Format : Sheet music
Only four of Ravel's works have any direct links with literature three of these (Habanera Jeux D'Eau and Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales) bear no more than a brief epigraph. Gaspard De La Nuit is therefore unique amongst these pieces not only in taking its title from a collection of prose poems by Aloysius Bertrand but being shaped albiet loosely by the three poems chosen from the collection by Ravel which are printed in full at the beginning of each piece. Arranged for Piano solo.
SKU: HL.50563183
UPC: 073999761450. 9x12 inches.
SKU: HL.50561599
UPC: 073999350029. 7.25x10.75x0.275 inches.
SKU: HL.49045635
This is my first work for piano, except for studies. The 'bell' and 'cloud' in the subtitle are metaphors of motifs used in this piece. The motif representing the sound of the 'bell' in Le gibet, the second of Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel, is transferred here and tolled insistently from the beginning. The motif gradually loses its figure and transforms into tremolos which represent 'clouds'. I name the process 'Disincarnations.' The work represents the transforming process itself. -Kenji Sakai.