Ravel, Maurice
Composer Information
Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Along with Claude Debussy, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire. Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs, Le tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement ofModest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, use a variety of sound and instrumentation. Ravel is perhaps known best for his orchestral work Boléro (1928), which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music". According to SACEM, Ravel's estate had earned more royalties than that of any other French composer. [source from Wikipedia]
Work
- 5 Greek folk songs
- Saint, M. 9
- Scheherazade, M. 41
- Natural Histories, M. 50
- On the grass, M. 53
- Ronsard to his soul, M. 75
- Don Quixote to Dulcinea, M. 84
- Fountains, M. 30
- Mirrors, M. 43
- Mirrors, M. 43
- Artful Dodger of the Night, M. 55
- Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68 (Piano version)
- Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68 (Piano version)
- The Tomb of Couperin, M. 68a (Orchestra version)
- Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61
- The Waltz, M. 72
- The Waltz, M. 72
- Rhapsodie Espagnole, M. 54
- Tzigane, M. 76
- Tzigane, M. 76 (Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra)
- Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82
- Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83
- Minuet Antique, M. 7
- Minuet on the name of Haydn, M. 58
- Introduction and Allegro, M. 46
- Introduction and Allegro, M. 46
- Pavane for a Dead Princess, M. 19
- Pavane for a Dead Princess, M. 19
- Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, M. 57b
- Daphnis and Chloe, M. 57
- The Spanish Hour, M. 52
- Piano Trio in A minor, M. 67
- String Quartet in F major, M. 35
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, M. 77
- Bolero, M. 81
- Prelude, M. 65
- The Toys' Christmas, M. 47
- Vocalise-tude en forme de habanera, M. 51
- Sonatina for Piano, M. 40
- The Child and the Spells, M. 71
- Popular songs, M. A 17
- Mother Goose (Ballet), M. 62
- Three Songs, M. 69
