Jacques Offenbach
Galop infernal
Can-can from the Operetta 'Orphée aux enfers'
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Jacques Offenbach
Galop infernal
Can-can from the Operetta 'Orphée aux enfers'
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Jacques Offenbach
- Editor Jos Dobbelstein
- Series Baton Orchestral
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- Edition Score Download
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM1130SC-DL
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Description:
'Orphée aux enfers' (Orpheus in the Underworld), is a comic operetta composed by Jacques Offenbach in 1858. The operetta is an irreverent parody and scathing satire on Gluck and his 'Orfeo ed Euridice' and culminates in the risqué 'Galop infernal' that shocked some in the audience at the premiere. This 'Galop infernal' is famous outside classical circles as the music for the 'can-can' (to the extent that the tune is widely, but erroneously, called 'can-can'). Dutch arranger Jos van Dobbelstein transcribed this 'Galop infernal' for Symphonic Band.