149

Fugue

à quatre parties et à trois contre-sujets

114 bars

soprani, contralti, tenori, bassi

Composition: May 1854, written for the Conservatoire's concours de fugue. The subject was supplied by Auber.

Autograph scores:

F-Pn MS 447, acquired 1896. 26-stave paper, 2 f., (title page, 3 p. of music)

F-Pn MS 10592, gift of Mina Curtiss. 12-stave paper oblong, 6 f. (blank, 8 p. of music, 3 blanks). Heading on p. 1v:

'A. C. L.' refers to Bizet's official names on his birth certificate: Alexandre-César-Léopold.

Bibliography:

Wright 32
Lacombe 113

Lesley Wright, 'Bizet et le prix de Rome : de l'initiation à l'accomplissement', Le Concours du prix de Rome de musique (1803-1968) (Lyon, 2011), p. 529-548.