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Carmen: Acte II. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)
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About this piece
Carmen: Acte II. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José) is a work by Georges Bizet. Editions in our index are scored for piano, harp, organ and cello. We track 257 editions for sale priced between $1.95 and $239.00, from Sheet Music Direct, Virtual Sheet Music, Musicnotes and Sheet Music Plus. 41 public-domain archives publish it free of charge, including 8notes, Internet Archive and Cantorion.
The Flower Song, from an opera that was called a failure
Don José's aria from Act II of Carmen, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. He has been arrested for letting Carmen escape, and sings about the flower she threw at him, which he kept in prison. It ends on a sustained high B flat that Bizet marked pianissimo — a direction many tenors ignore, because singing it quietly at the end of the aria is genuinely hard.
The premiere was poorly received; the theatre's management thought the subject indecent for a family house. Bizet died three months later, aged 36, without seeing the work become one of the most performed operas ever written.
For buyers: this is one of the standard tenor audition arias, and it exists in the original French and in singing translations. Editions differ over the final note's dynamic and over whether to print the optional alternative ending, so it is worth checking which your teacher or accompanist expects.
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Common questions
- How much does Carmen: Acte II. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José) sheet music cost?
- Prices run from $1.95 to $239.00 across 257 retailers. Prices change; the figures shown are the most recent we recorded.
- Is Carmen: Acte II. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José) available for free?
- Yes. 41 archives in our index publish it at no cost, typically as a public-domain scan or engraving. Free editions vary in quality and edition; a paid edition may be easier to read or better fingered.
- What instruments is Carmen: Acte II. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José) arranged for?
- The editions we track are scored for piano, harp, organ, cello, flute, oboe, violin, voice, bassoon, orchestra, double bass, choir, horn, clarinet and tro. Specific arrangements listed include Piano, Saxophone, Easy Piano, Flute and Clarinet.
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