CD Listening Project 2
Written on December 2, 2009 – 7:40 pm | by Kent
Title of CD: Carmen
Composer: Georges Bizet
Piece: Habanera
Bizet was born at 26 rue de la Tour d’Auvergne in the 9th arrondissement of Paris in 1838. He was registered with the legal name Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, but he was baptised on 16 March 1840 with the first name Georges, and he was always known thereafter as Georges Bizet. His father Adolphe Armand Bizet (1810-86) was an amateur singer and composer, and his mother, Aimée Léopoldine Joséphine née Delsarte (1814-61), was the sister of the famous singing teacher François Delsarte.
The piece started off with the cello section repeating four same notes, then the whole orchestra started playing a D minor and as the piece goes on, it starts to get louder and louder. Then the orchestra started playing the chorus and the piece finished by a tercet.
I love this piece because I like the tune of this piece.
