List of compositions by Maurice Ravel
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This is a complete list of compositions by Maurice Ravel, initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre chronologically in order of date the composition was completed. Catalogue "M" numbers were assigned by the musicologist Marcel Marnat according to date of composition. Arrangements by Ravel of his own works were assigned the "M" number of the original followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.). Arrangements by Ravel of other composers' works or of "traditional" music were assigned a separate "MA" number, in order of date of arrangement.
List of compositions
[edit]M. | Title | Scoring | Date | Notes |
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Orchestra[edit] | ||||
43a | Une Barque sur l'océan | Orchestra | 1906 | Orchestration of M. 43 No. 3;
1st version |
54 | Rapsodie espagnole
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Orchestra | 1907 | |
A15 | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar | Orchestra | 1909 | Incidental music to a 5-act play by Chékry-Ganem;
partial reorchestration of most of the symphonic poem Antar Op. 9, the movements reordered and interspersed with reorchestrated fragments of the same work, a fragment of the opera Mlada, orchestrated fragments of songs from the Romances Op. 4 and Op. 7, and an extract from Félicien David's composition Le Désert, all included as the basis for new music by Ravel mostly in the style of Rimsky-Korsakov used as interconnecting pieces with the larger Antar movements;
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19a | Pavane pour une infante défunte | Orchestra | 1910 | Orchestration of M. 19 |
57a | Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1
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Orchestra | 1911 | Extracted and arranged from the ballet M. 57 |
60a | Ma mère l'Oye | Orchestra | 1911 | Orchestration of M. 60 |
A18 | Erik Satie: Préludes pour Le Fils des étoiles | Piano | 1910–11 | originally for piano, new orchestration of No. 1;
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57b | Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
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Orchestra | 1913 | Extracted and arranged from the ballet M. 57 |
A19 | Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, opera | Orchestra | 1913 | Orchestration completed, some parts re-orchestrated, and edited, in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky from the score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
A20 | Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides, ballet
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Orchestra | 1914 | New orchestration of various piano pieces arranged as a ballet for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company;[1]
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A21 | Robert Schumann: Carnaval, ballet
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Orchestra | 1914 | New orchestration of the suite for piano Op. 9 for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company;
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43c | Alborada del gracioso | Orchestra | 1918 | Orchestration of M. 43 No. 4 |
A23 | Emmanuel Chabrier: Menuet pompeux | Orchestra | 1917–18 | No. 9 of Pièces pittoresques;
originally for piano, orchestration for the Sergei Diaghilev ballet Las Meninas (Les Jardins d'Aranjuez) |
68a | Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Orchestra | 1919 | Orchestration of 4 pieces (reordered) from M. 68 |
A24 | Modest Mussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition), suite | Orchestra | 1922 | Originally for piano, orchestration (omitting the last "Promenade") |
A25 | Claude Debussy: Sarabande | Orchestra | 1922 | No. 2 of Pour le piano, originally for piano, orchestration;
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A26 | Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) | Orchestra | 1922 | Originally for piano, orchestration;
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43b | Une Barque sur l'océan | Orchestra | 1926 | Orchestration of M 43 No. 3;
revised version;
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7a | Menuet antique | Orchestra | 1929 | orchestration of M 7 |
Concertante[edit] | ||||
66 | Zaspiak-Bat | Piano and orchestra | 1913–14 | Based on Basque themes;
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76a | Tzigane, Rapsodie de concert | Violin and orchestra | 1924 | Orchestration of M 76 |
82 | Concerto for the Left Hand (in D major) | Piano and orchestra | 1929–30 | |
83 | Concerto in G (major) | Piano and orchestra | 1929–31 | |
Chamber[edit] | ||||
12 | Sonate (No. 1)
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Violin and piano | 1897 | 1st movement only;
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35 | String Quartet in F major
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String quartet | 1902–03 | |
46 | Introduction et Allegro | Harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet | 1905 | |
67 | Trio in A minor
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Piano, violin, and cello | 1914 | |
73a | Duo for Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy | Violin and cello | 1920 | No. 1 of the multi-composer collection;
early version of Allegro (1st) movement of Sonate M 73 |
73 | Sonate (in A minor)
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Violin and cello | 1920–22 | |
74 | Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré | Violin and piano | 1922 | |
76b | Tzigane | Violin and piano with luthéal attachment | 1922–24 | Alternate original version of M 76 |
76 | Tzigane | Violin and piano | 1922–24 | |
77 | Sonate (No. 2) in G major
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Violin and piano | 1923–27 | |
Piano solo[edit] | ||||
1 | Piano Sonata
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Piano | 1888 | 1st movement only;
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2 | Variations on a Theme of Grieg | Piano | 1888 | Theme: Death of Åse from Peer Gynt;
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3 | Variations on a Theme of Schumann | Piano | 1888 | Theme: Chorale Freu dich, o meine Seele from "Album for the Young", Op. 68;
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5 | Sérénade grotesque | Piano | 1892–93 |
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7 | Menuet antique | Piano | 1895 | |
11 | La Parade, ballet | Piano | 1896 |
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14 | Valse in D major | Piano | 1898 |
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19 | Pavane pour une infante défunte | Piano | 1899" | |
20 | Fugue | Piano | 1899" |
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23 | Fugue in D major | Piano | 1900 |
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24 | Fugue à quatre voix on a theme of Reber in F major | Piano | 1900 |
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26 | Prélude et Fugue | Piano | 1900 |
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27 | Fugue in F major | Piano | 1900 |
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30 | Jeux d'eau | Piano | 1901 | |
32 | Fugue in B♭ major | Piano | 1902 |
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A3 | Frederick Delius: Margot la Rouge, opera | Piano | 1902 | Reduction of orchestra part for piano |
36 | Fugue in E minor | Piano | 1903 |
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42 | Menuet in C♯ minor | Piano | 1904 | |
40 | Sonatine
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Piano | 1903–05 | First movement written for a competition sponsored by a Parisian magazine[6] |
43 | Miroirs
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Piano | 1904–05 | |
44 | Fugue in C major | Piano | 1905 |
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55 | Gaspard de la nuit
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Piano | 1908 | Based on 3 poems by Aloysius Bertrand |
58 | Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn | Piano | 1909 | |
A15a | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar, incidental music | Piano | 1909 | Reduction for piano of M. A15 |
57d | Daphnis et Chloé, ballet | Piano | 1910 | original version for piano of M. 57 |
61 | Valses nobles et sentimentales | Piano | 1911 | |
57c | Danse gracieuse de Daphnis, suite
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Piano | 1913 | Transcription from Daphnis et Chloé ballet M. 57 |
63 | À la manière de... | Piano | 1912–13 | The Chabrier piece is a paraphrase on an aria from Gounod's Faust |
65 | Prélude | Piano | 1913 | |
68 | Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Piano | 1914–17 | |
72b | La Valse | Piano | 1920 | Transcription of M. 72 |
80b | Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's ballet | Piano | 1927 | Reduction for piano of M. 80 |
81a | Boléro | Piano | 1929 | Transcription of M. 81 |
Piano duet[edit] | ||||
A1 | Camille Saint-Saëns: La jeunesse d'Hercule, symphonic poem, Op. 50 | Piano four hands | 1887 | Originally for orchestra, arrangement |
8 | Habanera | Two pianos | 1895 |
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13 | Entre Cloches | Two pianos | 1897 |
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17a | Shéhérazade | Piano four hands | 1898 | Original version of Overture M. 17 |
A2 | Claude Debussy: Sirènes | Two pianos | 1902 | No. 3 of Nocturnes;
originally for orchestra and female chorus, arrangement; 1st version |
54a | Rapsodie espagnole
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Two pianos | 1907 | Original version of M. 54;
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56 | Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant | Piano four hands | 1908 | Inspired by Charles Perrault;
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A14 | Claude Debussy: Trois nocturnes
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Two pianos | 1909 | Originally for orchestra, arrangement;
composed with Debussy's stepson and pupil Raoul Bardac; III. Sirènes, 2nd version |
60 | Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), children's pieces
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Piano four hands | 1908–10 | Inspired by the tales of Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy;
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A16 | Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Piano four hands | 1910 | Originally for orchestra, transcription |
70 | Frontispice | Two pianos five hands | 1918 | For S.P. 503: Le Poème du Vardar by Ricciotto Canudo |
72a | La Valse | Two pianos | 1920 | Transcription of M. 72 |
80a | Fanfare | Piano four hands | 1927 | Transcription of M. 80 |
81b | Boléro | Piano four hands | 1929 | Transcription of M. 81 |
82a | Concerto for the Left Hand | Two pianos | 1930 | Reduction of orchestra part of M. 82 for piano |
83a | Concerto in G | Two pianos | 1932 | Reduction of orchestra part of M. 83 for second piano |
Stage[edit] | ||||
17 | Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie | Orchestra | 1898 | Originally intended as an opera, after "One Thousand and One Nights";
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18 | Olympia | Opera | 1898–99" | After E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann ("The Sandman");
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52 | L'Heure espagnole ("The Spanish Hour") | Opera | 1907–11 | Libretto: Franc-Nohain |
49 | La Cloche engloutie ("The Sunken Clock") | Opera | 1906–12 | After Gerhart Hauptmann's Die versunkene Glocke;
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57 | Daphnis et Chloé | Ballet | 1909–12 | |
61a | Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Adelaide, or The Language of Flowers) | Ballet | 1912 | Orchestration of Valses nobles et sentimentales M. 61 |
62 | Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose")
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Ballet | 1911–12 | Orchestral version (M. 60a) with new music added (2 new opening pieces plus 4 new interludes);
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72 | La Valse, Poème chorégraphique | Ballet | 1919–20 |
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71 | L'Enfant et les sortilèges, Fantaisie lyrique ("The Child and the Spells"), operetta-ballet | 8 solo voices, mixed choir, children's choir, and orchestra with piano luthéal | 1917–25 | Libretto by Colette |
80 | Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's ballet | Ballet with small orchestra | 1927 | No. 1 (Prélude) of the collective composition (by 10 French composers) |
81 | Boléro | Ballet | 1928 | |
85 | Morgiane, oratorio-ballet | Vocal soloists, choir, and orchestra | 1932 | Libretto after "One Thousand and One Nights";
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84 | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle
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Baritone and orchestra | 1933 | Text: Paul Morand, originally intended as film music for G.W. Pabst's 1933 film Don Quixote but Ravel's music was not used;
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86 | Jeanne d'Arc ("Joan of Arc") | Opera | 1930s | After Joseph Delteil's Jeanne d'Arc, planned for the Paris Opéra;
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Choral[edit] | ||||
22 | Callerhoe | Cantata | 1900 |
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25 | Les Bayadères | Soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra | 1900 |
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28 | Tout est lumière | Soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra | 1901 |
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29 | Myrrha, cantata | Soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra | 1901 |
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31 | Semiramis | Cantata | 1902 |
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33 | La Nuit | Soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra | 1902 |
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34 | Alcyone | Soprano, alto, tenor, and orchestra | 1902 | Text by Eugène et Edouard Adenis;
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37 | Matinée en Provence | Soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra | 1903 |
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38 | Alyssa, cantata | Soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra | 1903 | Text by Marguerite Coiffier;
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45 | L'Aurore | Tenor, mixed choir, and orchestra | 1905 |
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59 | Saint François d'Assise | Soloists, choir, and orchestra | 1909–10 |
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69 | Trois chansons
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Mixed choir | 1914–15 | Lyrics by Ravel |
Solo voice with orchestra[edit] | ||||
39a | Manteau des fleurs | Voice and orchestra | 1903? | Orchestration of M. 39 |
41 | Shéhérazade, poems
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Soprano/tenor and orchestra | 1903 | Text: Tristan Klingsor |
47a | Noël des jouets | Voice and orchestra | 1906 | Orchestration of M. 47;
1st version |
47b | Noël des jouets | Voice and orchestra | 1913 | Orchestration of M. 47;
revised version |
64 | Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle
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Medium voice, piccolo, 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, string quartet, and piano | 1913 | Text: Stéphane Mallarmé |
78 | Chansons madécasses ("Madagascan Songs"), song cycle
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Soprano, flute, cello, and piano | 1925–26 | Text: Evariste-Désiré Parny de Forges |
75a | Ronsard à son âme | Voice and orchestra | 1935 | Orchestration of M. 75 |
Solo voice with piano[edit] | ||||
4 | Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer, song | Voice and piano | 1893 | Text: Roland de Marès |
6 | Un grand sommeil noir, song | Deep voice and piano | 1895 | Text: Paul Verlaine |
9 | Sainte, song | Voice and piano | 1896 | Text: Stéphane Mallarmé |
10 | D'Anne jouant l'espinette, song | Voice and harpsichord/piano | 1896 | Text: Clément Marot |
15 | Chanson du rouet, song | Voice and piano | 1898 | Text: Leconte de Lisle |
16 | Si Morne!, song | Voice and piano | 1898 | Text: Émile Verhaeren |
21 | D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige, song | Voice and piano | 1899" | Text: Clément Marot |
39 | Manteau des fleurs, song | Voice and piano | 1903 | Text by Paul Gravollet[[ |
A4 | Quel galant m'est comparable, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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A5 | Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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A6 | À vous, oiseaux des plaines, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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A7 | Chanson du pâtre épirote, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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A8 | Mon mouchoir, hélas, est perdu, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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47 | Noël des jouets ("The Toys' Christmas"), song | Voice and piano | 1905 | Lyrics by Ravel |
48 | Les grands Vents venus d'outre-mer, song | Voice and piano | 1906 | Text: Henri de Régnier |
50 | Histoires naturelles ("Natural Histories"), song cycle
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Medium voice and piano | 1906 | Text: Jules Renard |
A9 | Chanson de la mariée, song | Voice and piano | 1905–06 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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A10 | Là-bas, vers l'église, song | Voice and piano | 1905–06 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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A11 | Tout gai!, song | Voice and piano | 1905–06 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
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51 | Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, song | Deep voice and piano | 1907 | |
53 | Sur l'herbe, song | Voice and piano | 1907 | Text: Paul Verlaine |
A12 | Chanson écossaise: Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon ("Scottish Song"), song | Voice and piano | 1909 | Text: Robert Burns, in English |
A13 | Tripatos: Kherya pou dhen idhen ilyos, song | Voice and piano | 1909 | Text: Greek traditional, in Greek |
A17 | Chants populaires ("Folk Songs"), songs
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Medium voice and piano | 1910 | 1. Text: Spanish traditional, in Galician;
2. Text: French traditional, in Limousin; 3. Text: Italian traditional, in Italian; 4. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish and Hebrew |
64a | Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle | Voice and piano | 1913 | Transcription of M. 64 |
A22 | Deux mélodies hébraïques ("Two Hebrew Songs"), songs
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Voice and piano | 1914 | 1. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Aramaic;
2. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish |
69a | Trois chansons | Medium voice and piano | 1915 | Arrangement of M. 69 |
75 | Ronsard à son âme, song | Voice and piano | 1923–24 | Text: Pierre de Ronsard |
79 | Rêves, song | Voice and piano | 1927 | Text: Léon-Paul Fargue |
84a | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle | Baritone and piano | 1932–33 | Original version of M. 84 |
References
[edit]- ^ Zank, Stephen (2005). Maurice Ravel: A Guide to Research. New York: Routledge. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8153-1618-3.
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- ^ "Fugue in D minor : autograph manuscript, 1900 March 28". The Morgan Library & Museum. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Ravel Autograph Musical Ms. on a "Subject" by Massenet & a Minor Thought on Beethoven Lion Heart Autographs". Lion Heart Autographs. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
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