Description: Today, Georges Bizet is most immediately recognized as the composer of the acclaimed opera Carmen. In the new Master Musicians edition of Bizet, author Hugh Macdonald takes an in-depth look at the composer's entire life and oeuvre. Featuring the latest in Bizet scholarship, including previously unknown pieces discovered by Macdonald while assembling the first comprehensive catalogue of the composer's work, this biography reveals the true extent of Bizet's work as an arranger and transcriber as well as his considerable influence on his contemporaries.
Review Quotes: "Macdonald has an enviable talent for switching seamlessly between anecdote, history, politics, and focused attention to musical detail..." - Notes