Essay Archive - George Bizek
George Bizek
Georges Bizet, who is best known for his opera, Carmen, has remained
somewhat of a mystery as far as his musical education, social life, and
personal life. He is not like so many other composers and musicians of the
Romantic Period who led a highly publicized life like Hector Berlioz, Peter
Ilyich Tchaikovsky, or Johannes Brahms. He spent his short life devoted to music
and he did not quite make it into the limelight like these other Romantic
composers. The most believable explanation for his obscurity would be the
lack of scandal in his life. He had a....
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