Title:	The Pearl Fishers
Level:	Grade IV
Composer/Arranger:	George Bizet/Arr. Lucien Cailliet
Publisher:	Sam Fox Publishing
Classification:	Overture
Instrumentation:	Full
Source:	Popplers music score and program notes, Band Music Notes
General Comments:	The piece was written when Bizet was 25 and was premiered in Paris in 1863. The storyline involves a tribal romance that ends in tragedy. The parts contain similar rhythmic figures with quite a few triplets. There is heavy doubling in some sections.