Carmen Suite (arr Holbombe)

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (arr. Bill Holcombe and Bill Holcombe Jr.)

Subtitle: Woodwind Quartet

General Info

Year: 1863 / 1998
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Musicians Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $25.00

Movements

1. Prelude-Allegro vivo - 2:30
2. Habanera
3. Fantasia

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Bassoon (optional B-flat Bass Clarinet)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Includes Prelude, Habanera and Fantasia.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of North Carolina Charlotte Wind Ensemble Brass Ensemble (Shawn Smith, conductor) - 29 April 2021
• Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) Chamber Winds (Karrin Meffert-Nelson, conductor) - 6 December 2020
• Quatuor à vent Ad Libitum (France) – 20 May 2017

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

• Bizet, G.; Holcombe, B; Holcombe, B. Jr. (1998). Carmen Suite: [for] Woodwind Quartet [score]. Musicians Publications: West Trenton, N.J.