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Portrait of Georges Bizet

Composer

Georges Bizet

1838–1875

739 works in the index

Born
1838
Died
1875
Birthplace
Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne
Citizenship / historical state
France
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

Bizet died at thirty-six believing Carmen had failed. It is now the most-performed opera in the world, and it dominates this catalogue in every possible arrangement.

Singers approach him through the Carmen arias — the Habanera and the Toreador Song above all — which appear in every aria anthology by voice type. Instrumentalists get the two suites drawn from the opera and the L'Arlésienne music, both arranged for everything from full orchestra to solo piano.

The one thing to check before buying a Carmen vocal score is whether it uses spoken dialogue or the sung recitatives written by Guiraud after Bizet's death. Both are standard, they are not interchangeable in rehearsal, and editions do not always say on the cover.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Voice, Flute, violin, Orchestra
Genres represented
Classical, pop, Jazz, Broadway, Latin
Works with composition dates
33 of 739

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 4 of 16

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
"Orchestral Solo from L'arlesienne, Suite I" — —— Piano, SaxophoneClassical 4
Les tringles des sistres tintaient Performed by Georges Bizet — —— —Classical 3
Carmen: Acte I. "Avec la garde montante" — —— Voice, ChoirClassical 5
Carmen: Acte I. "Sur la place, chacun passe" — —— Voice, ChoirClassical 4
Patrie 1873IMSLP —— —Classical 2
Les Pêcheurs de Perles 1863IMSLP —— —Classical 2
Symphony in C Major 1855 OctoberIMSLP —C major Orchestra, HornClassical 4
Farandole: from L Arlesienne Suit — —— —— 2
Serendade: from The Fair Maid of Pert — —— —— 1
Les tringles des sistres — —— Voice, ChoirClassical 3
Je vais danser en votre honneur — —— Voice, ChoirClassical 4
C'est des contrebandiers — —— Voice, ChoirClassical 3
Je suis Escamillo — —— Voice, ChoirClassical 3
Me voila seule dans la nuit — —— Low VoiceClassical 2
Nour-Eddin, roi de Lahore, from Djamileh — —— Mezzo Soprano VoiceClassical 3
C'est donc ici — —— Voice TenorClassical 2
Puss in the Corner (Les Quatre Coins) — —— PianoClassical 3
Symphony No. 1 in C Major — —C major Piano, Harp, Organ, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Timpani, TrumpetClassical 2
Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Stan' Up An' Fight — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
You Talk Just Like My Maw — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
The Wild Rose (Schubert) — —— PianoClassical 2
2. Le Depart — —— PianoClassical 2
4. La Bohemienne — —— PianoClassical 2
6. Le Retour — —— PianoClassical 2
Menuet From L'arlesienne, Suite No. 2 — —— Organ, FluteClassical 3
1. Overture — —— Timpani, percussion, SaxophoneClassical 2
1. Marche des Contrebandiers — —— Timpani, percussionClassical 2
3. Seguidille — —— Timpani, percussionClassical 3
Coventry Carol — —— HarmonicaClassical 1
C'est toi — —— VoiceClassical 2
Euren Toast kann ich wohl erwiden — —— Low VoiceClassical 2
Enchanting Night Performed by Georges Bizet — —— VoiceClassical 2
S?guedille - Near the ramparts of Seville — —— PianoClassical 2
Je crois entendre from LE PECHEURS DE PERLES — —— VoiceClassical 2
Minuet, from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 — —— PianoClassical 2
Je n'en dirai rien — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Berceuse — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
L'esprit saint — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
L'Arlésienne: Suites 1 & 2 — —— —Classical 1
Tarantelle — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Pecheurs de Perles, Les — —— —Classical 1
Absence — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Songs of the Rhine, no. 6: The Return — —— —Classical 1
Chant d'amour — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Farandole: Piano Accompaniment — —— OrchestraClassical 2
Farandole: 1st B — —— OrchestraClassical 2
Farandole: 2nd B — —— OrchestraClassical 2

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 305420338. Portrait: Étienne Carjat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.