Les Deux Aveugles Bouffonnerie Musicale Paroles de J. Moinaux ... Prix: 3 fr net. [Piano-vocal score]

Paris: C. Joubert & Cie. [PN B. et Cie. 12542], 1900. 1f. (recto title illustrated by Buttiner-Thierry with images of guitarist and trombonist, verso copyright statement), 1f. (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents, verso blank), vi, 22 pp. Named cast includes Pradeau and Berthelier. First performed, to a libretto by Moinaux, in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens on July 5, 1855. A re-issue from Brandus plates.

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Offenbach. Une Nuit Blanche, Opéra comique en un acte, Paroles de E. Plouvier ... Répertoire des Bouffes Parisiens ... Pr: 6: net. [Piano-vocal score]. Paris: G. Brandus, Dufour et Cie. [PN B. et Cie. 9579], [ca. 1890]. 1f. (blank), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank), 56 pp. Named cast includes Darcier, Berthelier, and Macé. First performed, to a libretto by Plouvier, in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Marigny, on July 5, 1855. A re-issue of the first edition.

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Offenbach.
Mesdames de la Halle ... Paroles de Lapointe. [Piano-vocal score]. Paris: Brandus & Dufour [PN B. et. D. 9956], [ca. 1890]. 124 pp. Upper outer corner of title lacking, just affecting text. First performed, to a libretto by Lapointe, in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens on March 3, 1858.

Large octavo. Quarter dark green leather with marbled boards, spine with raised bands in decorative compartments gilt, titling gilt, marbled endpapers.

Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Annotations in pencil to verso of free front endpaper. Occasional signs of wear; some browning; some signatures split; mall circular publisher's handstamps to several titles. "[Offenbach] was, with Johann Strauss (ii), one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written... Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online.