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Sheet music for Balfe



[details ←] The Bohemian Girl: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (E-flat) - full score Percussion,
[details ←] Malibran’s Aria (WEST) Piano, Oboe,
[details ←] The Bohemian Girl: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (E-flat) - set of parts Percussion,
[details ←] The Bohemian Girl: Then you’ll remember Me (D-flat) - set of parts Vocal,
[details ←] Marble Halls choral
[details ←] Arline - Grand Selection from Bohemian Girl
[details ←] Bohemian Girl
[details ←] Corynorhinus (Surveying the Ruins) - from Batman Begins , solo piano,
[details ←] Bohemian Girl (Choral Suite) choral
[details ←] Gipsy Chorus choral
[details ←] Come Into the Garden Maud Trumpet, Trombone,

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— 17 October 2007 —
A new definitive 320 page biography of the important nineteenth century London based operatic composer, Michael W. Balfe (of "Bohemian Girl" fame) will be published by Irish Academic Press (Dublin) (www.iap.ie) in association with the Arts Council of Ireland in October 2007 in Ireland/UK and the USA. Dublin born Balfe composed 28 operas, which were performed in London, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Milan, Trieste, New York, Boston, Sydney etc. See www.balfebiography.com for more details Balfe's bicentennial will be celebrated in 2008, at selected places in the UK and in Ireland. [Source: Basil Walsh / Author]
[→ Go to Michael William Balfe’s page]

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