OR Daudet's play of Provencal life 1 L'Arlésienne. Bizet contributed a large amount of very attractive music. This was later put together for concert purposes m the form of two Suites, of which this is the first.
It has four Movements :—
(1) Prelude. A stirring rhythmic, March - like piece, based on an old Provencal folk-tune; (2) Minuet. A pleasant dance tune; (3) Adagietto. A very short piece for Strings alone. In the play it accompanies the passage where two old lovers meet, after half a century of absence from one another; (4) Carillon. A simple little three-note bell tune pervades the piece. There is
? a short, contrasting middle section; otherwise, the three-note tune is heard throughout. The piece is played during the celebration of a betrothal.