Operetta is the vital link between Opera and the Musical, it originated in Paris, and became highly popular in London and Vienna. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful operettas on offer with Stretta Music today!
In Paris in the middle of the 19th century, operetta, which is shorter and lighter than ’serious opera’, developed out of the highly popular opera comique. This new form, consisting of frivolous parodies of bel canto opera and Meyerbeer’s grand opéra, and contemporary society, was first penned by Jacques Offenbach.
In Vienna, news of Offenbach’s success spread quickly, and it inspired composers like Johann Strauss II to take up the call, and the first great Viennese operetta was his “Die Fledermaus”. In contrast to the French can-can, the Viennese operettas are famous for their Waltzes. As the operetta grew in popularity, composers tried to reach the more affluent audience, and operetta soon became less frivolous, and more political, reflecting the rise of nationalism in the country.
In London, 1871, theatre manager Richard D’Oyly Carte, seeing the developments on the continent, brought together the literary and musical talents of W.S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, to form the great operetta duo Gilbert & Sullivan. Their operettas were so popular, that ten years later, he built the Savoy Theatre will the sole purpose of producing Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.
In Germany, the Bavarian operettas, and the Berlin operettas were very popular, reaching their high point with Paul Abraham and his “Viktoria und ihr Husar” in 1929. After the National Socialists took power, his extremely successful and popular works were labelled ’degenerate’, and were struck from the repertoire.
Towards the end of the first half of the 20th century, many musicians left Europe for the USA, and they took with them all the joys and experience of operetta, and a new genre was born, the Musical.
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 220108
for: Accordion
Item no.: 407404
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128143
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 632533
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 124760
for: Combo
Set of parts
Item no.: 405794
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684964
Lyric book
Item no.: 277315
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685702
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685149
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685123
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 685109
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688696
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 680698
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 308440
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307932
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307851
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307268
for: 2 voices, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 283501
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 602013
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102411
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102240
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102203
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 369050
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 174575
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 344740
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 281972
for: Piano
Item no.: 281952
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281943
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 328782
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 406937
Lyric book
Item no.: 287943
Melodienfolge aus dem gleichnamigen Singspiel von Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676431
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671784
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 597154
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 597153
for: 4 trumpets, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598575
for: 2 sopranos,2 mezzo sopranos, tenor, 2 baritones, choir and concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 498308
for: Voice (tenor), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198301
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198187
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 289068
for: Piano
Item no.: 356599
Reduced Instrumentation
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678580
Duet from "The Land of Smiles"
for: 2 voices (ST), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668736
83
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 1653749
aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 160987
aus "La Gruta de los Milagros" für Salonorchester
Opereta de Argentinia
for: Salon orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684260
aus der Operette "Der fliegende Rittmeister"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 673967
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