Séguedille, from Carmen (violin duo)

Title: Séguedille, from the opera Carmen

Composer: Georges Bizet, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violins

Printout: 4 pages

Note: When he began working on the score for Carmen, Bizet set out to study Spanish folk music in order to give the opera an authentic feel. This aria is based on Spanish idioms, though it is not in itself a Spanish work. Carmen sings the Séguedille at the end of Act I when, having been arrested for violently attacking a co-worker at the cigarette factory, she persuades Don José to allow her to escape, enticing him with hints of future intimacy. Not your average operatic heroine, Carmen.

This work is also available in the Bargain Bundle Carmen, Selected Highlights for two violins, Set 1.