Les larmes de Jacqueline

Composer: OFFENBACH, Jacques
  • Les larmes de Jacqueline (The Tears of Jacqueline) is the second work in Offenbach’s Op.76,1 Harmonies des bois (1853). The set is scored for cello and piano.2
  • The work was inspired by a written piece of the same name by French author and art critic Arsène Houssaye (1815-1896). Offenbach’s composition is dedicated to Houssaye’s wife.3
  • Offenbach was himself a virtuoso cellist.4

Sources

  1.  “Les larmes de Jacqueline, Op.76 no. 2 (Offenbach, Jacques), IMSLP, accessed December 10, 2019, https://imslp.org/wiki/Les_larmes_de_Jacqueline%2C_Op.76_No.2_(Offenbach%2C_Jacques). 
  2. Andrew Lamb, “Offenbach, Jacques,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 10, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000020271.
  3. “Les larmes de Jacqueline, Op.76 no. 2 (Offenbach, Jacques), IMSLP.
  4. Lamb, “Offenbach, Jacques,” Grove Music Online.

Cut IDs

22646