Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1408429
Composed by Georges Bizet. Arranged by Dan Jones www.danjonesguitarist.com. 19th Century,Classical,Opera. 21 pages. DanJonesGuitarist #991016. Published by DanJonesGuitarist (A0.1408429).
Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle)
by Georges Bizet. Arranged for Four Guitars by Dan Jones
www.danjonesguitarist.com
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L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Love is a rebellious Bird) or Habanera is one of opera's most popular arias. The melody was actually written by the Spanish musician Sebastián Iradier. Bizet mistakenly believed it to be a folk melody but was quick to credit the original author upon being informed of its origin.  Iradier had a gift for creating popular melodies as he also wrote the beautiful La Paloma.Â
This arrangement employs a variety of timbres and the full range of the instruments. Guitars 3 & 4 are tuned to D and Guitar 1 has the option of playing up to a high A (fret 17), although this passage is equally effective played an octave lower (see note in score).
- I have provided a score with notes and TAB, a score with notes only (to facilitate directors' page turns) and all parts with notes and TAB or just notes.
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I hope you enjoy playing Habanera as much as I have enjoyed arranging and performing it.