Music Of The Great Composers --

Georges Bizet Born at Paris, October 25, 1838, Bizet early showed signs of extraordinary ability. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1848, where he remained until 1857, studying piano with Marmontel, organ with Benoist, harmony with Zimmermann, and composition with Halevy, whose daughter he married in 1869. He won the coveted Prix de Rome in 1857, and proceeded to Italy. At intervals he sent back examples of his work in composition of an elaborate natu..