# List of compositions by Georges Bizet

This is a list of musical works by the French composer Georges Bizet (1838–1875).

## List of works
### Stage works

Operas:
* La maison du docteur (The Physician's House), opéra comique, 1 act, (H. Boisseaux; composed either in 1852 or 1855; unperformed)
* Le docteur Miracle (Doctor Miracle, opérette, 1 act, (L. Battu & L. Halévy, after R.B. Sheridan; composed 1856; first performance: Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, 9 April 1857)
* Don Procopio, opéra bouffe, 2 acts, (C. Cambiaggio, after L. Prividali; composed 1858–59; first performance: Monte Carlo, 10 March 1906)
* La prêtresse (The Priestess), opérette, 1 act, (P. Gille; composed ca. 1861; unperformed)
* La guzla de l'émir (The Guzla of the Amir), opéra comique, (J. Barbier & M. Carré; composed ca. 1862; unperformed)
* Ivan IV, opéra, 5 acts, (F.-H. Leroy & H. Trianon; composed ca. 1862–65; first performance: Württemberg, Mühringen Castle, 1946)
* Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), opéra, 3 acts, (E. Cormon & M. Carré; composed 1863; first performance: Paris, Théâtre Lyrique, 30 September 1863)
* La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth), opéra, 4 acts, (J.-H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges & J. Adenis, after W. Scott); composed 1866; first performance: Paris, Théâtre Lyrique, 26 December 1867)
* Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (Marlbrough Goes to War), opérette, 4 acts, (P. Siraudin & W. Busnach; composed 1867, Act I only, lost; first performance: Paris, Théâtre de l'Athénée, 13 December 1867; the title was taken from the popular song "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre")
* La coupe du roi de Thulé (The Cup of the King of Thule), opéra, 3 acts, (L. Gallet & E. Blau; composed 1868–69, after his death the autograph full score was mutilated by various hands and only fragments remain; first performance: (excerpts) BBC Radio, 12 July 1955)
* Clarisse Harlowe, opéra comique, 3 acts, (Gille & A. Jaime, after S. Richardson; composed 1870–71, incomplete; unperformed)
* Grisélidis, opéra comique, 1 act, (V. Sardou; composed 1870–71, incomplete; unperformed)
* Djamileh, opéra comique, 1 act, (Gallet, after A. de Musset; composed 1871; first performance: Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart), 22 May 1872)
* Don Rodrigue, opéra, 5 acts, (Gallet & Blau, after G. de Castro y Bellvis; composed 1872, incomplete draft; unperformed)
* Carmen, opéra comique, 4 acts, (H. Meilhac & L. Halévy, after P. Mérimée; composed 1873–74; first performance: Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart), 3 March 1875)
Incidental music:
* L'Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles), incidental music, 3 acts (A. Daudet; composed 1872; first performance: Paris, Théâtre Vaudeville, 1 October 1872)

### Orchestral works

* Overture in A Minor/A Major (“Première Ouverture”), 1855
* Symphony in C Major, 1855
* Fantaisie symphonique in C Major (“Souvenirs de Rome”), 1868
* Ouverture dramatique “Patrie”, Op. 19, 1873
* Petite suite, orchestrations made by Bizet in 1872 of five movements from his Jeux d’enfants
* Scènes bohémiennes, an orchestral suite made by Bizet in 1874 from his opera La jolie fille de Perth
* Suite No. 1 from the above-listed incidental music for Daudet’s L’Arlésienne, compiled in 1872 by Bizet himself
* Suite No. 2 from L’Arlésienne, compiled by Guiraud in 1879 after Bizet’s death
* The two suites of music from Carmen were arranged by Ernest Guiraud, No. 1 in 1882 : Prélude—Aragonaise (Act IV Entr’acte)—Intermezzo (Act III Entr’acte)—Séguedille—Les dragons d’Alcalá (Act II Entr’acte)—Les toréadors, and No. 2 in 1887: Marche des contrebandiers—Habanera—Nocturne (Act III Air de Micaëla)—Chanson du toréador (Act II)—La garde montante (Act I)—Danse bohème

### Works for chorus and orchestra

* Clovis et Clotilde (cantata), 1857
* Te Deum, 1858
* Ode Symphony Vasco de Gama, 1859–60

### Songs

(words by / year composed)
* L'âme triste est pareille au doux ciel (Lamartine)
* Petite Marguerite (Olivier Rolland, 1854)
* La rose et l'abeille (Rolland, 1854)
* La foi, l'esperance et la charité (de Lagrave, 1854))
* Vieille chanson (Millevoye, 1865)
* Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe (Hugo, 1866)
* Apres l'hiver (Hugo, 1866)
* Douce mer (Lamartine, 1866)
* Chanson d'avril (Bouilhet, 1866)
* Feuilles d'album (1866): "À une fleur" (de Musset), "Adieux à Suzon" (de Musset), "Sonnet" (Ronsard), "Guitare" (Hugo), "Rose d'amour" (Millevoye), "Le grillon" (Lamartine)
* Pastorale (Regnard, 1868)
* Rêve de la bien-aimée (de Courmont, 1868; dedicated to Léontine de Maësen)
* Ma vie a son secret (Arvers, 1868)
* Berceuse (Desbordes-Valmore, 1868)
* La chanson du fou (Hugo, 1868)
* La coccinelle (Hugo, 1868)
* La sirène (Mendès, 1868)
* Le doute (Ferrier, 1868)
* L'esprit saint
* Absence (Gautier)
* Chant d'amour (Lamartine)
* Tarentelle (Pailleron)
* Vous ne priez pas (Casamir Delavigne)
* Le colibri (Flan, 1868)
* Sérénade 'Oh, quand je dors' (Hugo)
* Vœu (Hugo, 1868)
* Voyage, Aubade, La nuit, Conte, Aimons, rêvons!, La chanson de la rose, Le Gascon, N'oublions pas!, Si vous aimez!, Pastel, l'abandonnée (these songs are from unidentified unfinished dramatic works)

### Works for piano

* Nocturne in F major
* Variations chromatiques de concert (Chromatic Variations in Concert; orchestrated by Felix Weingartner in 1933)
* Caprice in C♯ minor
* Caprice in C major
* Chasse fantastique (The Fantastic Hunt)
* Romance sans paroles (Romance Without Words) in C major
* Thème brilliant in C
* Valse in C major
* Trois esquisses musicales (Three Musical Sketches)
* Grande valse de concert in E♭
* Marine
* Nocturne in D major
* Impromptu in E-flat Major (Ends in E-Flat Minor)
* Moment Musicaux in F Minor (Ends in F Major)
* Chants du Rhin (Songs of the Rhine)
* Four préludes
* Chansons-Mélodies Romances sans Paroles: Chanson d'Avril, Extase, Méditation : Souvenir de l'Arlésienne
* Venise : Romance sans Paroles
* Jeux d'enfants (Children's Games) 12 pieces for piano duet
* L'escarpolette (The Swing, Rêverie)
* La toupie (The Top, Impromptu)
* La poupée (The Doll, Berceuse)
* Les chevaux de bois (The Hobby-horses, Scherzo)
* Le volant (Battledore and Shuttlecock, Fantasy)
* Trompette et tambour (Trumpet and Drum, March)
* Les bulles de savon (Soap Bubbles, Rondo)
* Les quatre coins (Puss in the Corner, Esquisse)
* Colin-maillard (Blind Man's Bluff, Nocturne)
* Saute-mouton (Leap-frog, Caprice)
* Petit mari, petite femme (Little Husband, little wife, Duo)
* Le bal (The Ball, Gallop)

### Transcriptions

* Version for solo piano of Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2
* Version for solo piano of the opera “Don Giovanni” by Mozart

### Completions of others' works

* Fromental Halévy – Noé, opéra, 3 acts (Saint-Georges; composed 1858–62 and left unfinished at Halévy's death; completed by Bizet; first performance Karlsruhe, 5 April 1885)