Les tringles des sistres tintaient

music by Georges Bizet, lyrics by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy


I have made two versions of this aria (one for women's choir and the other for mixed choir). 
The only difference is the key (E minor for women's choir, C minor for mixed choir).

If you want to shorten this song, you can skip all the "la la la's" in the beginning, and 
start direcly at bar #47. To make it even shorter, end it with the "scream" of the sopranos 
in bar #99 (#100).

Observe that the melody moves between the different voice parts; the melody should always
be accentuated even if it's not in the highest voice part (this is particularly important
in the "la la la" part of bars #1 - #46).

In this song, I wanted to introduce some "raw" sound because of the setting in the opera 
(a tavern, probably rather sleazy, frequented by thieves, smugglers, murderers, and 
prostitutes).


Read more about this (and other) operas at the Aria Database:

   http://www.aria-database.com/index2.html