Jacques Offenbach (1819?80) ranks among the greatest composers of lighthearted operettas, and his famous songs continue to charm millions who know neither their names nor their composer. This volume features the sheet music for 38 popular songs from 14 operettas. All are reproduced from the original sheet music ? a few from the original piano-vocal scores, and some with lively pictorial covers. Contents include four songs from Orpheé aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), five songs from La belle Hélène, four songs from La vie parisienne, six songs from La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, seven songs from La Périchole, three songs from La fille du tambour-major, and more. The complete French texts appear on the music pages, and a separate section offers English translations. All songs were chosen by Antonio de Almeida, a renowned conductor and authority on Offenbach, who also provides an informative Introduction.

Vocal Score / Softcover-In a letter of 2 January 1851 Verdi suggested for the first time Antonio Garcia Gutierrez play El Trovador as a possible subject for his new Opera: 'It seems to me very beautiful imaginative and full of strong situations'. Once he had settled on the subject the composer immediately began looking for a theater in which to produce the Opera and after protracted negotiations he decided to stage Il Trovatore in Rome. The premiere occurred on 19 January 1853 at the Teatro Apollo and was an enormous success. The appreciation of the new work increased from performance to performance. The third performance was the last the composer was contractuallyobliged to attend: at the end of the evening the audience presented Verdi with two laurel wreaths. Verdi's account of the performances contained in a letter to his friend Clarina Maffei was eloquent: 'They say that this Opera is too sad and that there are too many deaths. But ultimetley in life everything is death! What exists?...' Notwithstanding Verdi's pessimism Il Trovatore circulated rapidly. In fact no other Opera of Verdi except 'Ernani' enjoyed such instant and widespread success.

Ed. critica di Ivano Bettin - Riduzione per canto e pianoforte di A. Frig?-Some few months after returning to Naples from Rome where he had gone to follow the premiere of L?Olimpiade at the Teatro Tordinona during the 1735 carnival season Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ?? notwithstanding the quickened pace of the disease that would soon bring his brief life to a close ? presented the public with a new work Il Flaminio a ?commedeja pe? mmuseca? set to a libretto by Gennarantonio Federico. The opera was staged as the second of season that fall at the Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo (one of three traditional venues together with the Teatro dei Fiorentini and the Teatro della Pace dedicated to the production of opere bu e) where it met with a generally favorable reception. The edition includes a historical Introduction a description of all the sources considered and a Commentary with critical notes and information related to specific problems of performance practice.

Ed. Critica A.Borin - Riduzione Per Canto e Pianoforte-Tito Manlio was performed for the fi rst time in Mantua as second work of the Carnival season of winter 1719.Vivaldi set the libretto of La fi da ninfa a dramma per musica in three acts by Scipione Maffei with a view to its use for the inauguration of the new theatre of the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona which took place on 6 January 1732 during theCarnival season elaborate stage sets being provided by Francesco Bibbiena.The critical edition is based on the collation of the two complete manuscripts of the work kept at the National University Library of Turin: the Vivaldi’s autograph and a copy realized by fi ve copyists under the direct control of the composer.

Editée au début de l'année 2011, la partition ayant pour titre LIRICHE - ART SONGS: ARIE ANTICHE - VOLUME 4 (PARISOTTI) PER CANTO E PIANOFORTE est appréciée par tous les amateurs de Chant/Vocal/chOeur. A découvrir sans plus attendre!!! / Chant Et Piano / 72 pages / Partition + Cd