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    This document provides information about George Bizet's L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, including the instrumentation, composer, and arranger. It discusses Bizet's background and success as a composer. It also provides biographical information about the arranger, Martin Tousignant. Finally, it describes the music and movements within L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1.

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    This document provides information about George Bizet's L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, including the instrumentation, composer, and arranger. It discusses Bizet's background and success as a composer. It also provides biographical information about the arranger, Martin Tousignant. Finally, it describes the music and movements within L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1.

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    This document provides information about George Bizet's L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, including the instrumentation, composer, and arranger. It discusses Bizet's background and success as a composer. It also provides biographical information about the arranger, Martin Tousignant. Finally, it describes the music and movements within L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1.

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    The document provides biographical details about French composer George Bizet and discusses his incidental music L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, including its movements. It also includes information about the arranger Martin Tousignant.

    George Bizet was a French composer born in 1838 who showed early musical talent. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and won the Prix de Rome in 1857. His best known work is the opera Carmen, though he died before it achieved widespread success. The document discusses his education, career highlights and relationships with other composers.

    L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 is incidental music Bizet composed after a play failed. It has four movements - a Prelude introducing Provencal folk music, two love songs, a light Minuetto and a tender Adagietto. The movements depict scenes from the play. Gustav Mahler was influenced by the Adagietto movement.

    Grade 5

    L’Arlésienne
    Suite No. 1

    George Bizet, composer


    Martin Tousignant, arranger

    Instrumentation
    Full Score Bb Trumpet 1
    Flute 1 & 2 Bb Trumpet 2
    Flute 3 Bb Trumpet 3
    Oboe F Horn 1 & 2
    Cor Anglais (Oboe) F Horn 3 & 4
    Clarinet 1 Trombone 1
    Clarinet 2 Trombone 2
    Clarinet 3 Bass Trombone
    Bass Clarinet TC Euphonium
    Bassoon 1 & 2 BC Euphonium
    Alto Saxophone 1 Tuba
    Alto Saxophone 2 Double Bass
    Tenor Saxophone Harp
    Baritone Saxophone Vibraphone
    Tambourine
    Timpani
    About&the&Composer&
    !
    George& Bizet! (1838! &! 1875)! ! Aimee! Delsarte! gave! birth! to! Adolphe! Bizet’s! only! son!
    Georges!on!25!October!1838.! ! Both!accomplished!musicians,!they!encouraged!his!rapid!
    development.! ! At! the! age! of! 9,! Bizet’s! music! theory! and! sight&singing! skills! rivaled!
    even!Mozart‘s,!gaining!him!the!earliest!possible!admission!to!the!Paris!Conservatory!in!
    1848! (the! minimum! age! was! 10).! ! ! He! proved! an! outstanding! theory,! counterpoint,!
    composition,!and!piano!student,!winning!1st!prize!for!solfege!in!1849,!1st!prize!for!piano!
    in! 1852,! then! winning! the! Prix! de! Rome! for! composition! in! 1857.! ! Besides! teaching!
    solfege!at!the!Conservatory,!he!earned!extra!income!by!arranging!piano!transcriptions!
    of! operas! and! orchestral! works.! ! When! Gounod! hired! him! to! transcribe! his! D&minor!
    symphony! (1855)! for! piano,! Bizet! quickly! wrote! his! own! C&major! symphony! which!
    owed!much!to!Gounod’s!work!yet!transcended!its!limitations.! ! Not!wanting!to!invoke!
    Gounod‘s! wrath,! Bizet! forbid! the! symphony! be! performed! or! published! during! his!
    lifetime.! ! Gounod!became!bitterly!jealous!anyway,!opposing!Bizet!at!every!turn,!even!
    claiming! that! Carmen! was! not! really! his! work!! ! At! any! rate! it! only! gained! wider!
    recognition!after!Bizet!died!of!a!heart!attack!on!3!Jun!1875.! ! ! Gounod!finally!admitted!
    his! jealousy! at! the! funeral,! and! cleared! the! way! to! a! highly! successful! posthumous!
    revival.!
    !
    Bizet’s! composition! teacher! Fromental! Halevy! remained! friendly,! enough! so! that! he!
    married!his!younger!daughter!Genevieve!on!3!June!1869.! ! She!gave!birth!to!their!only!
    son!Jacques!on!10!July!1872.! ! Jules!Massenet!also!recognized!Bizet’s!musical!excellence,!
    and! helped! obtain! the! 1874! Carmen! commission.! ! ! Massenet! also! recognized! the!
    excellent! incidental! music! to! L’Arlesienne! and! convinced! the! publisher! Choudens! to!
    issue!the!orchestral!suite!transcribed!here.
    !
    About&the&Arranger&

    Martin Charles Tousignant (1965- ) moved to L’Anse, Michigan USA


    as a young boy and began piano lessons at age 6. He began playing
    tuba and euphonium at age 12 and developed quickly enough to join the
    Michigan All-State Honors Band on tuba by age 16. He married Jana
    Ennis of Northport, Michigan in 1987, then began music studies at
    Central Michigan University (1988-1990). Jana’s teaching job in South
    Dakota led him to a magna cum laude music degree from Northern State
    University (Aberdeen, South Dakota) in 1992. After two years of
    teaching, he joined the US Army as a tuba player in 1994 and remained
    there until 2000. In 2001 he moved to Herndon, Virginia and became a
    mail carrier while playing tuba in Army National Guard and community bands. In 2009 he
    returned to the US Army as a tuba player on a 3-year leave of absence from the US Postal
    Service.
    About&the&Music&
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    L’Arlesienne&Suite&No.&1&
    !
    Bizet’s! incidental! music! to! L’Arlesienne! rose! from! the! ashes! of! Daudet’s! failed! play! after! he!
    compiled!an!orchestral!suite!within!days!of!its!demise!in!October!1872.! ! The!opening!Prelude!
    uses!the!ancient!Provencal!“March!of!the!Three!Kings”!to!set!the!scene,!then!cuts!to!a!demure!
    love!song!played!by!the!alto!saxophone.! ! A!turbulent!second!love!song!interrupts!to!close!the!
    movement.! ! The! light,! Gallic! Minuetto! served! as! an! interlude! between! acts! III! and! IV.! ! The!
    Adagietto! depicts! a! tender! reunion! between! now&aged! young! sweethearts,! and! ! Mahler’s!
    Adagietto! (Symphony! No.! 5)! owes! much! to! Bizet.! ! The! closing! Carillon! depicts! a! wedding!
    celebration,! interrupted! by! the! old! woman! sweetheart’s! reminiscence! of! former! romance.! ! As!
    usual!I!have!scored!the!wind!band!sparingly!except!in!climactic!passages,!in!order!to!maximize!
    clarity,!and!have!not!sought!to!imitate!the!orchestral!scoring!per!se.!
    !
    The!editor!suggests!playing!Farandole!as!an!encore!after!L’Arlésienne!Suite!No.!1.!
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    Works by Martin Tousignant

    In BandMusic PDF Library

    1812 Overture
    Alte Kameraden
    Berliner Luft
    Falcon March
    L’Arlésienne Suite 1
    Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
    Lights Out
    Razzazza Mazzazza
    St. Julien
    Zampa Overture

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