Bizet - Jeux d'Enfants, arr. Martin Tousignant
Bizet - Jeux d'Enfants, arr. Martin Tousignant
Bizet's Jeux d'Enfants — Arranged by Martin Tousignant
Jeux d'Enfants (Children's Games) by Georges Bizet is a delightful suite of twelve miniatures originally composed for piano four hands in 1871 — one of the most charming and inventive works in the French chamber repertoire. Each piece bears a whimsical title evoking a different childhood game or toy: spinning tops, soap bubbles, blind man's buff, and more. Bizet later orchestrated five of the pieces as the Petite Suite, but the complete set in its original form is a treasure of wit, grace, and melodic invention.
This arrangement by Martin Tousignant adapts Bizet's delightful miniatures for ensemble performance, capturing the wit and whimsy of the original in a format accessible to a wider range of performing forces. A wonderful choice for lighter concert programming, educational settings, and family-friendly performances.
Performance Highlights
- Bizet's charming Jeux d'Enfants suite arranged for ensemble by Martin Tousignant
- Twelve delightful miniatures of wit, grace, and melodic invention
- Ideal for lighter concert programming, educational settings, and family concerts
- Accessible and immediately appealing to performers and audiences alike
- Digital PDF download — print-ready score and parts included
About the Arranger
Martin Charles Tousignant (1965– ) grew up in L’Anse, Michigan, where he began piano lessons at age six and took up tuba and euphonium at twelve. By sixteen he had earned a place in the Michigan All-State Honors Band on tuba. He earned a magna cum laude music degree from Northern State University (Aberdeen, South Dakota) in 1992, and after two years of teaching joined the US Army as a tuba player in 1994, serving until 2000. He subsequently settled in Herndon, Virginia, working as a mail carrier while performing tuba with Army National Guard and community bands. In 2009 he returned to the US Army as a tuba player on a five-year leave of absence from the US Postal Service.