Carmen Suite (tr Buckley)
Georges Bizet (arr. Ernest Guiraud; trans. Lewis J Buckley)
Subtitle: Selected Movements from Carmen Suites 1 and 2
General Info
Year: 1875 / 2018
Duration: c. 16:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Cimarron Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00; (digital) - $150.00
Movements
1. Les Toréadors
2. Habanera
3. La Garde Mantante
4. Nocturne
5. Danse Boheme
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a eponymous novella by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences. Carmen has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the Habanera from act 1 and the Toreador Song from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias.
The opera is written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous torero Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage. The depictions of proletarian life, immorality, and lawlessness, and the tragic death of the main character on stage, broke new ground in French opera and were highly controversial.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Texas: IV and V. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Lexington, Mass). (Louis J. Buckley, conductor) – 5 May 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Carmen Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Park) (1875/2017)
- Children's Chorus from "Carmen Suite" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1875/2017)
- Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kataoka) (1872/2014)
- Habañera (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (19875/2016)
All Wind Works
- Adagietto (Brass Quintet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagietto (Clarinet Quartet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagietto (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagietto (Woodwind Quartet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagio from Bizet Symphony (arr. Brand)
- Andante (arr. Van Der Beek)
- Au fond du temple saint (arr. Johnson) (1863/2017)
- Carmen (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1875/2000)
- A Carmen Celebration (arr. Cacavas) (1875/2010)
- Carmen Fantasia (arr. Hunsberger) (1875/2004)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Ito) (1875/2009)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Sostac) (1875/2011)
- Carmen Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Park) (1875/2017)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Suzuki) (1875/2001)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Tobani and Kent) (1875/1947)
- Carmen: Habanera (arr. Zugrov) (1875/2015)
- Carmen Highlights (arr. Williams) (1875)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Bullock) (1875/1983)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Guirard; tr. Buckley) (1875/2018)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Holcombe and Holcombe Jr.) (1875/1998)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Sheen) (1875/1991)
- Carmen Symphony (tr. Serebrier; ed. Patterson) (1875)
- Children's Chorus from "Carmen Suite" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1875/2017)
- Duet from "The Pearl Fishers" (arr. de Meij) (1875/2016)
- Farandole (arr. Bocook) (1872/2002)
- Farandole (1872/1988)
- Farandole (arr. Daehn) (1872)
- Farandole (arr. Iasilli) (1872/1936)
- Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kataoka) (1872/2014)
- Farandole (arr. Schaefer) (1872)
- Farandole (arr. Longfield) (1872/1993)
- Flower Song from “Carmen” (arr. Harding) (1875)
- Gypsy Dance (arr. Reed) (1872/1997)
- Habañera (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (19875/2016)
- Habañera from "Carmen" (trans. Odom) (1875)
- Jeux d'enfants (arr. Di Scala)
- Intermezzo (arr. Sharp) (1875/2002)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 (arr. Finck) (1932)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 (arr. Laurendeau) (1905)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (arr. Finck; tr. Duthoit) (1872/1932)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (tr. C. Godfrey; ed. McAlister and Reed) (1872/2002)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (arr. Sorlin) (1872/2005)
- Minisuite from Carmen (arr. Marlatt) (1875)
- Minuet from "L’Arlésienne Suite" (arr. Walko) (1872/)
- Music from Carmen (arr. Saucedo) (1875)
- Open Thy Heart (arr. Glover) (1859/2014)
- Overture to "The Pearl Fishers" (arr. Cailliet) (1863/1956)
- Pastorale and Intermezzo (arr. Lake) (1924)
- Petite Suite: Jeux d'Enfants (arr. Brand) (1871/1999)
- Selections from Bizet’s Carmen
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Dunnigan) (1875/2021)
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Musser) (1875/1941)
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Safranek) (1875/1912)
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Sharp) (1875)
- Selections from "The Pearl Fishers" (arr. Lake) (1875/1921)
- Suite: Jeux d'Enfants (arr. Brand). See: Petite Suite: Jeux d'Enfants
- Suite from "Carmen" (arr. Curnow) (1875)
- Suite from "Carmen" (arr. D. Godfrey) (1875/1915)
- Toreador Song (arr. Barnes) (1875/1988)
- Toreador Song (arr. Barrow) (1875/1976)
- Two Bizet Pieces (arr. Frackenpohl)
- Votre Toast (arr. Cray) (1875)
Resources
- Carmen, Wikipedia Accessed 16 September 2020
- Perusal score