Aragonaise, from Carmen (violin duo)

Title: Aragonaise, from the opera Carmen

Composer: Georges Bizet, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violins

Printout: 6 pages

Note: The Aragonaise serves as the entr’acte to Act IV in Bizet’s operatic masterpiece, Carmen. It is a musical portrayal of the streets of Seville just prior to a bullfight. It’s driving 3/8 rhythms are characteristically Spanish, but the treatment is thoroughly Bizet.

The Aragonaise is also available at considerable savings in the Bargain Bundle Carmen, Selected Highlights for two violins, Set 1 (violin duo).