Overture to "La Vie Parisienne"
Jacques Offenbach (arr. Kenneth Singleton)
General Info
Year: 1866 / 2004
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Grand Mesa Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This extremely colorful young band transcription is one of French composer Offenbach's most famous opera overtures. This setting is energetic and transparent, proceeding through a number of moods and styles before concluding with an exciting Can-Can.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Colorado Honor Band Association. Dedicated to Harley Brown, Director.
- Program Note from score
La Vie Parisienne (Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. This work was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects. It became one of Offenbach's most popular operettas.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Grand Mesa Music
- Audio CD: Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble (Carla Bollinger, conductor) - 2004
State Ratings
- Louisiana: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Milton (Ga.) High School Concert Band (Chris Shumick, conductor) – 3 October 2018
- Libertyville (Ill.) High School Wind Ensemble (Carla Bollinger, conductor) – 17 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)
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
- La Vie Parisienne (operetta). Wikipedia Accessed 1 February 2022
- Offenbach, J.; Singleton, K. (2004). Overture to La Vie Parisienne [score]. Grand Mesa: Grand Junction, Colo.
- Perusal score