JACQUES OFFENBACH (b.1819, d.1880): ‘Die schöne Helena’, opera in 3 acts to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, in a German translation by Ernst Dohm; 19th cent. Full score, in ink. Copy in a single hand on pages ruled with 24 staves. La belle Hélène was first performed at Paris, Var...
Jacques Offenbach: ‘La belle Hélène’, operetta in three acts (libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy)
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 15 to 24 staves. With corrections and additions in ink, some on inserted leaves, and a few pencil annotations also in autograph. Repeated passages are usually not entered in full and are instead indicated by numbered or lettered bars. In some nu...