Gypsy Dance (Bizet)
Georges Bizet (arr. Alfred Reed)
Subtitle: From Carmen
General Info
Year: 1872 / 1997
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute III
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp or Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Carmen became Bizet’s most celebrated work, although the premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 3, 1875, was greeted by silence from its charter audience. Bizet died three months later, believing that his last opera had completely failed. By featuring smugglers, gypsies, factory girls, corporals, and cigarette smokers, Carmen violated the chastity and lightweight fare of the typical Opéra Comique productions. Despite its initial critiques, the quality of the music and the international “soap opera” appeal -- a tangled relationship amongst the beautiful, seductive Carmen, the army corporal Don José, and the famous matador Escamillo -- have continued to promote the work. Bizet’s portrayal of Spanish life and music, and his understanding of the gypsies is instinctive and real. Upon hearing it in Paris, Peter I Tchaikovsky announced, "In a few years Carmen will be the most popular opera in the world." With the 1875 Vienna production, just months after the disastrous Paris premiere, Carmen was on its way to fulfilling Tchaikovsky's prediction. Other major composers of Bizet’s era who praised Carmen were Brahms, Wagner, and Ravel.
- Program Note from University of Texas Wind Symphony concert program, 22 February 2017
Media
State Ratings
- Georgia: IV
- Tennessee: V
Performances
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- Callanwolde Concert Band (Decatur, Ga.) (Glenn Moore, conductor) – 29 September 2019
- Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore, Md.) Preparatory Wind Band (Karen Seward, conductor) – 12 May 2018
- Magee Wind Ensemble (Vancouver, B.C.) (Christopher Hass, conductor) – 20 December 2012
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)
- Carment Suite I (arr. Laughlin) (1875/2020)
- Carmen Suite II (arr. Laughlin) (1875/2020)
- 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)