Composition:1-4 May 1857, written for the preliminary
concours of the Prix de
Rome. The subject was supplied by Ambroise Thomas.
Autograph scores:
1
Private collection. 2 f. (title page, 2 p.
music, blank)
dated at the end ce 4 mai
1857
2
F-Pn
MS 472(3), Malherbe bequest. 30-stave paper,
2 f. (title page, 3 p. of music), 353 x
270 mm.
dated at the end ce 4 Mai
1857
Bibliography:
Wright 70
Lacombe 170
Lesley Wright, 'Bias, Influence, and Bizet's Prix de
Rome', 19th Century Music, 15 (Spring 1992),
p. 215-228.
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.
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