Orpheus in der Hölle : copyist's manuscript, 1861?

Record ID: 
115444
Accession number: 
Cary 579
Creator: 
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Biographical Data: 
French composer of German origin.
Title: 
Orpheus in der Hölle : copyist's manuscript, 1861?
Uniform title: 
Orphée aux enfers. German
Date: 
1861?
Inscription/Markings: 

"Orpheus in der Hölle Musik von J. Offenbach. Ausschliessliches Eigenthum von Ed: Bote u. G. Bock. /G. Bock) Königl Hofmusikhd Berlin." At the bottom of the title page: "Für die Stadt Theater zu Rostock. Berlin d 25 Febr. 1861 Gustav Bock."

Notes: 

Operetta.
Full score.
Copyist's ms. (in more than one hand).
The ms. is nearly complete, but the numbers appear in an order different from that found in the first edition of the piano-vocal score. The work is unpublished in full score.
The Stadt-Theater's ownership stamp appears on the title page. Also on the title page (and elsewhere in the manuscript) is the later rubber stamp of Emil Richter, Theaterverlag, Abteilung Bühnenvertrieb, Grosse Theaterstr., Hamburg.

Associated names: 

Crémieux, Hector Jonathan, 1828-1892, librettist.
Halévy, Léon, 1802-1883, librettist.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection