Interlude: Three from Victor Herbert, continued

In yesterday's post, I wrote about movements from Sweethearts (1913) and Naughty Marietta (1910). Today's focus is on no. 23, the final number in Babette (1903). This short and uncomplicated finale—no extended szena!—is a reprise of two earlier numbers, n5: "The Letter Writing Song," in which Babette sings about her work writing letters for others, and n2: "My Honor and My Sword." The reprise of n5 is an invitation to Babette's wedding, n2 a trio (in the subdominant), and an instrumental version of n2 closes the operetta. Both n2 and n5 independently have rising-line-based designs.

The "trio": reprise of n2: "My Honor and My Sword."

The instrumental conclusion: reprise of n5.