les larmes de jacqueline by jacques offenbach euphonium & piano (print) Often performing his own music

Often performing his own music

The lively and playful second movement «Allegretto» has the character of a humorous dance

The work can also be seen as a personal tribute to the profound richness and simple beauty of Japanese Folksongs – an art form which has left a deep impression on me

«L’aria» (air)

les larmes de jacqueline by jacques offenbach euphonium & piano (print) Often performing his own musicOffenbach composed Les Larmes de Jacqueline in 1846 as the second in a set of three pieces under the title Les Harmonies des Bois (Op. 76). During this time Offenbach was traveling throughout Europe performing as a cello virtuoso. Often performing his own music, Les Larmes de Jacqueline was most likely composed for himself and Friedrich von Flotow. Flotow performed regularly with Offenbach for the better part of a century and for whom Offenbach wrote