Bizet

[ bee-zey ]

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noun

Georges [zhaw, r, zh], Alexandre César Léopold, 1838–75, French composer, especially of opera.

Bizet

/ bizɛ; ˈbiːzeɪ /

BizetGeorges18381875MFrenchMUSIC: composer Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1838–75, French composer, whose works include the opera Carmen (1875) and incidental music to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (1872)

At the age of 20, Geneviève married the composer Georges Bizet, who was 30 at the time of the marriage.

It is almost incredible that another brain than Bizet's should have so marvellously caught the spirit and the mood of that music.

This admirable artist was later on destined to create Bizet's "Carmen."

"Be content with operatic Spain," and I hummed a melody of Bizet's.

Vast talents such as those of Bizet and Chabrier were making themselves felt.

Schumann's seductiveness also left its mark upon him, and he has felt the influence of Gounod, Bizet, and Wagner.

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