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
Noctuelles (Night-Moths)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Mother Goose Suite	—	—	—	Flute, Piccolo, percussion, Xylophone, Marimba	Classical	8
A la maniere d'Emmanuel Chabrier	1912–13IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Bol?ro	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Choir	Classical	6
Air de l'horloge	—	—	—	Low Voice	Classical	7
Daphnis et Chlo?, Suite No. 1	1909-12IMSLP	—	—	Piccolo	Classical	6
La Valle Des Cloches	—	—	—	—	Classical	7
Ravel: An Album for Piano Solo	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
5 Mélodies populaires grecques	1904-06IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Menuet antique	1895IMSLP	—	—	Piano, violin	Classical	13
Ronsard à son âme	1923-24IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice High, Low Voice	Classical	7
Deux melodies hebraiques (2)	—	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	5
Un Grand Sommeil Noir	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High, Low Voice	Classical	6
Sheherazade (3)	—	—	—	Voice High	Classical	5
Le jardin feerique	—	—	—	Piano, Harp, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Clarinet, Timpani, percussion, Viola	Classical	19
Emmanuel Chabrier	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Piano Trio in A minor	—	—	A minor	Piano, Cello, violin	Classical	7
Pavanne De La Belle Au Bois Dormant	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Ravel: Miroirs	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D Major: Lento - Andante - Allegro - Tempo I	1929-30IMSLP	—	D major	Harp, Clarinet, Tambourine, Triangle, Timpani, Tuba, Tamtam, Cymbals, Drum	Classical	7
Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV. Assez animé	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Le tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Clarinet, Viola	Classical	13
Trois chansons	1914–15IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	4
2 Mélodies hébraïques	1914IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Sonata for Violin and Cello	1920–22Wikidata	—	—	Cello, violin	Classical	4
String Quartet	1902–03IMSLP	—	—	Cello	Classical	4
La valse	1919Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Orchestra, Clarinet, Tambourine, Triangle, Timpani, Tuba, Tamtam, Piccolo, Contrabassoon, Glockenspiel	Classical	7
La Flute Enchantee	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	5
Si morne!	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High, Low Voice	Classical	6
Ondine	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Introduction	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	4
Ma Mere l'Oye: Cinq pieces enfantines [Mother Goose: Five children's pieces]	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Le Tombeau De Couperin: 2. Fugue	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Le Tombeau de Couperin - Rigaudon	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Clarinet, Viola	Classical	11
Modern French Composer - "Pavane"	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Lullaby of the Sleeping Beauty	—	—	—	—	Classical	5
Valses nobles et sentimentales: III. Modéré	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin	Classical	7
Introduction et allegro pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatuor	1905IMSLP	—	—	Harp, Cello, Flute, Clarinet	Classical	5
Don Quichotte à Dulcinee: II. Chanson épique	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Low Voice	Classical	7
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré	1922IMSLP	—	—	Piano, violin	Classical	3
Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.1	1911IMSLP	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	2
Fanfare (for the ballet L'éventail de Jeanne)	1927IMSLP	—	—	Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, Trumpet, Piccolo, Cymbals, Drum	Classical	3
Miroirs	1904–05IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
Piano Trio	1914IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Cello, violin	Classical	3
Sonatine	1903-05Wikidata	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Tzigane	1924IMSLP	—	—	Piano, violin	Classical	3
Violin Sonata No.2	1923–27IMSLP	—	—	Piano, violin	Classical	3
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faur?	—	—	—	Organ	—	3

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.