Maurice Ravel : Ravel Suite for Strings

Although the moods may vary throughout these evocative works, the elegance and subtly shifting energies of their musical language could only be those of Maurice Ravel. To study them in this full-score edition is to become more fully aware not only of his great originality but also of the constant striving for perfection of form and style that prompted Stravinsky to compare him admiringly to the most perfect of Swiss watchmakers. The Rapsodie Espagnole was Ravel's first entirely orchestral composition. A work whose exotic fantasy and subtle craftsmanship clearly express Ravel's distinctive musical personality, it was first performed publicly at the Théâtre du Châlet in Paris in 1908, confirming the young composer's reputation as an orchestral poet of scintillating originality. In 1911 Ravel re-created for orchestra his highly successful composition for two pianos, the Mother Goose Suite, a truly magical work whose moods range from haunting desolation to tender exaltation. Similarly, Ravel recast his brilliant 1911 piano composition Valses Nobles et Sentimentales as an orchestral score in 1912 (a ballet based on its premiere that year in Paris) and arranged his evocative 1899 piano work Pavane for a Dead Princess for orchestra in 1910. The rich orchestral settings of all four works have made them popular favorites on concert stages worldwide. This superbly prepared edition brings together in one volume authoritative full scores of these four works, reprinted from original French editions. Dover (1989) republication of Rapsodie Espagnole, Ma mère l'Oye, and Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, originally published by Durand, Paris, 1908, 1911, and 1912, respectively, and of Pavane pour une infante défunte, originally published by Max Eschig, Paris, 1910.

Maurice Hauchard (1870-1957) was a French violinist and composer. As a minor composer often in the shadow of his contemporary Maurice Ravel much of Hauchard's music is not widely known. However his Pour distraire petit père is a charming suite perfect for beginners. As an excellent versatile musician Hauchard loved his art and remains one of the greatest contributors to music education. Pour distraire petit père which translates as 'to distract little Father' is a collection of twelve easy pieces for Violin and Piano accompaniment. Each movement is varied in tempo time and keysignatures articulation and rhythm making for an exciting compilation for the student. All beginners should play this quirky Hauchard suite for its engaging contrasts and distinction.

Maurice Hauchard (1870-1957) was a French violinist and composer. As a minor composer, often in the shadow of his contemporary, Maurice Ravel, much of Hauchard's music is not widely known. However,his Pour Distraire Petit Père is a charming suite, perfect for beginners.As an excellent, versatile musician Hauchard loved his art and remains one of the greatestcontributors to music education. Pour Distraire Petit Père is a collection of twelve easy pieces arranged for a Violin Duet. Each movement is varied in tempo, time and key signatures,articulationand rhythm, making for an exciting compilation for the students. All beginners should play this quirky Hauchard suite for its engaging contrasts and distinction. / Violon / Leduc

For A Dead Princess in Full Score-With the premiere in 1908 of Rapsodie Espagnole Ravel’s first entirely orchestral composition the French composer achieved renown as a highly original and imaginative composer. In 1911 he recast the Mother Goose Suite his extremely successful work for piano four-hands as an orchestral work. Based on five fairy tales among them 'Sleeping Beauty' 'Tom Thumb' and 'Beauty and the Beast' this collection continues to enchant listeners of all ages with its variety of moods. After a decade after its initial appearance as a piano work Ravel transcribed his evocative Pavane For A Dead Princess for orchestra now one of his best-known and most frequentlyperformed compositions. These three rich orchestral settings are presented in full score in this authoritative edition.

Woodwind Quintet-As a tribute to 18th Century French music as well as to the memory of Francois Couperin Ravel wrote this set of six piano pieces in the form of a suite and dedicated each piece to a friend who had lost his life defending his country in World War One. Although Le Tombeau De Couperin retains the grace clarity and elegance and charm reminiscent of the 18th Century its harmonies and colouristic effects are unmistakably of the 20th Century.This edition of the piece was arranged for Wind Quintet by Gunther Schuller and retains the spirit and charcter of the original Piano work.

This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917 dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.

Symphonic Fragments - 2nd Suite-La Suite n°2 correspond au troisième tableau du ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Lever du jour Pantomime et Danse générale sont interprétés sans interruption. Cette nouvelle transcription pour orchestre d'harmonie ne fait aucun compromis. Non seulement il vous faudra réunir un ensemble de 60 musiciens ou plus afin de respecter la partition mais un choeur mixte est également essentiel. Cependant si les notes secondaires (ou petites notes) sont jouées par les musiciens le choeur est alors ad libitum.

Confiée à des enseignants du secondaire et à des universitaires, la revue Musicologies nouvelles prépare aux épreuves de musique du baccalauréat. S?appuyant sur l?oeuvre de référence, les candidats doivent établir une comparaison et un élargissement vers d?autres ouvrages et ce, dans toutes les séries. De ce fait, chaque dossier comporte : l?analyse de l?oeuvre au programme ; un ou deux textes autour de cette oeuvre ; une analyse comparée ainsi qu?une fiche de synthèse, en grande partie écrite à partir des textes du dossier. Elle apporte parfois un complément sur des éléments absents, faute d?espace. Conseil méthodologique : lire d?abord la fiche de synthèse afin d?avoir une vue d?ensemble. Ensuite, travailler sur les textes ainsi que sur la fiche d?analyse comparée avant de revenir enfin sur la fiche de synthèse. Après Mozart l?an passé, Jean-Sébastien Bach ouvre le numéro avec sa Cantate BWV 106 « Actus tragicus ». La musique française est encore à l?honneur puisque Ravel revient avec le virtuose Concerto pour la main gauche, Debussy avec sa Sonate pour Flûte, alto et harpe ainsi que Germaine Tailleferre, la « Dame des Six »? Le jazz est également présent avec un dossier consacré à « Jazz et Orient » ainsi que quatre déclinaisons du standard Birdland. Musicologies Nouvelles - Baccalauréat 2018 Sommaire I. DOSSIER JEAN-SEBASTIEN BACH Frédéric GONIN De la rhétorique au service de la catéchèse et de l?exégèse : L?exemple de la cantate ?Actus Tragicus? (BWV 106) de Johann Sebastian Bach Laurence LE DIAGON-JACQUIN, Analyse comparée : J.S. Bach, « Es ist der alte Bund » / Darius Milhaud, ?chaos?, extrait de La Création du monde Laurence LE DIAGON-JACQUIN, Fiche de Synthèse : Cantate BWV 106 « Actus Tragicus », de J.S. Bach II. DOSSIER MAURICE RAVEL Danièle PISTONE, Ravel et l?esthétique de son temps Eric REGNIER, Maurice Ravel : Le Concerto pour la Main Gauche ou la transcendance de l?artiste Jean-Jacques VELLY: Ravel et l?orchestre Eric REGNIER, Analyse comparée : Maurice Ravel, Concerto pour la Main Gauche / Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto N°4 op. 58, 3e mouvement Eric REGNIER, Fiche de synthèse : Maurice Ravel Concerto pour la main gauche III. DOSSIER CLAUDE DEBUSSY Muriel JOUBERT, La Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe de Debussy : « un savant mélange de rigueur et de liberté » entretien avec le Trio Mélisande Muriel JOUBERT, La Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe de Debussy : classicisme, impressionnisme et cubisme Jean-Louis LELEU, La Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe de Debussy Présentation et notes analytiques Eric REGNIER, Analyse comparée : La Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe de Debussy (1915) Johannes Brahms : Trio opus 40 pour violon, cor et piano (1865) Muriel JOUBERT, Fiche de synthèse : Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe de Debussy IV. DOSSIER GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE Eric REGNIER, Aspects de l?Opéra en un acte entre 1890 et 1945 Stéphan ETCHARRY, Quatre Opéras bouffes de Germaine Tailleferre : pour une « Petite histoire lyrique de l?Art français, du style galant au style méchant » Relire la tradition opératique française au prisme du pastiche et de l?humour Mihu Iliescu, Fiche de synthèse : Dossier Tailleferre V. DOSSIER JAZZ ET ORIENT Emmanuel PARENT, L?Occident recréé par l?Orient Vincent COTRO, Jazz et Orient : Approche comparée des cinq pièces au programme Nicolas OLIVIER, Jazz et Orient :Dialogues de cultures singuliers -Ibrahim Maalouf, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Avishai Cohen, Jasser Haj Youssef, Marcel Khalifé Eric REGNIER, Analyse comparée : Jasser Haj Youssef Friggya / Claude Debussy, La Puerta del Vino Eric REGNIER, Fiche de synthèse : Dossier Jazz et l?Orient VI. DOSSIER BIRDLAND Ludovic Florin, Le « Birdland » de Weather Report et trois de ses avatars Eric REGNIER, Birdland, un standard traité avec fidélité Eric REGNIER, Analyse comparée : Birdland, par l?ensemble Hyperion et Swan Lake, par le groupe Madness Eric REGNIER, Fiche de synthèse : Dossier Birdland

A group of romantic pieces arranged by Paul Archibald for Trumpet and Piano. Pieces include: Passepied (Le Roi s'amuse) Leo DELIBES; Waltz (Coppelia) Leo DELIBES; Romance Without Words Gabriel FAURE; Passepied (Suite Bergamasque) Claude DEBUSSY; Sonatine (2nd Movement) Maurice RAVEL; Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin) Maurice RAVEL.

Symphonic Fragments - 2nd Suite. Par RAVEL MAURICE. La Suite n°2 correspond au troisième tableau du ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Lever du jour, Pantomime et Danse générale sont interprétés sans interruption. Cette nouvelle transcription pour orchestre d'harmonie ne fait aucun compromis. Non seulement il vous faudra réunir un ensemble de 60 musiciens ou plus afin de respecter la partition, mais un choeur mixte est également essentiel. Cependant, si les notes secondaires (ou petites notes) sont jouées par les musiciens, le choeur est alors ad libitum. / Niveau : 6 / Répertoire / SATB

Ma mre l'oye (Mother Goose Suite) is typical of Ravel's style with its modal melodies, use of dance forms and rhythmic precision. For this suite, Ravel selected favorite French fairy tales with references to fantasy, dreams and legends of childhood, and provided simple and delicate settings for piano duet (one piano, four hands). Although featuring childhood themes, Ma mre l'oye is at the late intermediate to early advanced level. This teaching/performance edition contains the suite in its entirety and is based on the first edition published by Durand in 1910. Editors Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster have included expert fingering suggestions and hand redistributions for technical ease, and have suggested ways to perform grace notes and glissandi in footnotes. The primo and secondo parts are on separate pages with measure numbers in both parts for easy reference. Late intermediate to early advanced.