Ballet Parisien

Jacques Offenbach

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General Info

Year: 1953
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

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Movements

1. Overture
2. Valse
3. Galop
4. Valse
5. Finale

Instrumentation

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

Bells

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Media

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State Ratings

Alabama: Class CC
Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
Minnesota: III
North Carolina: IV
Ohio: OMEA High School Band B
South Carolina: IV

Performances

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Sturgis (Mich.) Wind Symphony (Scott Davidson, conductor) - 6 March 2023
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Mark Nemoyten, conductor) - 12 June 2022
Hornell (N.Y.) Area Wind Ensemble (Edward Belin, conductor) – 7 April 2019
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 15 July 2018
Milpitas (Calif.) Community Concert Band (Jeff Yaeger, conductor) – 2 June 2017
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Cassandra Tarrantino, conductor) – 2 August 2016
Quebec Youth Wind Ensemble (Carol Kay, conductor) - 26 January 2014
Ely Senior High Band, Ely, Minnesota (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - March 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

The Can-Can (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1858/2008)

All Wind Works

Ballet Parisian (arr. Bender) (1938/1993
Ballet Parisien (arr. Isaac) (1953)
Barcarolle
The Can-Can (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1858/2008)
Drum Major's Daughter, The (arr. Odom) (1879/1974)
Galop (arr. Bourgeois) (1859/2001)
Infernal Galop (arr. VanDuren) (1858/2019)
La Belle Hélène Overture (arr. Odom) (1864/1978)
La Vie Parisienne (arr. Singleton) (2004)
Le Can (arr. Whitcomb) (1858)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (arr. Safranek) (1880/1910)
Madame Favart Overture
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (arr Binder) (arr. Binder, ed. McAlister) (1858/2004)
Orpheus in the Underworld (tr. Nefs) (1858/2019)
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (arr Odom) (arr. Odom) (1858/1984)
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (arr. Lake and Kent) (1858/1946)
Overture to "La Vie Parisienne" (arr. Singleton) (1866/2004)
Overture to "Voyage to the Moon" (trans. Bourgeois) (1875/2017)
Portraits from La Périchole
Tales of Hoffman (arr. Safranek). See: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Themes from "La Belle Hélène" (arr. Mahaffey) (1864/1997)
Themes from Offenbach (arr. Johnson) (1959)

Resources

Offenbach, J.; Isaac, M. (19--). Ballet Parisien [score]. Carl Fischer: [s.l.]