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
Works page 3 of 10
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deux epigrammes de Clement Marot (2) | — | — | — | Voice High | Classical | 3 |
| Les entretiens de la belle et de la bete | — | — | — | Piano, Harp, Cello, Flute, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 9 |
| IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la B | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| V. Menuet | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 5 |
| Schaum Music Dictionary | — | — | — | Piano | — | 3 |
| II. Oiseaux tristes | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| IV. Final | — | — | — | Piano, Cello, violin | Classical | 5 |
| A La Maniere De...Borodine | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| A La Maniere De...Emmanuel Chabrier | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Le Tombeau De Couperin: 6. Toccata | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Oiseau Tristes | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Einfuhrung / Introduction | — | — | — | Cello, violin, Viola | Classical | 4 |
| Critical Commentary | — | — | — | Cello, violin, Viola | Classical | 4 |
| Prisoner's Song | — | — | — | Banjo | Classical | 3 |
| Les entretien de la Belle et de la Bete | 1911-12IMSLP | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Valse noble et sentimentale No. 5 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): Score | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 3 |
| Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI. Vif | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII. Epilogue. Lent | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Don Quichotte à Dulcineé: III. Chanson à boire | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Low Voice | Classical | 6 |
| Cinq mélodies populaire grecques: II. Là-bas, vers l'église | — | — | — | Harp, Cello, Voice, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 3 |
| 1912–13IMSLP | — | — | — | Classical | 2 | |
| Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 | 1913IMSLP | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer | 1906IMSLP | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| L'heure espagnole | 1907-09IMSLP | — | — | Clarinet, Tambourine, Triangle, Timpani, Tamtam, English Horn, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Drum, Celest | Classical | 3 |
| III. Perpetuum Mobile | — | — | — | Piano, violin | Classical | 3 |
| II. Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (3 lovely birds from Paradise) | — | — | — | Choir, A Cappella | Classical | 2 |
| Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques | — | — | — | Voice, Voice High, Low Voice | Classical | 4 |
| Chanson Ecossaise | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Voice High, Low Voice | Classical | 4 |
| Pavane In Memory Of An Infanta | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Minuet In The Name Of Haydn | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Sleeping Beauty's Pavane | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Conversations Between The Beauty And The Beast | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Oiseaux Tristes(Sorrowful Birds) | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 6 |
| I. Noctuelles | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| 2. Malaguena | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Kaddisch | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Classical | 3 |
| Pavane Pur Une Enfant Defunte | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| III. Passacaille | — | — | — | Piano, Cello, violin | Classical | 4 |
| Le Tombeau De Couperin: 4. Rigaudon | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Le Tombeau De Couperin: 5. Menuet | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Chanson du rouet | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Low Voice | Classical | 4 |
| Sleeping Beauty | — | — | — | Flute | — | 2 |
| 4. Chanson des Cueilleuses (orch. Rosenthal) | — | — | — | Harp, Cello, Voice, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 2 |
| 1. Pavane de la Belle du Bois Dormant | — | — | — | Harp, Cello, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 2 |
| Pavan For A Dead Princess | — | — | — | Banjo | Classical | 2 |
| D'Anne jouant de l'espinette | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Voice | Classical | 2 |
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.