Bizet

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Hugh Macdonald (Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music, Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music, Washington University in St. Louis)

Bizet

Hugh Macdonald (Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music, Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music, Washington University in St. Louis)

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Oxford University Press
05 August 2014

Music; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); Opera; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

Series: Composers Across Cultures

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.

By: Hugh Macdonald (Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music Washington University in St. Louis)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 552g
ISBN: 9780199781560
ISBN 10: 0199781567
Series: Composers Across Cultures
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface List of Illustrations 1 1838 - 1857: Le Docteur Miracle 2 1858 - 1860: Don Procopio 3 1860 - 1863: Les Pêcheurs de perles 4 1864 - 1865: Ivan IV 5 1866 - 1867: La Jolie Fille de Perth 6 1868 - 1870: La Coupe du Roi de Thulé 7 1870 - 1872: Djamileh 8 1872 - 1873: Don Rodrigue 9 1873 - 1875: Carmen 10 1875 - 2013: Life After Death Appendices A. Calendar B. List of Works C. Personalia D. Select Bibliography Index

Hugh Macdonald is an acknowledged authority on French music, having edited the complete works of Berlioz (Barenreiter, 1967-2006) and a number of French operas. He has written books on Berlioz and Scriabin, and his recent Music in 1853: the Biography of a Year has been widely acclaimed. He is also active as a translator of opera and song for performance.

Reviews for Bizet

One of Professor Hugh Macdonald's declared aims is 'to set the composer in the context of French music of the Second Empire', and this spledid biography proves that there is no one better qualifies for the task BBC Music Magazine, Roger Nichols Long meditated and meticulously documented, Hugh Macdonald's critical biography of Bizet will surely have no trouble being acclaimed as the definitine work on its subject Rupert Christiansen, Literary Review