Fille du Regiment / Daughter of the Regiment

The full score (Ricordi/Kalmus) is laid out in 19th Century fashion with violins and violas first, followed by flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, then horns (in multiple transpositions), then bassoons, trombones, percussion (timpani always in transposition), then finally voices, chorus, and cello/bass. Instrumentation is only indicated at the start of each scene. Tenor vocal lines are written in tenor clef. The printing is very faded, with the text completely illegible at times. All this makes it a rather difficult score to read. Moreover, the score lacks the recitatives leading into numbers 2 and 4, and includes only singular versions of the act two tenor aria No. 11 and the act two finale. Fortunately the Kalmus parts include the recits, as well as all keys and versions of the act two tenor aria and the act two finale.

There are two versions of the act two tenor aria (No. 11). One is in B-flat major and includes chorus interjections as well as extended material. This version is included in the parts and it's the only version included in the full score. It is not included in the Schirmer vocal score. The other version is shorter with tenor only, no chorus, in A Major. This version is found in the parts as well as the Schirmer vocal score, but it is not included in the full score.

There are two versions of the act two finale. The version which is found in the full score and Schirmer score contains a truncated final chorus of "Salut a la France" in B-flat major. However, the version found on the orchestra parts contains an extended version in A-flat major. The parts also contain the B-flat major version, but here too it is extended.

The Schirmer piano vocal score includes only the solo A Major version of the act two tenor aria, and only the truncated B-flat Major version of the act two finale. In the act one love duet, it lacks the tenor's interjections in Marie's verse, which can be found in the full score, if desired.

There is also some incidental music following the act two entr'acte that is included in the parts, but not in the full score or piano-vocal score.

There are so many text discrepancies between the Schirmer vocal score and the full score, that they are not even worth noting. The text in the full score is sometimes more interesting, but often completely illegible.

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