Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880) was born in Germany,
but spent most of his life in Paris. He is considered
to be the inventor of the modern musical comedy and
composed more than 100 pieces for the stage. Less known
is his activity as an outstanding cellist. Already in
the age of 15 he started his first position as a
cellist in the Opera Comique in Paris and soon he
became known as a cello soloist. Later he played
together with famous musicians of his time like Anton
Rubinstein or Franz Liszt. ...(+)
Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880) was born in Germany,
but spent most of his life in Paris. He is considered
to be the inventor of the modern musical comedy and
composed more than 100 pieces for the stage. Less known
is his activity as an outstanding cellist. Already in
the age of 15 he started his first position as a
cellist in the Opera Comique in Paris and soon he
became known as a cello soloist. Later he played
together with famous musicians of his time like Anton
Rubinstein or Franz Liszt. Offenbach wrote 75
compositions for the cello. Among his works for cello
and piano is the elegy ‘Les larmes de Jacqueline’ ,
composed in 1853 for cello and piano. This beautiful
music can be played well on the clarinet or the basset
horn. Here we present an arrangement for clarinet in A
and piano. Since in the original there are some bars
with low notes that cannot be played on the normal
clarinet, we offer in these bars alternatives for
normal clarinet and basset clarinet. The piano part is
not changed by the arrangement, e.g. the piano part by
Offenbach Edition Keck from Boosey & Hawkes can be
used.
