The première of Daudet's play, L'Arlésienne, with incidental music by Bizet, given at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 30 September 1872, was a devastating event for both playwright and composer and the production was removed from the repertory after 19 performances. The critic Johannès Weber, however, was alert to the quality of Bizet's score and suggested that the composer should excerpt and rescore several pieces for the Concerts populaires where 'the lovely music would be better appreciated than...

• Preface
• Editorial Notes
• Vorwort
• Revisionsbericht
• Préface
• Notes éditoriales
• Textual Notes
• I. Pastorale
• II. Intermezzo
• III. Menuet
• IV. Farandole
• Appendix