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Bizet (Hardcover)
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Bizet (Hardcover)
Series: Master Musicians Series
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Today Georges Bizet is most immediately recognized as the composer
of the acclaimed opera Carmen. One of the most frequently performed
operas for over a century, Carmen explores concepts such as the
femme fatale and murderous jealousy with vivacity, color, and a
wealth of melody. Yet it is only one act in Bizet's story. In
Bizet, renowned musicologist Hugh Macdonald goes beyond the
composer's most famous opera to take an in-depth look at his entire
life and oeuvre. In so doing, Macdonald identifies a number of
previously unknown pieces by Bizet, assembling the first
comprehensive catalogue of the composer's work. Incorporating these
little-known pieces with a thorough reading of primary sources,
Macdonald considers the latest in Bizet scholarship to create a
complete biography of the composer. Revealing the true extent of
Bizet's work as arranger and transcriber, Macdonald sheds light on
the composer's complex relationships with his contemporaries, and
traces the strange misrepresentation of Bizet's work by French
publishers and opera houses in the 1880s, when Carmen rose to
worldwide popularity ten years after the composer's early death.
The first biography of Bizet in the Master Musicians series in
nearly four decades, Bizet will be essential reading for students
and scholars of nineteenth-century opera, as well as for Carmen
devotees and opera fans.
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