Composition: Giselle (Adam, Adolphe)
| Title | Giselle |
| Alternative title | Les Wilis |
| Creators | Adolphe Adam (composer) and Théophile Gautier (librettist) and Henri Saint-Georges (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1841 |
| First published | 1841 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Ballets |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano | Victor Cornette |
| view | Complete | piano | |
| view | 2 Quadrilles | flute, trumpet, violin and piano | Philippe Musard |
| view | Act I: Pas de Deux | piano 4 hands | Laurence Sardain |
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | — | Paul De Bra |
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | piano 4 hands | |
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | piano | |
| view | Act II: Pas de deux | viola and piano |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1841 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Act I · view Act II · view Revision Report · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Ouverture · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Act I - Complete Parts · view Act II - Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
J. Meissonnier | 1841 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
J. Meissonnier | 1841 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | 2 Quadrilles | Arrangement for flute, trumpet, violin and piano |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Act I: Pas de Deux | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Mutopia | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | Arrangement |
Paul De Bra | 2021 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Engraving files (MuseScore) · view |
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | Arrangement for piano 4 hands | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | Arrangement for piano | Buffalo: James D. Sheppard | 1848 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Act II: Pas de deux | Arrangement for viola and piano | — | — | Piano Score · view Viola · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Act I: Giselle's Waltz | Professor P (performer) | For 7 Accordions, Bass Accordion, Timpani and Triangle (De Bra) | Complete Recording · file |
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