10082 –Galop Infernal (Can-Can)

Jaques Offenbach (1819-1880)

arranged by Roger Harvey

Difficulty: medium

Price: £22.00

Programme note:
He was born Jacob Eberst in 1819, but his father changed the family name to Offenbach after he had left his hometown Offenbach-am-Main and settled in Cologne, and it was there, while earning a living from composition, music teaching, and book binding that he became known to his colleagues as 'Der Offenbacher'.
'Orpheus in the Underworld' is the most enduring of his 100 operettas. Written in 1858 it is a satirical and amusing parody on the Orpheus legend which caused something of a stir at its first performances.
The Galop Infernal, an uninhibited dance from a party of the Gods, is now popularly known as the Can-can because of its association with the risqué dance of the French music hall.

Performance note:
Trumpet 1 is best played on a small trumpet.
Trumpet 4 is Flugel throughout.
Percussion is optional.
Play with some abandon, especially the ribald moments.