pour voix élevée-The melodies of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) span the entire chronology of his creative output from his earliest song BALLADE DE LA REINE MORTE DAIMER (1893) written during his student years at the Paris Conservatory to the cycle DON QUICHOTTE ÀDULCINÉE (1932-33) his last compositions in any genre. In his songs Ravel s text settings display a meticulous attention to detail. Ravel´s melodies are elegant and refined classical in their phrase structure.In his treatment of rhythm Ravel finds subtlety within traditional meters and dance forms-minuet waltz folk dances (especially Spanish dances)-also shape the rhythm in many of his songs.
SKU: AP.36-M181291
UPC: 660355185809. English.
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) wrote the first of his CINQ MÉLODIES POPULAIRES GRECQUES (Five Greek Folk Melodies) in 1904 at the urgent request of Pierre Aubry, who wished to illustrate a lecture he was giving on Greek folksong. Initially given five folksongs from which to choose, Ravel supplied a piano accompaniment for them in only thirty-six hours. Having impressed those who supplied the original five, three more were produced, which Ravel also quickly set to piano accompaniment, in a style imitative of the Mediterranean lands, but remaining distinctly French in its execution. The five melodies in this collection were selected from those eight. Ravel had started orchestrating all five as well, completing two, leaving Manuel Rosenthal to complete the remaining three. Songs in the collection: I. Le Réveil de la Mariée (Wake Up, My Dear), II. Là -bas, vers l'église (Out There, Where the Church Tower), III. Quel galant m'est comparable (Which Gallant Can Compare With Me?), IV. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques (Song of the Lentisk Gatherers), and V. Tout gai! (Be Gay!). The Ravel/Rosenthal orchestrations have been edited by Clinton Nieweg in an edition available from E.F. Kalmus.
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SKU: HL.50480879
UPC: 073999792843. 9.5x12.5x0.109 inches.
A fascinating collection of six songs dating from 1893-1910, all posthumously published, and collected here for the first time. Historical and critical notes are included for each piece. Contents: Ballade de la reine morte * Chanson du rouet * Chanson ecossaise * Si morne * Tripatos * Un grand sommeil noir.
