Coppelia Part 2

Léo Delibes

Léo Delibes (arr. Mayhew Lake)

Subtitle: Suite de Ballet

General Info

Year: 1870 / 1923
Duration:
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

5. Introduction et valse de la Poupee = Introduction and waltz of the doll
6. Marche de guerrieres = March of the warriors
7. Czardas = Hungarian dances

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Orchestra Bells
• Snare Drum
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Coppélia (sometimes subtitled The Girl With The Enamel Eyes) is a comic ballet originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. Coppélia premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial l'Opéra, with the 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi in the principal role of Swanhilde.

The ballet's first flush of success was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris (which also led to the early death of Giuseppina Bozzacchi, on her 17th birthday), but eventually it became the most-performed ballet at the Opéra.

Dr. Coppélius is a doctor who has made a life-size dancing doll. It is so lifelike that Franz, a village youth, becomes infatuated with it and sets aside his true heart's desire, Swanhilda. She shows him his folly by dressing as the doll, pretending to make it come to life and ultimately saving him from an untimely end at the hands of the inventor.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

• Ballet Suite from "Sylvia"
• Chanson Espagnole (arr. Devogel)
• Coppélia: Part 2 (arr. Lake) (1870/1923)
• Flower Duet from "Lakmé" (arr. Brubaker) (1883/2004)
• Les Chasseresses (arr. Van der Beek)
• March and Cortege of Bacchus (tr. Kreines) (1878/2005)
• March and Procession of Bacchus (arr. Clark (1878/1918)
• March and Procession of Bacchus (arr. Osterling) (1878/1966)
• Selection from the Opera "Lakme" (arr. Lake (1921)
• Suite from "Coppelia"

Resources

• Coppélia, Wikipedia Accessed 7 July 2017
• Delibes, L. Lake, M. (1923). Suite de Ballet: Coppélia,Part 2 [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.