were formerly known everywhere, a staple of the light Classical repertoire. The influence of Auber's melodies and dance rhythms on piano and instrumental music, and on the genre of Romantic comic opera, especially in Germany, was overwhelming. The operas themselves, apart from Fra Diavolo (1830), have virtually passed out of the repertoire, but some of their overtures...

Title The overtures of Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber [electronic resource] / edited and introduced by Robert Ignatius Letellier.
Publisher Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars
Creation Date c2011
Notes Originally for orchestra
arr. for piano, except Le Timide.
Reprinted from editions originally published in the 19th cent.
Introduction in English.
English
Content TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE OVERTURES
LA BERGERE CHATELAINE
EMMA
LEICESTER, OU LE CHATEAU DE KENILWORTH
LE NEIGE, OU LE NOUVEAU EGINARD
LE CONCERT A LA COUR, OU LA DEBUTANTE
LEOCADIA
LE MACON
LE TIMIDE
FIORELLA
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI
LA FIANCEE
FRA DIAVOLO, OU L'HOTELLERIE DE TERRACINA
LE DIEU ET LA BAYADERE
LE PHILTRE
LE SERMENT, OU LES FAUX MONNAYEURS
GUSTAVE III, OU LE BAL MASQUE
LESTOCQ, OU L'INTRIGUE ET L'AMOUR
LE CHEVAL DE BRONZE
ACTEON
LES CHAPERONS BLANCS
L'AMBASSADRICE
LE DOMINO NOIR
LE LAC DES FEES
ZANETTA, OU IL NE FAUT PAS JOUER AVEC LE FEU
LES DIAMANTS DE LA COURONNELE DUC D'OLONNE
LA PART DU DIABLE, OU CARLO BROSCHI
LA SIRENE
LA BARCAROLE, OU L'AMOUR ET LA MUSIQUE
HAYDEE, OU LE SECRET
L'ENFANT PRODIGUE
ZERLINE, OU LA CORBEILLE D'ORANGES
MARCO SPADA
JENNY BELL
MANON LESCAUT
LA CIRCASSIENNE
LA FIANCEE DU ROI DE GARBE
LE PREMIER JOUR DE BONHEUR
REVE D'AMOUR
GRANDE OUVERTURE COMPOSEE POUR L'AUGURATION DE L'EXPOSITION DE LONDRES
Extent 1 online resource (467 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010711904805171
MARC RECORDS

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