L'Arlésienne

The incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne (usually translated as 'The Girl from Arles') was composed by Georges Bizet for the first performance of the play in 1872. The music consisted of 27 numbers (some only a few bars) for voice, chorus and small orchestra. The numbers ranged from short solos to longer entr'actes. The music received poor reviews, and...
Read article at Wikipedia

Adapted From:

Also known as:

  • L'Arlesienne Suites,
  • L'Arlésienne Suites

Composer

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen. Bizet was born at 28 rue de la Tour d'Auvergne in the 9th arrondissement of Paris in 1838. He was registered with the legal name Alexandre César Léopold Bizet,...
Read article at Wikipedia

Composition

Compositional form:

Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, expose empty fields, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Flag this Topic
Why do you want to flag this topic?
Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "L'Arlésienne" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License .
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution