Biography of Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
25.10.1838
Born in Paris son of a singing teacher and a pianist
1847
Acceptance at the Paris conservatory, private acquaintance with Gounod
1857
Wins the Rome price
Because of the missing success of his compositions he makes a living from arrangements and teaching
1870
At the start of the German-French war he joins the Paris national guard
1872
General recognition for the incidental music L´Arlesienne
1875
Failure of his opera Carmen at the debut. Afterwards international acceptance and after his death in 1883 big success of the resumption of the opera.
03.06.1875
Dies in Bougival near Paris, three months before Carmen is a big success in Vienna
Further information/Sources:
- → Georges Bizet bei Wikipedia
- → Noten von Bizet auf imslp.org
- → CDs by/of Georges Bizet bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Georges Bizet at amazon.de
Sheet music for flute:
Carmen Entracte (Es-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
(2 flutes (flute (clarinet)), piano)
Edition Kossack, 20011
Rating: easy
- Andante quasi Allegretto
Carmen-Impressionen - Heft 1 (Bearbeitung)
(4 flutes/2 piccoli)
Zimmermann, ZM 28210
Rating: mid-grade
- Einleitung
- Ablösung der Wache, Lied der Straßenjungen
Score and parts. Third and fourth flute have to change to piccolo.
Carmen-Impressionen - Heft 2 (Bearbeitung)
(4 flutes)
Zimmermann, ZM 2822
Rating: mid-grade
- Habanera
- Sequidilla
Parts and score
Carmen-Impressionen - Heft 3 (Bearbeitung)
(4 flutes)
Zimmermann, ZM 28230
Rating: mid-grade
- Zwischenspiel
- Escamillos Lied
- Carmens Tanz vor Don Jose
Score and parts.
Carmen-Suite (Bearbeitung)
(2 flutes)
Zimmermann, ZM 2630
Rating: difficult
- Einleitung
- Ablösung der Wache, Marsch der Straßenjungen
- Chor der Zigarettenarbeiterinnen
- Lied der "Dragoner von Alcalá"
- Zigeunertanz und -lied in der Schenke von Lillas Pastia
- Carmens Tanz vor Don José
- Zwiegesang Escamillo/Carmen vor dem Stierkampf
score and one part for the first flute.
Drei Stücke - aus den L'Arlésienne-Suiten I und II
(flute, piano)
Zimmermann, ZM 2616
Rating: mid-grade
- Carillon
- Pastorale
- Farandole
The flute part is exactly the part of the first flute in the orchestra. Partly the piccolo part is included and in the Carillon a sequence from the first violin is added. Thus you have an orchestral study with piano accompaniment.
One might not believe, that this beautiful piece of music flopped at the premiere.
Jeux d Enfants (C-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
(3 flutes/piccolo, alto flute, bass flute)
Novello, NOV 120780
Rating: mid-grade
- La Toupie
- La Poupée
- Trompette et Tambour
- Le Bal
Childrens games was written by Bizet in 1871. Originally composed for piano with four hands, the piece consists of alltogether twelve pieces. Five of them were arranged for orchestra by the composer himself.
Jeux d'enfants op. 22 (Bearbeitung)
(flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Schott Verlag, ED 12212
Rating: mid-grade
- Trompette et tambour (Marche)
- Petit mari, petite femme (Duo)
- La toupie (Impromptu)
- La Poupée (Berceuse)
- Le bal (Galop)
Only parts, no score
Minuet from l'Arlesienne (D-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
(flute, clarinet, piano)
Edition Musicus, Musicus 88
Rating: easy
- Allegro giocoso
Serenade Espagnole (Bearbeitung)
(2 flutes, piano)
Suite L'Arlesienne (Bearbeitung)
(4 flutes)
Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, FH 3369
Rating: easy
- Pastorale - Andante sostenuto assai
- Intermezzo
- Menuett
- Farandole
Parts and score
Three Pieces (Bearbeitung)
(flute (2 flutes (oboe (violin))), clarinet, bassoon ad lib., horn (english horn) ad. lib, piano)
Stockhausen-Verlag Kürten, SS-380
Rating: easy
- Entr'acte of Act II from Carmen
- Intermezzo Religioso from L'Arlesienne
- Valse-Menuet
Three pieces in several variants. To be played with flute and piano or with 2 flutes and piano. The second flute might also be played by violin, oboe or even clarinet. Additionally a French Horn (or Englisch Horn) or bassoon.
CDs with/from Georges Bizet
Bläserquintett der Staatskapelle Berlin
- La Toupie - Impromptu (01:10:00)
- La Poupée - Berceuse (02:15:00)
- Trompette et Tambour - Marche (02:19:00)
- Colin-Maillard - Nocturne (01:52:00)
- petit Mari, Petite Femme - Duo (02:50:00)
- Le Bal - Galop (02:02:00)
- Allegro ma non troppo (09:39:00)
- Lento (07:11:00)
- Molto vivace (03:30:00)
- Vivace ma non troppo (05:16:00)
- Prélude (03:01:00)
- Fugue (03:39:00)
- Menuet (05:07:00)
- Rigaudon (03:10:00)
Georges Bizet: Jeux d enfants op. 22:
Antonin Dvořák: Quintett F-Dur op. 96:
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin:
János Bálint, Nóra Mercz
- Georges Bizet: Intermezzo from the Opera "Carmen" (02:32:00)
- Jules Massenet: Meditation from the Opera "Thaïs" (04:30:00)
- Auguste Durand: Premiere Valse in E Flat Major, Op. 83 (05:32:00)
- Georges Bizet: Menuet in E Flat Major (04:20:00)
- Claude Debussy: Petite Suite No. 1 - En bateau (04:09:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera (02:40:00)
- Auguste Durand: Chaconne in A Flat Minor (04:00:00)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ballet in D minor (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) from the Opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" (07:27:00)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C Major, KV 315 (06:18:00)
- Frederick Chopin: Variations in E Major on the Theme Non piu mesta from Rossini's Opera "La Cenerentola" (05:06:00)
- Edmund Schuëcker: Mazurka in E Flat Minor, op. 12 (05:10:00)
- Nikolai Rimskij-Korsakow: Hindu Song from the Opera "Sadko" (03:26:00)
- Peter I. Tschaikowsky: Valse sentimentale in F Minor (02:45:00)
- Johann Strauß: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 (01:37:00)
Wurde im Studio aufgenommen, klingt aber nach einem Hallraum wie in der Kirche. Seltsamerweise kommt die Flöte dabei ganz aus der Ferne. Irritiert mich beim Hören. "Romantisch" im Titel ist wohl nicht musikhistorisch gemeint, sonst hätten Gluck und Mozart da nix verloren.
Quintessenz
Tour de France (2007)
- Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'apreès-midi d'un faune (09:52:00)
- En bateau (03:40:00)
- Cortège (03:08:00)
- Menuet (02:49:00)
- Ballet (03:15:00)
- La toupie (00:56:00)
- La poupée (02:26:00)
- Trompette et tambour (02:21:00)
- Le bal galop (01:51:00)
- Aquarium (02:29:00)
- L'Eléphant (01:23:00)
- Le cygne (02:35:00)
- Poules et coqs (00:48:00)
- Vlière (01:19:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera (02:55:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (07:23:00)
- Menuet (03:50:00)
- Clair de lune (05:06:00)
- Passepied (00:00:03)
- Francois Couperin: Le tic-toc-choc (00:00:02)
- Andante moderato (04:09:00)
- Allegro scherzando (02:28:00)
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite:
Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants:
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux:
Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque:
Louis Ganne: Andante et Scherzo:
Literature von/über Georges Bizet
- Richter, Thomas: Warum man im Auto nicht Wagner hören sollteMusik und GehirnStuttgart: Reclam,2012. - ISBN: 978-3-15-020255-5
- Schmierer, Elisabeth: Komponisten-PorträtsBilder und DatenStuttgart: Reclam,2003. - ISBN: 3-15-018268-9
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
Last edit 16.12.2012