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Composer

Jacques Offenbach

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

1819–1880

404 works in the index

Born
1819
Died
1880
Birthplace
Cologne
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Prussia
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

Jacques Offenbach, a native of Cologne, came to Paris in 1833 and made himself at home. By1848, which as it happened, was the year of the overthrow of the Orléanist monarchy, Offenbach had risen to become head of the orchestra of the Théâtre-Français.

Offenbach is a towering figure in the development of comic opera, or operetta, or as it became known in French opéra bouffe. Among his best-known works in this vein: Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) (1858), La Belle Hélène(1864),and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867).

Perhaps the most beloved of his works, though, is one that was never performed until after his death, Contes d’Hoffman (Tales of Hoffman), which was based loosely on the historical figure of Ernst Theodor Amadeus (E.T.A.) Hoffman, an influential German author of fantasies. Offenbach and his collaborators re-worked some of Hoffman’s stories to make of him a character therein.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, Cello, Accordion, Organ
Genres represented
Classical, Rock, Pop, Children, Christmas
Works with composition dates
12 of 404

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 4 of 9

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Loch Lomond — —— Tin WhistleRock, Classical 1
Helas mon coeur (Offenbach-Tales of Hoffmann) — —— VoiceClassical 1
Scintille,Diamant — —— VoiceClassical 2
La! dors en paix — —— VoiceClassical 1
La Chatte metamorphosee en femme, Air de Minette — —— —Classical 1
Les Oiseaux Dans La Charmille — —— VoiceClassical 4
Be Careful What You Eat — —— Piano, VocalClassical 1
Gendarmes' Duet from Genevieve de Brabant — —— Piano— 1
The Celebrated Galop — —— Piano— 1
Can Can Basses: Piano Accompaniment — —— —Classical 1
Can Can Basses: String Bass — —— Double BassClassical 1
Can Can Basses: 1st Violin — —— violinClassical 1
Can Can Basses: 2nd Violin — —— violinClassical 1
Can Can Basses: 3rd Violin — —— violin, ViolaClassical 1
Can Can Basses: Viola — —— ViolaClassical 1
Can Can Basses: Cello — —— —Classical 1
Can Can Basses: Score — —— —Classical 1
Barcarolle - Belle Nuit — —— —— —
Ph?bus stolz im Sonnenwagen — —— —Rock, Classical —
Sie entfloh, die Taube so minnig — —— —Rock, Classical —
Barcarolle — —— —— 42
Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (Barcarolle), from Les Contes d'Hoffmann — —— —— —
Prenez les grappes empourprees, from Stella — —— —Classical 1
Eh bien! en voila des manieres, from La Fille du Tambour-Major — —— —— —
Ou je vais? j'n'en savons rien, from Madame L'Archiduc — —— —Classical 1
La femme dont le coeur reve, from Orphee aux Enfers — —— —— —
On va courir, on va sortir, from La Vie Parisienne — —— —— —
A cheval sur la discipline, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein — —— —— —
Pardieu! c'est une aimable charge, from La Jolie Parfumeuse — —— —Classical —
Dans une cave obscure, from Madame Favart — —— —Classical —
Quand il cherche dans sa cervelle, from Madame Favart — —— —Classical —
L'employe m'a dit: de quel age, from Pomme d'Api — —— —Classical —
Elles sont tristes les marquises, from La Vie Parisienne — —— —— —
Je suis Bresilien, j'ai de l'or, from La Vie Parisienne — —— —— —
Dans cette ville toute pleine, from La Vie Parisienne — —— —— —
V'lan, V'lan, je suis V'lan, from Le Voyage Dans la Lune — —— —Classical —
Au mont Ida, from La Belle Helene — —— —— —
Tout en tirant mon aiguille, from La Fille du Tambour-Major — —— —— —
Le voila ce bel uniforme, from La Fille du Tambour-Major — —— —— —
Pour epouser une princesse, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein — —— —— —
Le ruisseau qui prend sa source, from Jeanne qui Pleure et Jean qui Rit — —— Voice TenorClassical 1
Suzanne est aujourd'hui ma femme, from Madame Favart — —— Voice TenorClassical 1
Moi, je suis Aristee, from Orphee aux Enfers — —— —— —
Heureuses divinites, from Orphee aux Enfers — —— —— —
On me proposait d'etre infame, from La Perichole — —— —— —
Skiing — —— PianoRock, Classical —
Barcarolle (From Les Contes D'Hoffmann) — —— —— —
The Can Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld) — —— —— —

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 10034167. Portrait: Nadar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.