L'Africaine (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Composition Year 1837-63
Genre Categories Grand operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For violin, cello, piano (arr); For 3 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For flute, cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr)
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Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Deh, ch'io ritorni (sung in Italian)
#582230 - 3.85MB - 4:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/22/C - 223×⇩ - OGG - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2019/7/21)

Performer Pages Enrico Caruso (voice)
Publisher Info. Victor, 1920. (reissued by Naxos, 2004)
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#862713 - 78.02MB, 866 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 95×⇩ - Dbmiller

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 Supplement
#862714 - 6.64MB, 72 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 39×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Benoît ainé, No. 10901, n.d.(ca.1860s).
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"O Paradis, sorti de l'onde" (Act IV)

 Complete Score
#746564 - 1.68MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 85×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2913.
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Parts

Aria (da Gama): "O Paradis, sorti de l'onde" (Act IV)

 Flute 1, 2, 3
#746567 - 0.35MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 48×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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⇒ 12 more: Oboe 1, 2, English Horn • Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1/2 (F), 3/4 (E♭) • Trumpet 1/2 (B♭) • Trombone 1/2, 3/Tuba • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1, 2, English Horn
#746568 - 0.21MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭)
#746569 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Bassoon 1, 2
#746570 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Horn 1/2 (F), 3/4 (E♭)
#746571 - 0.19MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Trumpet 1/2 (B♭)
#746572 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 40×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Trombone 1/2, 3/Tuba
#746573 - 0.22MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Timpani
#746574 - 0.10MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 36×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Violins I
#746575 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Violins II
#746576 - 0.10MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 42×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Violas
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 Cellos
#746578 - 0.09MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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 Basses
#746579 - 0.10MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2913.
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Vocal Scores

 Preliminaries, Acts 1-2
#72180 - 15.48MB, 174 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6191×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Acts 3-5
#72181 - 18.27MB, 210 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4179×⇩ - Massenetique

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Editor François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871)
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(ca.1865).
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 Acts 1-2
#331576 - 11.82MB, 218 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 748×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Acts 3-4
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 Color Cover
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Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, n.d.(ca.1866). Plate 6664.
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 Preliminaries - Act 1
#219336 - 11.10MB, 125 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1500×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Acts 2-3
#219337 - 16.20MB, 184 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 999×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Acts 4-5
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Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d. Plate Plate B. et D. 10910. / Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, n.d.
Reprinted Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1866). Plate 6664.
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Misc. Notes Foliation (ii, #1-123, 124-307, 308-475)
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Aria (da Gama): "O Paradis, sorti de l'onde" (Act IV)

 Complete Score
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Editor Max Spicker (1858–1912)
Language French / English
Translator Theodore Baker (1851–1934), English translation
Publisher. Info. Operatic Anthology, Vol.III: Tenor
New York: Schirmer, 1904. Plate 16363.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Violin or Flute, Cello and Piano (Popp)

 Complete Score
#77014 - 0.93MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1367×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Violin
#77011 - 0.20MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 612×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Flute
#77012 - 0.19MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 887×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Cello
#77013 - 0.18MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 562×⇩ - Massenetique

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Arranger Wilhelm Popp (1828–1902)
Publisher. Info. Meyerbeer-Album: Transcriptionen über Motive aus Meyerbeer's Opern
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 2136, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 12933(a-c).
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Air du Bariton

For Piano (Fradel)

 Complete Score
#764156 - 6.25MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26×⇩ - Feduol

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Arranger Charles Fradel (?–1886)
Publisher. Info. New York: S.T. Gordon, 1865. Plate 3139.
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Misc. Notes Dedicated to Lizzie C. Pease.
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Scena e Finale (Act I, No.3)

For Guitar (Tárrega)

 Complete Score
#841326 - 1.48MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Town explorer

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Copyist Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
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 Complete Score
#841327 - 2.45MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Town explorer

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Ildefonso Alier, 1926. Plate 6043.
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Libretti

 Complete Libretto
#524622 - 1.40MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 43×⇩ - JacopoTore

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Translator Marco Marcello (1818–1865), Italian text
Publisher. Info. Milan: A. Bairon, 1937.
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General Information

Work Title L'Africaine
Alternative. Title Opéra en cinq actes
Name Translations Afrikanskan; Az afrikai nő; L’Africaine; L'Africana; Африканка; Afrykanka; アフリカの女; Afričanka; Emakume afrikarra; האפריקנית; Αφρικάνα
Name Aliases L'africaine; L'africana; La Africana; Die Afrikanerin; La africana; Afrikanerinden
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177405973; LCCN: n81022396; GND: 30010412X; BNF: 139162846
Composer Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGM 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1837-63
First Performance. 1865-04-28 — Paris: Opéra
First Publication. 1865 – Paris: Brandus
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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