La gazza ladra (Rossini, Gioacchino)

Title La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Alternative title Melodramma semiserio in due atti
Creators Gioacchino Rossini, composer
Giovanni Gherardini, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1817
First published 1819
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Composition types Opera semiseria, Librettos
Language Italian
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
View Selections flute, violin, viola and cello
2 violins, viola and cello
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View Selections harp
flute and harp
Nicholas Charles Bochsa
View Selections flute and guitar Anton Diabelli
View Selections guitar Anton Diabelli
View Overture 2 violins, viola and cello Franz Alexander Pössinger
View Overture flute, guitar and violin Ferdinando Carulli
View Overture flute, violin and piano —
View Overture horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
View Overture violin and piano Hugo Ulrich
View Overture piano 4 hands Richard Kleinmichel
View Overture clarinet Miguel C. Meyrelles
View Overture accordion Massimiliano Virdis
View Overture guitar Louis-Ange Carpentras
View Overture piano Gustav Blasser
View Overture piano Charles Chaulieu Sr.
View Overture piano Pietro Piazza
View Overture piano Hugo Ulrich
View Overture piano Julius Weiss
View Overture piano —

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View 2-Act Version — Manuscript — Act 1
Act 2
View 3-Act Version — Castil-Blaze — Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View 3-Act Version — Aulagnier — Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Overture — Eulenburg — Complete Score
View Overture — Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score
Complete Score
Complete Score (with added title on first page)
View Complete parts Ricordi — Flute 1
Flute 2/Piccolo
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1 (A)
Clarinet 2 (A)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1 (E)
Horn 2 (E)
Horn 3 (A)
Horn 4 (A)
Trumpet 1 (A)
Trumpet 2 (A)
Trombone
Timpani
Snare Drum 1
Snare Drum 2
Bell
Bass Drum, Cymbals
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Offstage Banda parts Ricordi — Snare Drum, Triangle
View Overture parts Pacini — Cover Page
Flute 1, Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (A-C)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1, 2 (E), 3, 4 (G)
Trumpet 1, 2 (A-E)
Trombone
Timpani
Snare drum, Bass drum/Triangle
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture parts Breitkopf und Härtel — Flute, Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (E), 3, 4 (G)
Trumpet 1, 2 (A, E)
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
Timpani, Triangle, Snare Drum, Bass Drum
Violins I, II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Overture parts Jane Vivienne Thomas 2019 Bass Clarinet 1 (Bassoon 1 alternative)
Bass Clarinet 2 (Bassoon 2 alternative)
View Overture parts — — Trumpet 1 (in B, transposed)
Trumpet 2 (in B, transposed)
View Complete vocal score N. Simrock 1820 Complete Score
Complete Score (color)
View Complete vocal score Ricordi 1876 Complete Score
Preliminaries - Libretto - Act 1
Act 2
View Aria: Vieni fra queste braccia vocal score Ricordi — Complete Score
View Aria: Il mio piano e preparato vocal score — — Complete Score
View Complete — A. Bairon — Complete Libretto
View Aria: E ben per mia memoria (Act II, Sc.3) — — — Extract
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
Sauer & Leidesdorf — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for flute, violin, viola and cello
2 violins, viola and cello; selections
Tobias Haslinger 1819 Complete Parts (Flute Quartet)
Complete Parts (String Quartet)
View Complete Arrangement for harp
flute and harp
by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
; selections
Chappell — Oh che giorno fortunato, Di piacer, Stringhe e ferri,
Tocchiamo beviamo, E ben per mia memoria, Marcia
View Complete Arrangement for flute and guitar
by Anton Diabelli
; selections
Diabelli — Flute
Guitar
View Complete Arrangement for guitar
by Anton Diabelli
; selections
Diabelli — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Franz Alexander Pössinger
Weigl — Complete Parts
View Overture Arrangement for flute, guitar and violin
by Ferdinando Carulli
Johann André — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for flute, violin and piano Petit — Piano
Flute
Violin
View Overture Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2017 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for violin and piano
by Hugo Ulrich
Edition Peters — Complete Score
Violin Part
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Richard Kleinmichel
Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for clarinet
by Miguel C. Meyrelles
Carl Fischer — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for accordion
by Massimiliano Virdis
Massimiliano Virdis 2022 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for guitar
by Louis-Ange Carpentras
Janet et Cotelle — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Gustav Blasser
Universal Edition — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Charles Chaulieu Sr.
J. Meissonnier — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Pietro Piazza
Ricordi 1818 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Hugo Ulrich
Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Julius Weiss
— — Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Milan: Ricordi — Complete Score

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