Composer

Maurice Ravel

French composer (1875–1937)

1875–1937

467 works in the index

Born: 1875
Died: 1937
Birthplace: Ciboure
Citizenship / historical state: France
Period (estimated from birth year): Modern

Biography

Maurice Ravel, who was born in a Basque fishing village close to the Spanish border, came to Paris as a baby, and was taking piano lessons when he was six. In the early years of the new century he helped create the Société Musicale Independante (SMI), which then (in 1910) premiered his piano solo “Ma mère l'oye,” (Mother Goose), based on the folktales collected by Charles Perrault. This was later scored for a full orchestra and still later choreographed as a ballet. During the first world war Ravel was driving a truck as his day job, while composing “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” a suite for solo piano in six movements. Ravel died after experimental brain surgery in late 1937 and was buried at Levallois-Perret, near Paris, on December 30 that year. His best known legacy is his Boléro, a fifteen-minute orchestral work that consists of an initial theme and counter-theme repeated in a constant crescendo building to a thunderous conclusion

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Voice, Cello, violin, Orchestra
Genres represented: Classical, Children, Christmas, New Age
Works with composition dates: 54 of 467

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Pavane pour une infante défunte	1899Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Tuba, Recorder, English Horn	New Age, Classical	100
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn	1909Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Timpani, percussion	Classical	19
Ma Mère l'Oye	1911-12Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Harp, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Clarinet, Triangle, Timpani, Piccolo, English Ho	Classical	26
Boléro, op. 81	1928IMSLP	op. 81	—	Piano, Harp, Flute, violin, Bassoon, Orchestra, Clarinet, Trombone, Timpani, Trumpet, Tuba, Piccolo, Contrabasso	Classical	21
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges	1919Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Harp, Clarinet, Tambourine, Triangle, Timpani, Tuba, Tamtam, Piccolo, Contrabassoon, Cymbals, Drum, Celes	Classical	13
Alborada del gracioso	—	—	—	Piano, Clarinet, Piccolo	Classical	16
Miroirs: Une barque sur l'océan	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	13
Valses nobles et sentimentales	1911IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Piccolo	Classical	16
Pavane	—	—	—	Piano, Harp, Organ, Cello, violin, Double Bass, Viola	Classical	12
Pièce En Forme De Habañera	1907IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Cello, Flute, Voice, Voice High	Classical	11
Cinq mélodies populaire grecques: V. Tout gai!	—	—	—	Harp, Cello, Voice, Timpani, percussion	Classical	9
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée	1932–33Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Harp, Voice, Horn, Trumpet, English Horn, Baritone, Voice High	Classical	8
Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunte	—	—	—	Piano, Guitar	Classical	8
Ravel Suite for Strings, Full Score	—	—	—	Cello, violin, Orchestra	Classical	10
Ravel: Ma Mère l'oye (Mother Goose Suite)	—	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	10
Ravel: Album	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Ravel: Ma M	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Cinq mélodies populaire grecques: III. Quel galant m'est comparable	—	—	—	Harp, Cello, Voice, Timpani, percussion	Classical	10
5. Menuet	1895IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Harp	Classical	7
Le tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlane	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	15
Histoires naturelles	1906IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High	Classical	8
Noël des jouets	1905IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High	Classical	8
Le tombeau de Couperin	1919Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Harp, Oboe, Trumpet, Piccolo, English Horn	Classical	9
III. Ronde (Roundelay)	1914–15IMSLP	—	—	Choir, A Cappella	Classical	8
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, English Horn, Viola	Classical	13
Sonatine: II. Mouvement de menuet	1911-12IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin	Classical	8
Daphnis et Chloé (symphonie chorégraphique)	1909-12IMSLP	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	7
Jeux d'eau	1901Wikidata	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Prélude	1913Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Harp, Flute	Classical	17
Rapsodie espagnole	1907IMSLP	—	—	Cello, violin, Bassoon, Clarinet, Triangle, Tamtam, Piccolo, English Horn, Cymbals, Drum, Celesta, Xylophone, Si	Classical	14
Pavane de la belle au bois dormant	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Clarinet, Viola	Classical	20
Scarbo	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Rigaudon, From Le Tombeau De Couperin	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, Flute, Piccolo	Classical	7
Rigaudon Additional credits Maurice Ravel	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty	—	—	—	Piano, Hands, Saxophone	—	3
Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
À la manière de Chabrier	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Gaspard de la nuit	1908Wikidata	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Chants populaires	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	5
Manteau de fleurs	1903IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High	Classical	7
Piano Concerto	1929-31Wikidata	—	—	Harp, Clarinet, Trombone, Triangle, Timpani, Trumpet, Tamtam, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Drum	Classical	6
Sainte	1896IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High	Classical	7
Chanson espagnole	—	—	—	Voice High, Low Voice	Classical	8
Chanson italienne	—	—	—	Voice High, Low Voice	Classical	8
Petit poucet	—	—	—	Piano, Harp, Cello, Flute, Timpani, percussion	Classical	11
Laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes	—	—	—	Piano, Harp, Cello, Flute, Timpani, percussion	Classical	10
Le Gibet	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
[In the style of Emmanuel Chabrier - Paraphrase on a melody by Gounod ('Faust, Act II*)]	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 2657495. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author The image holder, the Bibliothèque nationale de France has not identified a photographer. (Follow link and click on "Detailed information".), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.