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Georges Bizet

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Born
October 24 1838
Died
0202 06 18751875
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Georges Bizet, ne Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet, was a French composer. The musical prodigy entered the Paris Conservatoire at age nine. Over the next decade Bizet won virtually every prize available, including the Prix de Rome. Bizet refused a career as a concert pianist in order to compose operas. He wrote about 30, none particularly successful, until he composed "Carmen" in 1875, based on Prosper Mérimée's book about a Spanish gypsy girl. "Carmen" was controversial not only because of its humble subject matter and passionate sweep, but for the fact that the libretto was written in French, and could be understood by the audience. Criticism and a lukewarm reception closed the play after a brief run, although the composers of Bizet's day praised it. The dejected composer, who suffered from ill health, died of a heart attack three months later at the age of 36, never knowing "Carmen" would become the best-known, best-loved and most produced opera in history. Bizet also wrote "Jeux d'Enfants," 12 charming piano duets. Bizet was a rationalist. As a young man, struggling with his religious and philosophical views, Bizet was asked by his Academy to write a Mass. Preferring to write a comedy, he replied: "I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask me for something religious: very well, I shall do something religious, but of the pagan religion. . . . I have always read the ancient pagans with infinite pleasure, while in Christian writers I find only system, egoism, intolerance, and a complete lack of artistic taste."

Music critic Harold C. Schonberg surmises that had Bizet lived, he might have revolutionised French opera.

Macdonald writes that Bizet's legacy is limited by the shortness of his life and by the false starts and lack of focus that persisted until his final five years. "The spectacle of great works unwritten either because Bizet had other distractions, or because no one asked him to write them, or because of his premature death, is infinitely dispiriting, yet the brilliance and the individuality of his best music is unmistakable. It has greatly enriched a period of French music already rich in composers of talent and distinction". D. 1875.

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Georges Bizet

4.1/5 ( ratings)
Born
October 24 1838
Died
0202 06 18751875
Website
Go to Website
Georges Bizet, ne Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet, was a French composer. The musical prodigy entered the Paris Conservatoire at age nine. Over the next decade Bizet won virtually every prize available, including the Prix de Rome. Bizet refused a career as a concert pianist in order to compose operas. He wrote about 30, none particularly successful, until he composed "Carmen" in 1875, based on Prosper Mérimée's book about a Spanish gypsy girl. "Carmen" was controversial not only because of its humble subject matter and passionate sweep, but for the fact that the libretto was written in French, and could be understood by the audience. Criticism and a lukewarm reception closed the play after a brief run, although the composers of Bizet's day praised it. The dejected composer, who suffered from ill health, died of a heart attack three months later at the age of 36, never knowing "Carmen" would become the best-known, best-loved and most produced opera in history. Bizet also wrote "Jeux d'Enfants," 12 charming piano duets. Bizet was a rationalist. As a young man, struggling with his religious and philosophical views, Bizet was asked by his Academy to write a Mass. Preferring to write a comedy, he replied: "I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask me for something religious: very well, I shall do something religious, but of the pagan religion. . . . I have always read the ancient pagans with infinite pleasure, while in Christian writers I find only system, egoism, intolerance, and a complete lack of artistic taste."

Music critic Harold C. Schonberg surmises that had Bizet lived, he might have revolutionised French opera.

Macdonald writes that Bizet's legacy is limited by the shortness of his life and by the false starts and lack of focus that persisted until his final five years. "The spectacle of great works unwritten either because Bizet had other distractions, or because no one asked him to write them, or because of his premature death, is infinitely dispiriting, yet the brilliance and the individuality of his best music is unmistakable. It has greatly enriched a period of French music already rich in composers of talent and distinction". D. 1875.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_...

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Bize...

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...

http://www.classiccat.net/bizet_g/bio...

http://www.last.fm/music/Georges+Bizet

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/educati...

Books from Georges Bizet

Carmen: Libretto

4/5 ( ratings)

The Pearl Fishers: French, English Language Edition, Vocal Score

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Habanera (from Carmen)

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Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos

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Torero' s song from the opera Carmen - Score

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The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Georges Bizet's Carmen: Libretto, Background and Photos

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Carmen, Je dis, que rien ne m'épouvante, (I say that by fear I'm not haunted)

5/5 ( ratings)

Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score

5/5 ( ratings)

Jeux D'Enfants, Op. 22

5/5 ( ratings)

L'amour Est Us Oiseau Rebelle - Habañera from "Carmen"

5/5 ( ratings)

March of the Toreadors (From the opera Carmen) (Theme)

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Jeux d'Enfants: For Flute Ensemble

5/5 ( ratings)

carmen for rappars: chanson du toreador rappars collection

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carmen for rappars: danse boheme full score rappars collection

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carmen for rappars: chanson du toreadors rappars collection

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carmen for rappars: la garde montante parts rappars collection

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carmen for rappars: la garde montante full score rappars collection

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carmen for rappars: habanera full score rappars collection

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Black Dog Opera Library Box Set: Includes La Bohème, Carmen, La Traviata and The Marriage of Figaro

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Lettres de Georges Bizet: Impressions de Rome (1857-1860); La Commune (1871) (Classic Reprint)

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