What was the name of the composer Bizet? Many scholars immediately answer: Georges. This is true, and not quite. The name Georges the great musician received at baptism, and in fact his name was Alexander Cesar Leopold.
Childhood and early years
The future composer Bizet was born on October 25, 1838.years in the capital of France, Paris. His father, Adolphe Bizet, earned his living by hairdressing and directly by making wigs. A little later, Adolf began to give music lessons, although he had no primary education in the field of art. Georges' mother, Aime, worked as a pianist, and her brother Francois Delsarth became famous as a talented singer and vocal teacher who performed at the courtyards of Louis Philippe and Napoleon III. Georges was the only child in the family. From an early age he learned to play the piano with his mother, demonstrating tremendous abilities, and already on October 9, 1848, two weeks before the tenth birthday, he entered the Paris Conservatory of Music. In this educational institution the talented young man composed his first known compositions.
Musical career
In November 1855, at the age of seventeen,The young composer Bizet wrote the first symphony as homework. Until 1933, it remained unknown and was subsequently accidentally discovered in the archives of the library of the Paris Conservatory. For the first time this symphony was played in 1935, and it instantly gained universal recognition as a masterpiece written by a young, but capable and spiritual musician.
In the following years, the young composer participatedin various creative competitions, seeking to win cash prizes and prestigious prizes, and eventually won the competition authors of the opera, hosted by Offenbach. First place and a prize of 1200 francs Georges shared with Charles Lecoq. In several other competitions, the already well-known composer Bizet won an impressive grant for which he lived comfortably for the next five years. Of these, he spent the first two years in Rome, a year in Germany, and the last two years in Paris.
In the prime of life
В июле 1860 года, после того как Жорж покинул Рим and still traveled around Italy, he had the idea to write a symphony of four parts, in which each piece would represent the musical embodiment of the Italian city - Rome, Venice, Florence and Naples, respectively. However, in the same year, the composer Bizet learned that his mother was seriously ill, and was forced to finish Italian travels. In September 1860 he returned to Paris; a year later, the musician's mother passed away. Only in 1866, he finally wrote the first version of the finished symphony. Until 1871, he corrected his musical composition in every possible way - and he died suddenly, without having managed to bring the creation inspired by Italy to its ideal. In 1880 it was published under the title "Roman Symphony".
What is actually famous for Bizet-composer?Carmen, an opera based on the novel of the same name by the French writer Prosper Merimet, became his most significant and famous work. The main role was intended by the musician for mezzo-soprano. The author wrote most of the opera in the summer of 1873, but it remained unfinished until the end of the next, in 1874. Probably due to problems in his personal life and parting with his wife for two whole months. Although the listeners initially did not warmly accept Carmen, it remains the best work of Bizet.
Personal life
The composer Bizet married his daughterof the late teacher, Genevieve Halevy, June 3, 1869. When the Franco-Prussian war began in July of the following year, the musician, like many of his creative compatriots, joined the French National Guard. Because of the war and the post-war chaos, Georges suspended work on many works. On July 10, 1871, Genevieve gave birth to George the first and only child - a son named Jacques.
Death
Composer Bizet, whose biography is onToday is known to every professional musician, died of a heart attack at the age of thirty-six. It was rumored that Eli-Miriam Delabord, allegedly the illegitimate son of Charles-Valentin Alkan, could have been indirectly guilty of George's death, since shortly before the death of the last two men had a swimming competition, after which Bizet had a bad cold and came down with fever. At that time, even murder and suicide were suspected, as the composer left a wound similar to a gunshot on his left. Historians, however, believe that it looked like a lymph node, which, due to severe illness and a heart attack, swelled and broke. Bizet died on the sixth anniversary of his own marriage, exactly three months after the first performance of "Carmen". His death came suddenly just when he began to find his own "adult", unique style. Georges Bizet was buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris next to the equally famous musicians Chopin and Rossini.
