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Description	English: Hand-coloured title page to a an 1836 vocal score to Fromental Halévy's , L'éclair. This is possibly the first edition: the opera premièred on 16 December 1835.
Date	1836
Source	Harvard Library From Halévy, F., 1799-1862. [Éclair. Vocal score]. L'eclair : opéra comique en trois actes / paroles de M.M. de Planard et de St. Georges ; musique de F. Halévy ; partition de piano arrangée par H. Potier. Paris : M. Schlesinger, [1836]. Mus 693.4.610.3.
Author	Paul Gavarni? (1804–1866); lithograph by the Thierry brothers. Restoration by Adam Cuerden
Other versions	File:Fromental Halévy, L'Éclair score cover - Restoration.jpg - Restoration (JPEG) File:Fromental Halévy, L'Éclair score cover - Restoration.png - Restoration (PNG) File:Fromental Halévy, L'Éclair score cover.jpg - Original (JPEG)


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fromental Halévy, L'éclair Score Cover - Restoration.jpg

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