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TitleBelle Hélène. Selections; arrangedOther Titles (e.g. Variant)Ballet suite from Helen of TroyBelle Hélène. OuvertureBelle Hélène. OvertureBelle Hélène fantasieBelle Hélène. Selections; arr.Suite from the ballet Helen of TroyTypeHubArrangementAudioNotated MusicIdentified ByLccn: n85212617Local: oca01502069Local: n 85212617 NoteData source: label (La belle Hélène)Data source: p. 801-802 (La belle Hélène. Quoted Introd. does not match "ouverture" on above recording.)Data source: caption (Overture / Offenbach-Greissle; consists of Introduction and various numbers from the opéra bouffe)Data source: program notes (based on compositions by Offenbach, most of which are from his operetta La belle Hélèn)Data source: p. 182-183 (in discussing his orchestral arranging activities of 1941, Dorati refers to the ballet Helen of Troy, without naming it, as an adaptation of La belle Hélèn. The ballet was a joint commission to Fokine and Dorati. As a result of the failure of the Mexico City premiere, a shortened revision was undertaken by Fokine and Dorati. The rev. choreography was assigned to Lichine due to Fokine's fatal illness.Description source: Provisionally enter the ballet Helen of Troy and the suite under Offenbach's La belle HélènDescription source: Created from auth.Authorized Access PointOffenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 Belle Hélène. Selections; arranged