Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet composed the incidental music for Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne, which was performed beginning in October, 1872. Bizet wrote several folk-like themes for the music but also incorpo...

Bizet (1838 - 1875) - the French composer - died at the age of 36. 'Carmen' was first performed three months before his death and has become one of the most popular operas in the world today. It has b...

Easy arrangement: Hans Günter Heumann

The Chants du Rhin (Songs of the Rhine) is a cycle of six dreamy miniatures based on poems by Joseph Méry and composed in 1865. The songs are grouped symmetrically around the central "La bohémienne,"...