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[[File:Daudet_&_Bizet.jpg|thumb|450px|{{center|Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) and Georges Bizet (1838–1875)}}]]
'''''L'Arlésienne''''' is [[incidental music]] composed by [[Georges Bizet]] for [[Alphonse Daudet]]'s [[L'Arlésienne (short story)|drama of the same name]], usually translated as ''The Girl from [[Arles]].'' It was first performed on 30 September 1872 at the [[Théâtre du Vaudeville]] in Paris.<ref name=Macdonald/> Bizet's original incidental music consists of 27 numbers for chorus and small orchestra, ranging from pieces of background music (mélodrames) only a few measures long, to [[entr'acte]]s.<ref name=Macdonald/> The score achieves powerful dramatic ends with the most economic of means.<ref>[[Winton Dean|Dean, Winton]], ''Bizet.'' London, J M Dent & Sons, 1978.</ref> Still, the work received poor reviews in the wake of the unsuccessful premiere and is not often performed now in its original form, although recordings are available. However, key pieces of the incidental music, most often heard in the form of two [[Suite (music)|suites]] for full orchestra, have become some of Bizet's most popular compositions.

==History==
===Composition history===
In July 1872, [[Léon Carvalho]], the new director of the [[Théâtre du Vaudeville]], having previously collaborated with Bizet in producing his operas [[The Pearl Fishers]] (1863) and [[La jolie fille de Perth|The Fair Maid of Perth]] (1867) at the [[Théâtre Lyrique]], commissioned him to write music for his new venture&mdash;''[[L'Arlésienne (short story)|L'Arlésienne]]'', a play by Alphonse Daudet.<ref name=Macdonald/> Although the drama was based on the author's short story of the same name, first published in the newspaper ''L'Événement'' (''The Event'', 1866), and later in his collection ''Lettres de mon moulin'' (''[[Letters from My Windmill]]'', 1869), the plot was originally inspired by a real event: the suicide of a nephew of writer [[Frédéric Mistral]] as a consequence of ''amour fou''.<ref name=Macdonald/> Carvalho planned to relieve the bleak tragedy of this "rustic drama" by presenting the play with music and choruses.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> "The piece is a little too sombre for my theatre," said Carvalho, "but I think the music will be a powerful attraction and it will soften somewhat the cruelty of the play."<ref name=Hale/> However, there was some risk in this approach, as this genre ("mélodrame") was in decline.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref>

'''''L'Arlésienne''''', '''incidental music, Op. 23 (1872)'''

[[File:Bizet L'Arlésienne No 1 Prélude, manuscript.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The first page of Bizet's manuscript of ''L'Arlésienne'' in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b550008339/f7.item]. The column on the left lists the&nbsp;26 instrumentalists of the premiere production.]]
Bizet composed 27&nbsp;numbers for the five act play, which was presented in three acts and five scenes.<ref name=Macdonald/> Half of the numbers, mostly mélodrames, are quite short (under 20&nbsp;measures) and are designed to be performed as background music for spoken drama. On the other hand, seven numbers, including the Prélude, four entr'actes (later known as the Pastorale, Intermezzo, Minuetto, and Carillon), one longer mélodrame (the Adagietto) and the Farandole, are both distinctive and lengthy enough to stand on their own outside of their stage setting.

The drama is set on the [[Rhône]] river, in [[Camargue]], south of [[Arles]], in southwestern [[Provence]]. To help give the composition Provençal color, Bizet used three existing tunes from a folk/traditional music collection found in the book ''Lou&nbsp;Tambourin, Istori de l'Estrumen Prouvençau'' (''The&nbsp;Tambourin'', [[Avignon]], 1864) by writer and tambourinaire [[François Vidal]]:<ref name=Macdonald/>

* № 3: ''Danso dei Chivau-Frus'' (''Dance of the Frisky Horses'')[https://archive.org/details/loutambourinist00vidagoog/page/n256/mode/2up]&mdash;a brisk tune scored by Bizet for flute, piccolo, and [[tambourin]] (a Provençal drum); combined ingeniously with March of the Kings in the [[Farandole]] in Act&nbsp;3 at the climax of the drama.
* № 7: ''Èr dóu Guet''[https://archive.org/details/loutambourinist00vidagoog/page/n258/mode/2up]&mdash;an "air provençal" heard in the form of a brief [[berceuse]] in a mélodrame (No. 13) in Act&nbsp;2.
* № 31: ''Marcho dei Rèi'' (''[[The March of the Kings|March of the Kings]]'')[https://archive.org/details/loutambourinist00vidagoog/page/n268/mode/2up]&mdash;a Provençal Christmas carol from [[Avignon]] celebrating the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] and the [[Three Kings]]; also identified as ''Marche de Turenne'', supposedly composed by [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] some 200 years earlier; quoted five times at the beginning of the Overture in different harmonizations and orchestrations; reappears in the form of a chorus in Act&nbsp;3.

The premiere took place on 30 September 1872 in the Théâtre du Vaudeville.<ref name=Macdonald/> Bizet's music is scored for a chorus of 24&nbsp;singers and an orchestra of only 26&nbsp;players.<ref name=Macdonald/> Bizet played the harmonium (alternately with his publisher, [[Antony Choudens]], and associate, [[Ernest Guiraud]]) backstage at the theater in support of the chorus.<ref name=Hale/> Production was rushed as the play was staged as a last-minute replacement for another play (Robert Halt's ''Madame Frainex''<ref name="Hale">[[Philip Hale|Hale, Philip]], ''Historical and Descriptive Notes'' for the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]'s 35th season (1915–1916)[http://cdm15982.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PROG/id/167008]</ref>), which had been banned by the censors, and the audience was less than favourably disposed to the new play.<ref name=mph>Robinson, Bradford, ''L'Arlésienne (complete stage music)'' {{Cite web |url=http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/374.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-11-09 |archive-date=2012-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607001226/http://www.musikmph.de/musical_scores/vorworte/374.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The premiere was a failure and the production closed after 19 performances.<ref name=Macdonald/> Daudet later bitterly remarked: "It was a resounding flop amid the prettiest music in the world, silk and velvet costumes, and comic opera scenery. I&nbsp;came out of there discouraged, still hearing the silly laughter caused by the emotional scenes." "It was clear from the beginning that a drama of passion from the Camargue would not appeal to the sophisticated tastes of the Paris boulevards."
 
'''''L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1''''', '''Op. 23<sup>bis</sup> (1872)'''

Bizet was assured that the best numbers from the incidental music, arranged for a full symphony orchestra, would be successful in the concert hall.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> He planned a five movement suite as follows: 1. Prélude, 2. Carillon, 3. Adagietto, 4. Minuetto, 5. Final (unidentified number).<ref name=Macdonald/> Later he exchanged the positions of the 2nd&nbsp;and 4th&nbsp;numbers and abandoned the final one, leaving a four movement orchestral suite:<ref name=Macdonald/>
#Prélude
#Minuetto
#Adagietto
#Carillon
The order of the movements does not correspond precisely with that of the incidental music, but conforms rather to the character and tempo conventions of a short symphony.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> The Prélude and Adagietto closely resemble their original versions except for their expanded instrumentation. The Adagietto, previously scored for muted string quartet,<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> particularly benefits from its new massed, but muted, string sonority. The  main difference in the Minuetto is a six bar addition to its coda.<ref name=Macdonald/> The Carillon, on the other hand, is considerably enlarged by the addition of the andantino that framed the Adagietto, followed by a shortened repeat of the opening section. Thus the movement now has an ABA form.

The original title of the new work was ''L'Arlésienne, Suite d'Orchestre'', but after the appearance of a second suite, it would be known as ''L'Arlésienne, 1<sup>re</sup>&nbsp;Suite d'Orchestre'' (''L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1'').<ref name=Macdonald>[[Hugh Macdonald (musicologist)|Macdonald, Hugh]], ''[http://digital.wustl.edu/bizet/ The Bizet Catalog]''</ref> It was first performed on 10 November 1872 under [[Jules Pasdeloup]] of the [[Pasdeloup Orchestra|Concerts populaires]]<ref name=Macdonald/> in the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] with great success. The Minuetto had to be encored, and the Adagietto was almost accorded the same honor.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref>

'''''L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2''''' '''(1879)'''

''L'Arlésienne Suite No.&nbsp;1'' became so popular that the publisher [[Antony Choudens|Choudens]] commissioned a second set, ''L'Arlésienne, 2<sup>me</sup> Suite d'Orchestre'', in 1879, four years after Bizet's untimely death.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> His friend [[Ernest Guiraud]] is claimed to have arranged the other three large scale movements and, adding an extraneous number (the Minuet), assembled a second four movement suite as follows:<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref>
#Pastorale
#Intermezzo
#Minuet
#Farandole
The choral parts of the Pastorale were arranged for orchestra. This two part movement takes an ABA form, like the Carillon movement, by a repeat of the opening (Andante sostenuto assai) music. The Intermezzo has a 12 measure addition based on the central (Allegro moderato) theme inserted 4 bars before the end.<ref name=Macdonald/> The Minuet was taken from ''Scènes bohémiennes'', a suite of material originally composed for Bizet's 1866 opera ''[[La jolie fille de Perth]]''.<ref name=Macdonald/> The Farandole (the name of a [[Farandole|Provençal dance]]) is a condensation of two numbers of the incidental music – № 22: Final, and № 23: Entr’acte and Chorus. The choruses in these numbers were either omitted (the former) or arranged for orchestra (the latter).

Although the arrangements in ''L'Arlésienne Suite No.&nbsp;2'' are assumed to be Guiraud's work (his name is not mentioned in any scores)<ref name=Macdonald/> and the composition is clearly not as unified as the first suite, it contains a large proportion of inspired Bizet material, and is therefore generally credited to Bizet. The first performance of ''L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2'' took place on 21 March 1880 when Jules Pasdeloup again led the orchestra of the Concerts populaires.<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref>

'''''L'Arlésienne''''', '''incidental music (1885/86)'''

The popularity of Bizet's music for ''L'Arlésienne'' was undoubtedly one of the factors prompting a later reappraisal of the original drama, and on 5 May 1885, a revival took place at the [[Théâtre de l'Odéon]] in Paris. Although the play was again received coldly initially,<ref name=Hale/> the success of this production resulted in a subsequent run of over 400 performances.<ref name=Macdonald/> A new version of the score for full orchestra was used, in which numbers from the suites, now expanded both in content and instrumentation, replaced the original small ensemble orchestrations of the 1872 version.<ref name=Macdonald/> The remaining numbers retained their original orchestrations, and a few numbers were either omitted, duplicated, truncated, or exchanged positions.<ref name=Macdonald/>

===Performance history===
'''''L'Arlésienne''''', '''incidental music'''
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!style="width:20%;"|Personnel
!style-"width:20%;"|Role
!style="width:30%;"|1872 Premiere
!style="width:30%;"|1885 Revival
|-
|rowspan=3|{{center|Production}}
|Director
|[[Léon Carvalho]]
|[[Paul Porel]]
|-
|Designer
|[[Charles-Antoine Cambon]]<br>[[Philippe Chaperon]]<br>Jean-Louis Chéret<br>[[Auguste Rubé]]
|[[Philippe Chaperon]]<br>{{interlanguage link|Marcel Jambon|fr}}<br>Alfred Lemeunier<br>[[Auguste Rubé]]
|-
|Conductor
|Marc Constantin
|[[Édouard Colonne]]
|-
|rowspan=12|{{center|Cast}}
|Francet
|Ernest Cornaglia
|Ernest Cornaglia
|-
|Frédéri
|Abel
|Albert Lambert
|-
|Balthazar
|Jean-Auguste Parade
|[[Paul Mounet]]
|-
|Marc
|Colson
|
|-
|Mitifio
|Régnier
|Arthur Rebel
|-
|L'équipage
|Pierre Lacroix
|
|-
|Un valet
|Moisson
|
|-
|Rose
|[[Anaïs Fargueil]]
|Aimée Tessandier
|-
|Renaude
|Clémence Alexis
|Irma Crosnier
|-
|L'Innocent
|Morand
|Léonie Yahne
|-
|Vivette
|[[Julia Bartet]]
|[[Zélie Hadamard]]
|-
|Une servante
|Leroy
|
|-
|}
'''''L'Arlésienne, Suite d'Orchestre'''''
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!style="width:22%;"|Date 
!style-"width:18%;"|Location
!style="width:28%;"|Conductor
!style="width:32%;"|Orchestra
|-
|1872 November 10
|Paris
|[[Jules Pasdeloup]]
|[[Pasdeloup Orchestra|Concerts populaires]]
|-
|1873 November 9
|Paris
|[[Édouard Colonne]]
|Concert National
|-
|1875 February 21
|Paris
|[[Édouard Deldevez]]
|[[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Concerts du Conservatoire]]
|-
|1876 October 6
|New York
|[[Theodore Thomas (conductor)|Theodore Thomas]]
|Theodore Thomas Orchestra
|-
|}
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===Publication history===
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!style="width:4%;"|Date
!style="width:12%;"|Score
!style="width:14%;"|Work Title
!style="width:10%;"|Editor
!style="width:15%;"|Publisher
!style="width:45%;"|Notes
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|1872
|Piano vocal score
|''Drame en 3 Actes''
|Choudens
|Choudens, Paris
|Piano arrangement by Bizet
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|1872
|Full score
|''Suite d'Orchestre''
|Choudens
|Choudens, Paris
|''Suite No. 1''
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|1879
|Full score
|''1<sup>re</sup> Suite d'orchestre''
|Choudens
|Choudens, Paris
|''Suite No. 1''
|-
|1879
|Full score
|''2<sup>me</sup> Suite d'orchestre''
|Choudens
|Choudens, Paris
|''Suite No. 2'' (arrangement by Ernest Guiraud)
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|1885
|Piano vocal score
|''Drame en 3 Actes''
|Choudens
|Choudens, Paris
|In numbers 17 and 18, expanded as in ''Suite No. 1''; in others based on the 1872 vocal score, but with a few omissions, duplications, truncations, or transpositions.
|-
|1886
|Full score
|''Drame en 3 Actes''
|Choudens
|Choudens, Paris
|Content based on the 1885 score. In numbers 1, 17, and 18 the scoring is based on ''Suite No. 1'', and in numbers 7, 15, and 21, on ''Suite No. 2''; the remainder is based on the original scoring
|-
|1998
|Full score
|''Suite No. 1''
|Lesley A. Wright
|Eulenburg, London
|''Suite No. 1''
|-
|2001
|Full Score
|''Suite No. 2''
|Lesley A. Wright
|Eulenburg, London
|''Suite No. 2'' (arrangement by Ernest Guiraud)
|-
|2010
|Full score
|''Version Originale 1872''
|Hervé Lacombe
|Gallica
|The 1872 original version
|-
|}
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==Instrumentation==
The score of the original incidental music is notable not only for its light instrumentation (apparently due to the budget constraints of the Théâtre du Vaudeville), but also for its unusual composition&mdash;particularly the small number of violas and brass instruments,<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> and the introduction of two instruments new to the orchestra.
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!style="width:13%;"|[[Orchestra#Instrumentation|Section]]
!style="width:29%;"|Incidental Music<ref name=Macdonald/>
!style="width:29%;"|Suite No. 1<ref name=Macdonald/>
!style="width:29%;"|Suite No. 2<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref>
|-
|{{center|[[String section|Strings]]}}
|• 4&nbsp;[[violin]]s I<br>• 3&nbsp;violins II<br>• 1&nbsp;[[viola]]<br>• 5&nbsp;[[cello]]s<br>• 2&nbsp;[[double bass]]es
|• violins I<br>• violins II<br>• violas<br>• cellos<br>• double basses
|• violins I<br>• violins II<br>• violas<br>• cellos<br>• double basses
|-
|{{center|[[Woodwind section|Woodwinds]]}}
|• 2&nbsp;[[Western concert flute|flute]]s (second doubling [[piccolo]])<br>• 1&nbsp;[[oboe]] (also [[cor anglais]])<br>• 1&nbsp;[[clarinet]]<br>• 2&nbsp;[[bassoon]]s<br>• 1&nbsp;[[alto saxophone]]
|• 2&nbsp;flutes<br>• 2&nbsp;oboes (second doubling cor anglais)<br>• 2&nbsp;clarinets<br>• 2&nbsp;bassoons<br>• 1&nbsp;alto saxophone
|• 2&nbsp;flutes (second doubling piccolo)<br>• 2&nbsp;oboes (second doubling cor anglais)<br>• 2&nbsp;clarinets<br>• 2&nbsp;bassoons<br>• 1&nbsp;alto saxophone
|-
|{{center|[[Brass section|Brass]]}}
|2&nbsp;[[French horn|horns]], one natural, one valved
|• 4&nbsp;horns<br>• 2&nbsp;[[trumpet]]s<br>• 2&nbsp;[[cornet]]s<br>• 3&nbsp;[[trombone]]s
|• 4&nbsp;horns<br>• 2&nbsp;trumpets<br>• 2&nbsp;cornets<br>• 3&nbsp;trombones
|-
|{{center|[[Percussion section|Percussion]]}}
|[[timpani]] (also [[tambourin|tambourin provençal]])
|• timpani<br>• [[drum]]
|• timpani<br> • tambourin provençal<br>• [[bass drum]]<br>• [[cymbals]]
|-
|{{center|Additional}}
|[[piano]] (also [[Pump organ|harmonium]])
|[[harp]] or piano
|harp or piano
|-
|}
The score makes novel use of the [[saxophone]], at this time just being introduced after its invention in the 1840s. Some have associated the instrument with the character l'Innocent. However, only the first of the eight appearances of his theme is scored for the saxophone; the remaining seven are played by strings. Furthermore, the saxophone appears prominently in the Entr'acte before Act 2, Tableau 2, which may be said to be associated with the character Vivette.
[[File:Tambourinaires d'Aix dont un tambourin en cuivre.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A group of tambourinaires of [[Aix-en-Provence]] playing the tambourin (a&nbsp;low-pitched tenor drum) with the right hand, and the galoubet (a pipe) with the left.]]
The specific drum to use in the percussion section is an issue of some confusion. Both Bizet's incidental music manuscript of&nbsp;1872 and the score of ''L'Arlésienne Suite No.&nbsp;2'', arranged by Guiraud in&nbsp;1879, specify a&nbsp;"[[tambourin]]",<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> a large [[tabor (instrument)|tabor]] ''not to be confused with'' the [[tambourine]]. The tambourin provençal is a low-pitched [[tenor drum]], the length of which is typically about twice its diameter. In&nbsp;Provence, the tambourin is usually played in conjunction with the [[Three-hole pipe|galoubet]] (a small [[pipe (instrument)|pipe]]), making this combination a unique Provençal [[pipe and tabor]]. This is the effect Bizet had in mind when he set the tune "Danso dei Chivau-Frus", used in the Farandole to evoke the sound of tambourinaires playing during a festival celebrating Saint Eligius.

In the absence of a genuine tambourin, a [[tom drum]] or a snareless [[side drum]] is sometimes substituted. This was the circumstance in the premiere production, during which critic Arthur Pougin of&nbsp;''Le Soir'' complained that the tambourin provençal had been replaced by an ordinary [[drum]] (tambour).<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> [[Herbert von Karajan]] and [[Leonard Bernstein]] are two examples of prominent conductors who used a tambourine in recordings, giving the Farandole a brighter ambiance than would have been achieved with the deeper resonance of the tambourin. The score of the first number of ''L'Arlésienne Suite No.&nbsp;1'', 'Prélude', specifies merely a "tambour",<ref name=Wright>Wright, Lesley A., Scores for ''L'Arlésienne, Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998, 2001</ref> and although a tambourin de Provence could just as well be employed here also, many orchestras use a snare drum (caisse claire).

==Incidental music (1872)==
[[File:Title_page_to_Bizet's_L'Arlesienne_Incidental_Music_Score.png|thumb|300px|The title page to a vocal score of the incidental music to ''L'Arlésienne'', published by [[Antony Choudens|Choudens]], Paris (1885).]]
'''Setting'''

The action takes place in&nbsp;[[Camargue]], on the&nbsp;[[Rhône]] River, near the&nbsp;[[Étang de Vaccarès]]. The time is unspecified. The season in which the story takes place is a point of some confusion. At the beginning of Act&nbsp;1, Balthazar mentions that it is the first of May. In&nbsp;Act&nbsp;3, he mentions that it is now June. This&nbsp;occurs just before the Farandole, during which the peasants are celebrating [[Saint Eligius|Saint Éloi (Eligius)]], [[patron saint]] of [[horse]]s, [[farrier]]s, and [[husbandry]]. However, his [[feast day]] does not occur until the first of&nbsp;December.

'''Main Characters'''

* Francet Mamaï (65), farmer of le Castelet, grandfather of Frédéri and L'Innocent
* Rose Mamaï (40), a widow, Francet's daughter-in-law, mother of Frédéri and L'Innocent
* Frédéri (20), the [[protagonist]], obsessively in love with the Arlésienne
* L'Innocent (13), Frédéri's brother Janet; regarded as having a [[developmental disability]]
* Balthazar (70), chief shepherd
* La Renaude (70), Balthazar's love interest in earlier times, Vivette's grandmother
* Vivette (17), Rose's goddaughter, Frédéri's second love interest
* Patron Marc, Rose's brother, a [[Rhône]] sailor
* Mitifio (30), a horseherd ("un [[gardian|gardien]] de chevaux")

===Synopsis===
The Prélude (No. 1) begins with five different orchestrations of the March of the Kings, and concludes with the first of several quotations in the score of L’Innocent’s theme, and Frédéri’s theme.

'''Act 1'''
[[File:L'Arlesienne Julia Bartet.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[Julia Bartet]] costumed as Vivette, the first role in her long career (1872–1920). From the [[Musée Lambinet]], [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]]. [https://lambinet.versailles.fr/ws/musee-lambinet/app/collection/expo/8] ]]
Tableau 1: ''The Farm of Castelet''

In Scene 1, Francet Mamaï tells Balthazar of Frédéri’s passion for a girl from Arles. L’Innocent, whose theme dominates the first mélodrame (No. 2) and the next two numbers, wants Balthazar to finish his story about Mr. Seguin's goat, who was attacked by a wolf (another short story from ''Letters from My Windmill''). Balthazar assures the boy he will continue the story shortly. Francet reports that Frédéri doesn't eat or sleep and is in the grip of a kind of love fever. Francet and Balthazar agree that Frédéri would be better off marrying an industrious local girl, such as Vivette Renaude, rather than a "town hussy". Rose's brother Marc, who lives in Arles, and is due to arrive soon, has been tasked with investigating the Arlésienne and her family to be sure they are respectable. 

The next mélodrame (No. 3) links the first scene to the second, in which Balthazar continues telling the goat story to l’Innocent. Vivette enters in Scene 3, and asks Balthazar if l'Innocent can be cured. Balthazar repeats the superstitious belief that an Innocent in the household protects the others from evil and harm. The third mélodrame (No. 4) accompanies the exchange between Vivette and Balthazar, in which the shepherd says he thinks something is stirring in l’Innocent’s mind: "That child is waking up... and if he does wake up, everybody about the place must be on their guard." Rose enters in Scene 4, and eventually reports Frédéri’s engagement. When l'Innocent climbs high up into the hayloft in the turret, Rose, annoyed, expresses her dread that someone might fall from there onto the flagstones in the courtyard. In Scene 5, Frédéri enters, greets his mother, but takes no notice of Vivette, who is crushed.

Patron Marc enters in Scene 6 with nothing negative to report about the Arlésienne--she and her family are all fine people. He tells Francet he is expected to go to Arles to make a marriage offer. In Scene 8 Balthazar, alone, notes Vivette's grief – she loves Frédéri secretly and suffers in silence, just like her grandmother did. A mélodrame (No. 5), with offstage chorus 'Grand soleil de la Provence', also introduces the theme of the [[gardian]] Mitifio, whom Balthazar notices skulking about. Mitifio reveals to Francet that the Arlésienne has been his mistress for two years, and he means to keep her. He has  letters from the Arlésienne confirming his story; Francet asks to borrow them. In the final mélodrame (No. 6), Frédéri is about to go off to Arles, but Francet shows him Mitifio's letters. The chorus bursts in with a reprise of 'Grand soleil de la Provence', and Frédéri’s theme accompanies his collapse by the well.
[[File:L'Arlésienne de Daudet au théâtre de l'Odéon.jpg|thumb|300px|An illustration in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84028399/f1.item] for the revival of ''L'Arlésienne'' at the [[Théâtre de l'Odéon]] in 1885. Vivette, Frédéri, and l'Innocent are shown in Act&nbsp;2, Tableau&nbsp;1, Scene&nbsp;6, just after Mélodrame №&nbsp;13.]]
'''Act 2'''

Tableau 1: ''The Shore of the [[Étang de Vaccarès]]'' in Camargue

An entr'acte (No. 7: 'Pastorale', with wordless offstage chorus 'La la-la-la-la-la'), later appearing as the first movement in the Suite No. 2, sets the scene. In the following Mélodrame (№ 8) Balthazar and l’Innocent enter, and the next (№ 9) marks the exit of Rose. The mélodrame № 10 accompanies the discovery of Fréderi in the shepherd’s hut, angry because everyone is spying on him. As wordless offstage chorus sing (№ 11: the shepherds's call), Balthazar leaves, having failed to make Frédéri destroy the letters from the Arlésienne which he reads night and day. The following mélodrame (№ 12) is only six bars; l’Innocent cannot recall the story he wants to tell his brother. In the next mélodrame (№ 13, Èr dóu Guet) described as a [[berceuse]], l’Innocent falls asleep while telling his story. The final mélodrame (№ 14: reprise of 'La la-la-la-la-la' chorus) evokes Rose’s desperation at Fréderi’s frame of mind.

Tableau 2: ''The Kitchen at Castelet''

An entr'acte (No. 15: the 'Intermezzo' used in the Suite No. 2) depicts Vivette, the local girl who wants to marry Frédéri, preparing her parcels to take on the [[Rhône]] ferry. After men prepare to go out shooting game, Rose and the others fear that Frédéri might kill himself. At the end of the act (№ 16: Final) when Frédéri decides that Vivette can help him forget his obsession, Balthazar and Rose express their relief.

'''Intermezzo'''

The Valse-Menuet (the 'Minuetto', No. 17) is performed between Acts 2 and 3.

'''Act 3'''

Tableau 1: ''The Castelet Farm Courtyard''

An entr'acte (No. 18: 'Carillon') introduces the first scene of Act 3. In the first mélodrame (№ 19) in Scene 3, a 6/8 Andantino marks the entrance of Mère Renaude, and in the following Adagio (the 'Adagietto' of Suite No. 1) Balthazar and Renaude reminisce about old times. As all move off to eat, there is a reprise of the Andantino. Another Andantino follows the exit of Frédéri and Vivette as they declare their love (№ 21). The farandole (№ 22, Danso dei Chivau-Frus), which begins quietly and builds to a climax, sees Frédéri respond with fury to Mitifio, who has come to recover his letters. Mitifio tells Balthazar that he will run off with the girl from Arles.

Tableau 2: ''The [[Magnanery]]''

A brief statement of the 'Dance of the Frisky Horses' theme is heard, then the March of the Kings is sung by the chorus, after which the two are combined (No. 23: 'Early in the morning'). Next, there is a brief reprise for chorus of the March of the Kings (№ 24: 'On a golden chariot'). In № 25, l’Innocent ‘awakens’ showing he understands his brother’s problem. In a mélodrame (№ 26) Rose is momentarily reassured as the clock strikes three. After Frédéri has leapt from the hayloft to his death on the courtyard pavement, the orchestra plays a powerful tutti version of his theme (№ 27: Final) which brings down the curtain.

===Structure===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"; style="text-align: left"; style="width:75em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.5"
!style="width:22%;"|Act
!style="width:4%;"|No.
!style="width:20%;"|Title
!style="width:4%;"|Bars
!style="width:35%;"|Notes
!style="width:10%;"|Suites
|-
|{{center|Prélude}}
|{{center|1}}
|Prélude
|{{align|right|144}}
| • Marcho dei Rèi (5 times)<br>• L'Innocent's theme<br>• Frédéri's theme
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;1<br>'Prélude'}}
|-
|rowspan=5|{{center|Acte 1<br>''La ferme de Castelet''}}
|{{center|2}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|7}}
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|3}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|11}}
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|4}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|10}}
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|5}}
|Chœur et Mélodrame
|{{align|right|34}}
| • Chorus: 'Grand soleil de la Provence'<br> • Mitifio's theme
|
|-
|{{center|6}}
||Mélodrame et Chœur final
|{{align|right|31}}
| • Mitifio's theme<br> • Chorus: 'Grand soleil de la Provence'<br> • Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|Entr'acte}}
|{{center|7}}
|Entr'acte et Chœur: Pastorale
|{{align|right|108}}
| • Entr'acte (orchestral)<br> • Chorus: 'La la-la-la-la-la'
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;1<br>'Pastorale'}}
|-
|rowspan=7|{{center|Acte 2, Tableau 1<br>''Les bords de l'[[Étang de Vaccarès]]<br>en Camargue''}}
|{{center|8}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|9}}
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|9}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|14}}
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|10}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|10}}
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|11}}
|Chœur
|{{align|right|10}}
|Chorus: The shepherds' call
|
|-
|{{center|12}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|6}}
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|13}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|18}}
|Air provençal: Èr dóu Guet ( l'Innocent's lullaby)
|
|-
|{{center|14}}
|Mélodrame et Chœur
|{{align|right|35}}
|Chorus: 'La la-la-la-la-la'
|
|-
|{{center|Entr'acte}}
|{{center|15}}
|Entr'acte
|{{align|right|53}}
| • Maestoso<br> • Vivette's theme<br>  • Maestoso
|rowspan=2|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;2<br>'Intermezzo'}}
|-
|{{center|Acte 2, Tableau 2<br>''La cuisine de Castelet''}}
|{{center|16}}
|Final
|{{align|right|14}}
|Vivette's theme
|-
|rowspan=2|{{center|Entr'acte}}
|{{center|17}}
|Valse-Menuet
|{{align|right|156}}
|Minuetto
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;2<br>'Minuetto'}}
|-
|{{center|18}}
|Carillon
|{{align|right|55}}
|Carillon (short: no andantino, no repeat)
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;4<br>'Carillon'}}
|-
|rowspan=4|{{center|Acte 3, Tableau 1<br>''La cour du Castelet''}}
|{{center|19}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|99}}
| • Mère Renaud's theme (andantino)<br> • Adagietto<br> • Mère Renaud's theme (andantino)
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;3<br>'Adagietto'}}
|-
|{{center|20}}
|[Reprise de l'Intermezzo]
|{{align|right|48}}
|Minuetto (reprise)
|
|-
|{{center|21}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|11}}
|Vivette's theme
|
|-
|{{center|22}}
|Final
|{{align|right|108}} 
| Danso dei Chivau-Frus<br>(with chorus: 'Le flutet de Marie')
|rowspan=2|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;4<br>'Farandole'}}
|-
|{{center|Entr'acte}}
|{{center|23}}
|Entr'acte et Chœur
|{{align|right|127}}
| • Frédéri's theme<br> • L'Innocent's theme<br> • Danso dei Chivau-Frus<br> • Marcho dei Rèi (chorus: 'De bon matin')<br> • Danso dei Chivau-Frus + Marcho dei Rèi (chorus)
|-
|rowspan=4|{{center|Acte 3, Tableau 2<br>[[Magnanery|''La magnanerie'']]}}
|{{center|24}}
|Chœur
|{{align|right|8}}
|Marcho dei Rèi (chorus: 'Sur un char doré')
|
|-
|{{center|25}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|31}}
|L'Innocent's theme (l'Innocent's awakening)
|
|-
|{{center|26}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|24}}
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|27}}
|Final
|{{align|right|7}}
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|}
Note:
* The number ‘№ 5’ does not appear in the original sequence, perhaps indicating the removal of some material. Most of the pieces following this one have therefore been renumbered in blue or red.
* The Valse-Menuet and Carillon were originally together designated № 17: Entr'acte A&nbsp;and&nbsp;B. The&nbsp;Valse-Menuet was later designated ‘Intermezzo (Minuetto)’ in the 1885 piano-vocal score, published 10 years after Bizet’s death.
* № 20 is reported by musicologist [[Hugh Macdonald (musicologist)|Hugh Macdonald]] to have been a ‘Reprise de l’Intermezzo’ (i.e., of № 17: Valse-Menuet). This reprise is not present in the composer’s manuscript.
{{hidden begin
|title = Structure of the 1885 revival version
|toggle = left}}
Source: Piano vocal score, [[Antony Choudens|Choudens]], Paris (ca. 1885) [https://imslp.org/wiki/L'Arl%C3%A9sienne_(Bizet%2C_Georges)]
{| class="wikitable" border="1"; style="text-align: left"; style="width:85em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.5"
!style="width:14%;"|Act
!style="width:3%;"|No.
!style="width:18%;"|Title
!style="width:3%;"|Bars
!style="width:19%;"|Tempo
!style="width:3%;"|Bars
!style="width:16%;"|Prominent Instruments
!style="width:16%;"|Themes
!style="width:9%;"|Suites
|-
|rowspan=7|{{center|Overture}}
|rowspan=7|{{center|1}}
|rowspan=7|Ouverture
|rowspan=7|{{align|right|148}}
|rowspan=3|Allegro deciso&mdash;Tempo di Marcia
|{{align|right|17}}
|Strings
|rowspan=5|Marcho dei Rèi
|rowspan=7|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;1<br>'Prélude'}}
|-
|{{align|right|17}}
|Woodwinds
|-
|{{align|right|17}}
|Drum, orchestra
|-
|Andantino
|{{align|right|17}}
|Bassoons, horns, cellos
|-
|Allegro deciso&mdash;Tempo di Marcia
|{{align|right|25}}
|Orchestra
|-
|Andante
|{{align|right|23}}
|Saxophone, clarinet, orchestra
|L'Innocent's theme
|-
|Un peu moins lent
|{{align|right|32}}
|Violins, orchestra
|Frédéri's theme
|-
|rowspan=9|{{center|Acte 1<br>Le Castelet}}
|{{center|2}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|7}}
|Andante
|{{align|right|7}}
|Muted string quartet, flutes
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|3}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|11}}
|Andante
|{{align|right|11}}
|Some strings, woodwinds
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|4}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|10}}
|Andantino sostenuto
|{{align|right|10}}
|Flutes, cor anglais, viola, cello
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|rowspan=2|{{center|5}}
|rowspan=2|Chœur et Mélodrame
|rowspan=2|{{align|right|35}}
|Allegro moderato
|{{align|right|20}}
|Chorus, piano, harmonium
|Grand soleil de la Provence
|
|-
|Largo
|{{align|right|15}}
|Saxophone, horn, piano, cellos, basses
|Mitifio's theme
|
|-
|rowspan=4|{{center|6}}
|rowspan=4|Mélodrame et Chœur final
|rowspan=4|{{align|right|31}}
|Largo
|{{align|right|5}}
|Flute, viola, cellos, basses
|Mitifio's theme
|
|-
|Allegro
|{{align|right|10}}
|Flute, clarinet, cellos, timpani
|rowspan=2|Grand soleil de la Provence
|
|-
|Allegro deciso
|{{align|right|8}}
|Chorus, piano, harmonium
|
|-
|Plus lent
|{{align|right|8}}
|Orchestra
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|rowspan=9|{{center|Acte 2, Tableau 1<br>L'[[Étang de Vaccarès]]}}
|rowspan=2|{{center|7}}
|rowspan=2|Entr'acte et Chœur: Pastorale
|rowspan=2|{{align|right|108}}
|Andante sostenuto assai
|{{align|right|44}}
|Orchestra
|Pastorale
|rowspan=2|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;1<br>'Pastorale'}}
|-
|Andantino quasi allegretto
|{{align|right|64}}
|Chorus, piccolo
|La la-la-la-la-la
|-
|{{center|8}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|9}}
|Andantino
|{{align|right|9}}
|4 violins, 2 cellos
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|9}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|14}}
|Allegretto
|{{align|right|14}}
|Orchestra
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|10}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|9}}
|Andante
|{{align|right|9}}
|String quartet
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|11}}
|Chœur
|{{align|right|10}}
|Adagio
|{{align|right|10}}
|Chorus, harmonium
|The shepherd's call
|
|-
|{{center|12}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|6}}
|Andante
|{{align|right|6}}
|String quartet, timpani
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|13}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|18}}
|Andante assai
|{{align|right|18}}
|Muted string quartet
|Èr dóu Guet ("Air provençal")
|
|-
|{{center|14}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|9}}
|Allegro
|{{align|right|9}}
|Chorus, orchestra
|
|
|-
|rowspan=5|{{center|Acte 2, Tableau 2<br>La cuisine de Castelet}}
|rowspan=4|{{center|15}}
|rowspan=4|Entr'acte
|rowspan=4|{{align|right|53}}
|Maestoso
|{{align|right|15}}
|Orchestra
|Maestoso
|rowspan=4|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;2<br>'Intermezzo'}}
|-
|Allegro moderato
|{{align|right|30}}
|Clarinet, saxophone, orchestra
|Vivette's theme
|-
|Maestoso
|{{align|right|6}}
|Orchestra
|Maestoso
|-
|Beaucoup plus lent
|{{align|right|2}}
|Orchestra
|Maestoso
|-
|{{center|16}}
|Final
|{{align|right|14}}
|Quasi-andante
|{{align|right|14}}
|Orchestra
|Vivette's theme
|
|-
|{{center|Intermezzo}}
|{{center|17}}
|Valse-Menuet
|{{align|right|162}}
|Allegro giocoso
|{{align|right|162}}
|Orchestra
|Valse-Menuet
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;2<br>'Minuetto'}}
|-
|rowspan=8|{{center|Acte 3, Tableau 1<br>La cour du Castelet}}
|rowspan=3|{{center|18}}
|rowspan=3|Entr'acte: Carillon
|rowspan=3|{{align|right|148}}
|Allegretto moderato
|{{align|right|60}}
|Horns, orchestra
|Carillon
|rowspan=3|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;4<br>'Carillon'}}
|-
|Andantino
|{{align|right|45}}
|Woodwinds, orchestra
|Mère Renaud's theme
|-
|Allegretto moderato
|{{align|right|43}}
|Horns, orchestra
|Carillon
|-
|rowspan=3|{{center|19}}
|rowspan=3|Mélodrame
|rowspan=3|{{align|right|99}}
|Andantino
|{{align|right|43}}
|2 flutes, 2 violins, viola
|Mère Renaud's theme
|
|-
|Adagio
|{{align|right|34}}
|Violins, violas, cellos
|Adagietto
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;1, №&nbsp;3<br>'Adagietto'}}
|-
|Andantino
|{{align|right|22}}
|2 flutes, 2 violins, viola
|Mère Renaud's theme
|
|-
|{{center|20}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|11}}
|Andantino espressivo
|{{align|right|11}}
|Clarinet, piano, strings
|Vivette's theme
|
|-
|{{center|21}}
|Farandole
|{{align|right|68}}
|Allegro vivo e deciso
|{{align|right|68}}
|Flute, piccolo, tambourin, orchestra
|Danso dei Chivau-Frus
|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;4<br>'Farandole'}}
|-
|rowspan=8|{{center|Acte 3, Tableau 2<br>[[Magnanery|La Magnanerie]]}}
|{{center|22}}
|Entr'acte
|{{align|right|34}} 
|Adagio
|{{align|right|34}}
|Orchestra
|Adagietto
|
|-
|rowspan=3|{{center|23}}
|rowspan=3|Chœur
|rowspan=3|{{align|right|78}}
|Allegretto giocoso
|{{align|right|24}}
|Flute, piccolo, tambourin, orchestra
|Danso dei Chivau-Frus
|rowspan=3|{{center|Suite&nbsp;2, №&nbsp;4<br>'Farandole'}}
|-
|Tempo di marcia molto moderato
|{{align|right|33}}
|Chorus
|Marcho dei Rèi
|-
|Allegretto giocoso
|{{align|right|21}}
|Flute, piccolo, tambourin, orchestra
|Danso dei Chivau-Frus<br>Marcho dei Rèi
|-
|{{center|24}}
|Chœur
|{{align|right|9}}
|Large
|{{align|right|9}}
|Chorus
|Marcho dei Rèi
|
|-the
|{{center|25}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|31}}
|Andante assai
|{{align|right|31}}
|Orchestra
|L'Innocent's theme
|
|-
|{{center|26}}
|Mélodrame
|{{align|right|24}}
|Adagio
|{{align|right|24}}
|Orchestra
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|{{center|27}}
|Final
|{{align|right|7}}
|Large
|{{align|right|7}}
|Orchestra
|Frédéri's theme
|
|-
|}
{{hidden end}}

==Suite No. 1 (1872)==
===1. Prélude===
[[File:Title page to the score of L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1.png|thumb|160px|The title page to the score of the first suite from ''L'Arlésienne'', published by [[Antony Choudens|Choudens]], Paris (after 1879).]]
The suite opens with a strong, energetic theme in C minor, which is based on the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] carol "March of the Kings", played by the violins. Afterwards, the theme is repeated by various sections. After reaching a climax, the theme fades away. It is followed by the F minor theme associated with L'Innocent (the brother of Frédéri, the hero). The Prélude concludes with the A minor theme associated with Frédéri himself. 
<score sound="1">{
 \key c \minor \tempo "Allegro deciso" 4=104 \time 4/4 \relative c' {
r2 c4\ff-. g4-.| c4( c8) [r16 d16] \acciaccatura f8 ees8 [r16 d16 ees8 r16 c16]| g'4( g8) [r16 ees16] f4-. g4-.| aes8-. g8-. f8-. ees8 d4-. g4-.| f8-. ees8-. d8-. ees8-. c4-. g4-.| c4( c8) [r16 d16] \acciaccatura f8 ees8 [r16 d16 ees8 r16 c16]| g'4( g8) [r16 ees16] f4-. g4-.| aes8-. g8-. f8-. ees8-. ees4-. d4-.| c4( c8) [ r16 d16] d4-. d4-.| ees-. d8[ r16 c16] d4-. ees4-.| f4( f8) [ r16 ees16] f4-. g4-.| c,4-. d8-. ees8-. f8-. ees8-. d8-. c8-.| c8-.[ b8-. g8-. r16 d'16] d4-. d4-.| ees4-. d8[ r16 c16] d4-. ees4-.| f4( f8) [ r16 ees16] f4-. g4-.| aes8-. g8-. f8-. ees8-. ees4-. d4-.| c4( c8)
 }
}</score>
===2. Minuetto===
The second movement resembles a [[minuet]] in C minor. The ending of this movement is slightly expanded from the version in the incidental music.
<score sound="1">
{
	\tempo "Allegro giocoso" 4 = 184
	\clef treble
	\key c \minor
	\time 3/4
	r4 r g'\ff(
	g'')-. g''-. g''-.
	g'' \acciaccatura aes''8 g''( f'') g''-. aes''-.
	g''4 \acciaccatura aes''8 g''( f'') g''-. aes''-.
	\break
	bes''4-. c'''8( d''') es'''-. d'''-.
	c'''-. bes''-. aes''-. g''-. f''-. es''-.
	d''( c'') bes'-. aes'-. g'4-.
	aes'8-. bes'-. c''4-. d''-.
	bes'-.
}
</score>
===3. Adagietto===
The Adagietto is taken from the central Adagio portion of the first number in Act&nbsp;3, No.&nbsp;19:&nbsp;Mélodrame. The suite version does not include the Andantino that precedes and follows the incidental music version. At only 34&nbsp;measures, the Adagietto is the shortest number in the score of either suite, but because of its slow tempo, it can last more than 3&nbsp;minutes, a longer performance duration than that of the Minuetto's 162 measures. It is written in [[F major]], {{music|time|3|4}}&nbsp;meter throughout. The incidental music version is scored for [[mute (music)#Strings|muted]] [[string quartet]]. The scoring of the suite version is expanded to the entire string section (minus the basses), still muted.
<score sound="1">
{
	\clef treble \key d \minor \time 3/4
	\tempo "Adagio" 4 = 40
	\new Voice = "melody" {
		<<
			{
				\voiceOne
			 R2. r4 r4 a'4(
			}
			\new Voice {
				\voiceTwo
				c'4 \pp c'2 c'4 c'2
			}
		>>
		\oneVoice
		bes'2 a'4
		g'2 \tuplet 5/4 { a'16 bes' a' g' a' }
		c''8 bes'4 bes'8 \slashedGrace bes' a'16 g' a' c''
		a'4 g') a'\(
		\break
		g'2 a'4\<
		bes'2 c''8 d''
		e''4 e'' \tuplet 5/4 { f''16 g'' f'' e'' f'' }
		a''4\!( a''16) g''\> f'' e'' g'' f'' c'' a'\!
		bes'2 \pp a'4 g'2\)
	}
}
</score>

===4. Carillon===
The last movement is based on No.&nbsp;18: 'Carillon' from the entr'acte preceding Act&nbsp;3, augmented with the Andantino from the following number, №&nbsp;19:&nbsp;Mélodrame. A&nbsp;shortened version of the Carillon returns after the Andantino to round off the movement in ABA form.

The Carillon portions of the music are written in [[E major]], {{music|time|3|4}} meter, Allegretto moderato tempo, and feature an [[ostinato]] bell-tone pattern (G{{music|sharp}},&nbsp;E,&nbsp;F{{music|sharp}}) on the horns, perhaps suggesting tolling church bells, throughout. The main melody of the Carillon theme is scored for strings (and later the flutes); the other instruments for the most part play bell tones in support of the horns.

The Andantino is marked 'Entrée de la Mère Renaud' ('Entrance of Mère Renaud') in the 1885 piano vocal score of the incidental music. It is sometimes designated a [[siciliana]] or [[pastorale]] on account of its minor key, {{music|time|6|8}} meter, and [[dotted rhythm]]s. Originally written in [[C minor]], it is here transposed up a&nbsp;[[semitone]] to [[c-sharp minor|C{{music|sharp}} minor]], the [[relative minor]] of E major, to facilitate the transition back to the Carillon theme. The main Andantino theme is initially played by the flutes, which are then joined by the oboes, and finally the saxophone. The horns then begin to insinuate themselves, quietly playing the bell theme again, in a skillful transition blending the A and B themes. The reprise of the Carillon theme follows, played first by the oboes before returning to the strings.
<score sound="1">
{
	\clef treble \key cis \minor \time 3/4
	\tempo "Allegretto moderato" 4 = 104
	\new Voice = "melody" {
		gis'-^ e'-^ fis'-^
		gis'-^ e'-^ fis'-^
		gis'-^ e'-^ fis'-^
		gis'-^ e'-^ fis'-^
		<<
			{
				\voiceOne
			 b''2^"VI." ^\ff \tuplet 3/2 { fis''8 b'' fis'' }
			}
			\new Voice {
				\voiceTwo
				gis'4-^ e'-^ fis'-^
			}
		>>
		\break
		<<
			{
				\voiceOne
			 e''2 b'4
			}
			\new Voice {
				\voiceTwo
				gis'4-^ e'-^ fis'-^-"etc."
			}
		>>
		\oneVoice
		cis''8( dis'') e'' gis'' fis'' dis''
		b'8( cis'') dis''( cis'') b' fis'
	}
}
</score>

==Suite No. 2 (1879)==
[[File:Cover_Score_L'Arlesienne_Suite_2.png|thumb|160px|The title page to the score of the second suite from ''L'Arlésienne'', published by [[Antony Choudens|Choudens]], Paris (1879).]]
===1. Pastorale===
The Pastorale (in A major) begins with an introduction by the [[wind instrument|wind]] section, followed by the melody in the strings. The melodies are repeated by various sections throughout the first movement. In the suite, the opening section returns and concludes the piece. In the original version, the "central" section, which was a wordless chorus sung by women, ends the piece. 
<score sound="1">{
 \key a \major \tempo "Andante sostenuto assai" 4=80 \time 4/4 \relative a'' {
<<
\clef bass
  \relative { e2( e4) r4 e2( e4) r4}
  \\
  \relative { a,2\sfz\>( a8\!) r8 r4 a2\sfz\>( a8\!) r8 r4}
  \\
  \relative { r4 e4\ff-> e'4->( e8) r8 r4 e,4\ff-> e'4->( e8) r8}
>>
\clef treble a,2\ff->( b8 cis8 e,8 fis8)| gis4.->( a8 b8 cis8 e,8 fis8)| gis4.->(a16 cis16 fis8 e16 d16 cis8 b16 a16)| b8\( cis16 b16 fis8 gis16 a16 b4( b8)\) r8|
b2->( cis8 d8 fis,8 gis8)| ais4.->( b8 cis8 d8 fis,8 gis8)| ais4.->( b16 d16 gis8 fis16 e16 d8 cis16 b16)| a8\( b16 a16 fis8 e16 fis16 a4( a8)\) r8
 }
}</score>
===2. Intermezzo===
The Intermezzo in E-Flat major features utilization of low tones and begins with the wind section. Guiraud adds twelve additional bars to the concluding section. Sometime after this second suite was prepared from the ''L'Arlésienne'' music, Guiraud extracted the Intermezzo movement, added the Latin sacred text of the Agnus Dei to it, and published it as yet another "new" work of Bizet. 
<score sound="1">
{
	\clef treble \key c \minor \time 4/4
	\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t
	\tempo "Andante moderato ma con moto" 4 = 70
	es'2-> \fff d'4-> bes->
	g4.-> a8-> bes4-> c'8-> d'8->
	es'4-> d'8-> es'-> f'4-> g'->
	es'4.-> d'8-> c'4-> r
	\break
	\set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t
	\tempo "Allegro moderato" 4 = 116
	g'2^"Sax."\( \p as'4 g'
	c''2 bes'4 g'
	es'4 d'8 es'8 f'4. \grace as'16 g'8
	f'2~ f'4\) r4
}
</score>

===3. Menuet===
The [[menuet]] in E-Flat major, which is not from ''L'Arlésienne'', but from Bizet's 1866 opera ''[[La jolie fille de Perth|The Fair Maid of Perth]]'', features solos by [[harp]], [[Western concert flute|flute]], and, later, [[saxophone]] (this replacing the vocal parts of the original). 
<score sound="1">
{
	\clef treble \key c \minor \time 3/4
	\tempo "Andantino quasi alegretto" 4 = 72
	\new Voice = "melody" {
		<<
			{
				\voiceOne
			 R2 R2
			}
			\new Voice {
				\voiceTwo
				es8^"Hfe." \pp bes es' bes g' bes
				es bes es' bes g' bes
			}
		>>
		\oneVoice
		g''4^"Fl."\( g''8. f''16 es'' f'' g'' as''
		bes''8 g'' es''' bes'' g'''\) r8
		f''4( f''8. g''16 f'' es'' d'' c'')
		\break
		bes'8( d'' f'' d'' bes'') r8
		es''4\( es'' f''16 es'' d'' es''
		f''8\< g'' as'' bes'' c'''\)\! r8
		f''4\( \pp f'' \slashedGrace g''16 f'' e'' f'' g''
		es''4 es''8\) r8 r4
	}
}
</score>

===4. Farandole===
The finale, the [[farandole]], incorporates the theme of the ''March of the Kings'' once again, this time in D minor. This is an expanded combination of numbers 21 and 23–24 of the original incidental music, in which the farandole (in D major) appears first on its own. It is afterwards briefly combined with the march.
<score sound="1">
{
  \clef treble \key d \minor \time 4/4
  \tempo "Allegro deciso (Tempo di marcia)" 4 = 104
  r2 d''4 \ff a'
  d''4.. e''16 f''8. e''16 f''8. d''16
  a''4 r8 f'' g''4 a''
  bes''8 a'' g'' f'' e''4 a''
  \break
  g''8 f'' e'' f'' d''4 a'4
  d''4.. e''16 f''8. e''16 f''8. d''16
  a''4 r8 f'' g''4 a''
  bes''8 a'' g'' f'' f''4 e''
  d''~ d''8 r8 \bar "||"
}
</score>
<score sound="1">
{
  \clef treble \key d \major \time 2/4
  \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t
  \tempo "Allegro vivo e deciso" 4 = 120
  s s8 d'''8 \ppp
  cis'''-. d'''-. e'''-. fis'''-.
  e'''-. d'''-. cis'''-. b''-.
  cis'''-. d'''-. e'''-. cis'''-.
  d'''16( cis''' d''' e''') d'''8-. d'''-.
  \break
  cis'''-. d'''-. e'''-. fis'''-.
  e'''-. d'''-. cis'''-. b''-.
  cis'''-. d'''-. e'''-. cis'''-.
  d'''4 r8
}
</score>

==Recordings==
===Audio===
'''Incidental Music'''
{| class="wikitable" border="1"; style="text-align: left"; style="width:70em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.5"
!style="width:4%;"|Year
!style="width:17%;"|Conductor
!style="width:30%;"|Orchestra and Choir
!style="width:30%;"|Notes
!style="width:19;"|Label
|-
|1957
|[[Albert Wolff (conductor)|Albert Wolff]]
|Unidentified studio orchestra<br>and choir
|Dramatization by Max de Rieux with actors [[Mary Marquet]], [[Berthe Bovy]], [[Maurice Chambreuil]], [[Pierre Larquey]], Hubert Noël, Bernadette Lange, Robert Vidalin, Jacques Bernard, and Fernand Sardou
|Decca LXT5229-30<br>Naxos 9.80151-52
|-
|1985
|[[Michel Plasson]]
|[[Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse]]<br>[[Orfeon Donostiarra]]
|Complete incidental music
|EMI 47460
|-
|1986
|[[John Eliot Gardiner]]
|Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon
|Orchestral excerpts (10 numbers)
|Erato 45298
|-
|1991
|Robert Haydon Clark
|Consort of London<br>Consort of Voices
|Complete incidental music
|Collins Classics 11412
|-
|1991
|[[Christopher Hogwood]]
|[[Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra]]
|Six orchestral excerpts edited by Hogwood
|Decca (recorded November 1989)
|-
|1992
|[[Alexander Rahbari]]
|BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels
|Complete incidental music
|Koch Discover International DICD 920115
|-
|1996
|[[Helmuth Froschauer]]
|[[Kölner Rundfunkorchester]]<br>Kölner Rundfunkchor
|Complete incidental music in a German language concert adaptation with narrators by Christoph Schwandt
|Capriccio 10815
|-
|2004
|[[Jean-Claude Malgoire]]
|Orchestre de Chambre National de Toulouse<br>Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse
|Complete incidental music; with narrator [[Daniel Mesguich]]
|Auvidis Valois
|-
|2004
|Christopher Hogwood
|[[Kammerorchester Basel]]
|Excerpts (9 numbers)
|Arte Nova
|-
|}

'''Suites'''
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"; style="text-align: left"; style="width:70em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.5"
!style="width:4%;"|Year
!style="width:17%;"|Conductor
!style="width:30%;"|Orchestra
!style="width:30%;"|Notes
!style="width:19%;"|Label
|-
|1939
|[[Thomas Beecham]]
|[[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|
|-
|1952
|[[Leopold Stokowski]]
|Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
|Suites 1 & 2
|RCA Victor
|-
|1952
|[[André Cluytens]]
|[[Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française|Orchestre National<br>de la Radiodiffusion Française]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|EMI
|-
|1957
|[[Thomas Beecham]]
|[[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|EMI 67259
|-
|1958
|[[Herbert von Karajan]]
|[[Philharmonia Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|EMI
|-
|1966
|[[George Szell]]
|[[Cleveland Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & Farandole from second suite
|Columbia
|-
|1967
|[[Charles Munch (conductor)|Charles Munch]]
|[[Philharmonia Orchestra|New Philharmonia Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & Farandole from second suite
|Decca
|-
|1972
|[[Leonard Bernstein]]
|[[New York Philharmonic Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|Columbia
|-
|1979
|[[Neville Marriner]]
|[[Academy of St Martin in the Fields]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|EMI
|-
|1981
|[[Claudio Abbado]]
|[[London Symphony Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|Deutsche Grammophon
|-
|1988
|[[Charles Dutoit]]
|[[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|Decca
|-
|1995
|Herbert von Karajan
|[[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]]
|Suites 1 & 2
|Deutsche Grammophon
|-
|2008
|[[Marc Minkowski]]
|[[Les Musiciens du Louvre]]<br>Chœur de l’opéra national de Lyon
|Suites 1 & 2 and eight items from the incidental music
|Naïve
|-
|}

===Video===
Films and television adaptations that use Bizet's music
{| class="wikitable" border="1"; style="text-align: left"; style="width:70em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.5"
!style="width:4%;"|Year
!style="width:12%;"|Title
!style="width:17%;"|Director
!style="width:47%;"|Cast
!style="width:20%;"|Notes
|-
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|1922
|[[André Antoine]]
|Jean Jacquinet (Marc), Maguy Deliac (Vivette), [[Gabriel de Gravone]] (Frédéri), [[Charles de Rochefort]] (Mitifio)
|
|-
-->
|1930
|''L'Arlésienne''
|[[Jacques de Baroncelli]]
|[[Jim Gérald]] (Marc), [[Germaine Dermoz]] (Rose), [[Blanche Montel]] (Vivette), [[José Noguéro]] (Frédéri), [[Charles Vanel]] (Mitifio), Maurice Schutz (Balthazar), Jean Mercanton (l'Innocent)
|Produced by Pathé-Natan
|-
|1942
||''[[L'Arlésienne (1942 film)|L'Arlésienne]]''
|[[Marc Allégret]]
|[[Raimu]] (Marc), [[Gaby Morlay]] (Rose), [[Gisèle Pascal]] (Vivette), [[Louis Jourdan]] (Frédéri), Fernand Charpin (Francet), Édouard Delmont (Balthazar), Charles Moulin (Mitifio), Roland Pégurier (l'innocent), Annie Toinon (Renaude), Marcel Maupi (l'équipage)
|[[Paul Paray]] conducted Bizet’s score.<ref>[http://dvdtoile.com/Film.php?id=11580 DVD toile page about L'Arlésienne.]</ref>
|-
|1967
||''L'Arlésienne''
|Pierre Badel
|Henri Nassiet (Francet), Louise Conte (Rose), Paul Barge (Frédéri), Charles Vanel (Balthazar), Francine Ollivier (Vivette), Pierre Hatet (Mitifio), Gérard Lecaillon (l'Innocent), Berthe Bovy (Renaude).
|Telefilm broadcast by the [[ORTF]]
|}

==Notable uses==
Music from the ''L'Arlésienne'' suites was played extensively in "[[Hammer into Anvil]]", an episode of ''[[The Prisoner]]''.

The "Carillon" and "Farandole" were used on two episodes of Disney Junior's ''[[Little Einsteins]]''.

The "Carillon" was used in a very successful media campaign in [[Puerto Rico]], launched in the late 1980s by the local importers of [[Finlandia (vodka)|Finlandia]] vodka. It featured French-born photographer Guy Paizy playing the role of a sophisticated, womanizing classical orchestra conductor. The campaign is still remembered in the island nation, almost two decades after its inception.

[[Albania]]n dictator [[Enver Hoxha]] adopted the First Suite's "Prelude" as a military march during his reign.

The Japanese group [[Mihimaru GT]] uses the theme of the "Farandole" for their song "Theme of mihimaLIVE 2".

American songwriter, composer, and arranger [[Ben Homer]] created a jazz arrangement "Bizet Has His Day" from Georges Bizet's "Farandole" from ''L’Arlésienne'', (1945).

[[Jazz musician]] [[Bob James (musician)| Bob James]] arranged and recorded a jazz version of "Farandole" on his album ''[[Two (Bob James album)|Two]]'' (1975).

French choreographer [[Roland Petit]] created a ballet ''L'Arlésienne'' in 1974 which has been performed throughout the world, based on Daudet's short story and set against a Van Gogh landscape.<ref>[http://www.roland-petit.fr/index.php?p=chore&pc=12 List of choreographic work by Roland Petit. Official site of Roland Petit], accessed 7 October 2014.</ref>

A rock version of "Farandole" appears in the ''[[Catherine (video game)|Catherine]]'' video game by [[Atlus]].

The song tune is also used in a character song called "England's Evil Summoning Song" from an anime called ''[[Hetalia: Axis Powers]]'' and was performed by [[Noriaki Sugiyama]], who provided vocals for Arthur Kirkland/England. According to an interview with Noriaki in Hetalia Character CD Perfect Guide, the lyrics were entirely made up by the performer as the performance went on.

==References==

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{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Wright, Lesley A., Preface to the score for ''L'Arlésienne, Suite Nr. 1 für Orchester'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998 [https://issuu.com/breitkopf/docs/eos_20828_issuu]
* Wright, Lesley A., Preface to the score for ''L'Arlésienne, Suite Nr. 2 für Orchester'', Breitkopf & Härtel, 2001 [https://issuu.com/breitkopf/docs/eos_20829_issuu]

==External links==
* {{IMSLP|work=L'Arlésienne (Bizet, Georges)|cname=''L'Arlésienne'' (Bizet)}}
* ''L'Arlésienne'' (Daudet), complete play in French, [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]] [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1045544q]
* ''L'Arlésienne'' (Daudet), complete play in French, with Bizet's musical sketches, [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]] [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b550078290.image]
* ''L'Arlésienne'' (Daudet), complete play in English, [[Internet Archive]] [https://archive.org/details/larlesiennethegi00daud/page/n9/mode/2up]
* ''Lou tambourin'' (Vidal), book about the tambourin, with traditional music collection, in Provençal/French, [[Internet Archive]]. [https://archive.org/details/loutambourinist00vidagoog/page/n12/mode/2up] <br>See pages 246, 248, & 258 for tunes used by Bizet
* Harms Historical Percussion (website – more about the Tambourin), [http://www.harmsperc.com/ttabors.htm]

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