Ballet Parisien

Jacques Offenbach (arr. Merle J. Isaac)

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

"Offenbach wrote his music in Paris almost a hundred years ago, yet we find much of it fresh and delightful today. Sometimes spirited, sometimes elegant, Offenbach's music is always rhythmic and always melodius. Ballet Parisien is a suite in five movements: Overture, Valse, Galop, Valse, and Finale. The melodies have been selected from four of the composer's most popular operas: Genevieve of Brabant, La Perichole, La Vie Parisienne, and the well-known Orpheus."

- Program Note from score

Media

None discovered thus far.

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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• Tri-State Wind Symphony (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nolan Hauta, conductor) 13 June 2024
• University of Notre Dame University Band (Emma Fell, conductor) - 28 April 2024
• 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
• Gregory Middle School (Naperville, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Nancy Plantinga, conductor) – 19 December 1990 (1990 Midwest Clinic)
• Ann Arbor (Mich.) Pioneer High School Symphony Band (Robert L. Albritton, conductor) – 19 December 1985 (1985 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 from "The Tales of Hoffman" (arr. Bullock) (2012)
• Can-Can (arr. Kitano) (1858/2019)
• Can-Can (arr. Meador) (1858/2008/2016)
• The Can-Can (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1858/2008)
• Die Banditen Overture (arr. Egner) (1869/1991)
• The Drum Major's Daughter (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 der Unterwelt (arr. Goldhammer) (1858/1993)
• 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)
• Orpheus Overture (arr. Conley) ((1858/1986)
• 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.]