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Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach. Sheet music for Violin, page 1.

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Offenbach - Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann

Sheet music for violin

Info: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (often referred to as the "Barcarolle") is a piece from The Tales of Hoffmann, Jacques Offenbach's final opera. A duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano, it is considered the most famous barcarolle ever written and described in the Grove Book of Operas as "one of the world's most popular melodies."
Date: 1881
Artist: Jacques Offenbach
Born: 20 June 1819, Cologne
Died: 5 October 1880, Paris
The artist: German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffman remains part of the standard opera repertory.
Instrument: Violin
Key: D major
Range: A3 - F#5
Time signature: 6/8
Tempo: 56 BPM
Duration: 2:08
Pages: 2
Difficulty: Intermediate
Style: Classical
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