L'Africaine (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)

		Movements/Sections 5 Acts Composition Year 1837-63 Genre Categories Grand operas; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For violin, cello, piano (arr); For 3 players; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the piano; For flute, cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute; For cello, piano (arr); For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (5)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (4)

Vocal Scores

 Preliminaries, Act I, Act II
*#72180 - 15.48MB, 174 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 3136x⇩

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 Act III, Act IV, Act V
*#72181 - 18.27MB, 210 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 2095x⇩

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Editor:

François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871)

Language:

French

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1865).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Preliminaries - Act I
*#219336 - 11.10MB, 125 (ii, #1-123) pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 489x⇩

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 Act II - Act III
*#219337 - 16.20MB, 184 (#124-307) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 391x⇩

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 Act IV - Act V
*#219338 - 14.57MB, 168 (#308-475) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 441x⇩

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Language:

Italian / German

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1864). Plate B. et D. 10910.

Reprinted:

Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(ca.1866). Plate 6664.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Violin or Flute, Cello and Piano (Popp)

 Piano Score
*#77014 - 0.93MB, 13 (i, #41-52) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 801x⇩

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 Violin Part
*#77011 - 0.20MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 363x⇩

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 Flute Part
*#77012 - 0.19MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 567x⇩

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 Cello Part
*#77013 - 0.18MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 315x⇩

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Arranger:

Wilhelm Popp (1828–1903)

Publisher Info.:

Meyerbeer-Album: Transcriptionen über Motive aus Meyerbeer's Opern
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No.2136, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 12933(a-c).

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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For Cello and Piano (Curti)

See: Ricordanze dell' Opera L'Africana di Meyerbeer (Curti, Carlo)

For Piano solo (Cramer)

See: 2 Bouquets de mélodies sur 'L'Africaine' (Cramer, Henri)

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General Information

Work Title	L'Africaine
Alternative Title	Opéra en cinq actes

Composer	Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Movements/Sections	5 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1837-63
First Performance	1865-04-28, Paris: Opéra
First Publication	1865 – Paris: Brandus
Librettist	Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)
Language	French
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, Chorus, Orchestra