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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte; Les grands vents venus d'outremer | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Voice | Classical | 2 |
| 1. Habanera | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Pavane: 1st Violin | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane: 2nd Violin | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane: Viola | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane: Cello | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): 3rd Violin (Viola ) | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): String Bass | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): 1st B | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): 2nd B | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): B | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte): E | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| The Enchanted Garden: Score | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 3 |
| Pavane for a Silent Night | — | — | — | Choir | Christmas | 2 |
| Sonatine: III. Animé | — | — | — | Orchestra | Classical | 3 |
| Chansons madécasses, M. 78: No. 2. Aoua! | — | — | — | Low Voice | Classical | 4 |
| Chanson madécasses | 1925-26IMSLP | — | — | Piano, Cello, Flute, Voice Soprano | Classical | 1 |
| Epigrammes de Clément Marot | 1896 (No.2), 1899 (No.1)IMSLP | — | — | Voice | Classical | 1 |
| Rêves | 1927IMSLP | — | — | Piano, Voice High, Low Voice | Classical | 3 |
| Sur l'herbe | 1907IMSLP | — | — | Piano, Organ, Voice, Voice High | Classical | 2 |
| L'Indifferent | — | — | — | Voice | Classical | 2 |
| I. Allegretto | — | — | — | Piano, violin | Classical | 2 |
| Chansons madecasses (3) | — | — | — | Voice High | Classical | 1 |
| Chanson Francaise | — | — | — | Voice High, Low Voice | Classical | 3 |
| Les grands vents venus d'outremer | — | — | — | Voice High, Voice | Classical | 1 |
| Tripatos | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Voice High, Low Voice | Classical | 3 |
| Trois chansons (3) [after choral works] | — | — | — | Voice High | Classical | 1 |
| Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarme | — | — | — | Voice, Voice High | Classical | 1 |
| In The Style Of Borodin | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Translations | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Tom Thumb | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Little Miss Ugly Face, Empress of The Pagodas | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| The Magic Garden | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| IV. Rigaudon | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| VI. Toccata | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| 6. Toccata | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| L'Enigme Eternelle | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Classical | 2 |
| Frontispice (2pno/5hd) Ravel M | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Bibliography | — | — | — | Cello, violin, Viola | Classical | 2 |
| Sources | — | — | — | Cello, violin, Viola | Classical | 2 |
| 1. Lever du Jour | — | — | — | Harp, Cello, Orchestra, Choir, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 3 |
| 2. Pantomime | — | — | — | Harp, Cello, Orchestra, Choir, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 2 |
| 1. La Reveil de la Mariee (orch. Ravel) | — | — | — | Harp, Cello, Voice, Timpani, percussion | Classical | 1 |
| Peaches and Cream - Harmony | — | — | — | Banjo | Classical | 1 |
| Put on YOur Old Grey Bonnet | — | — | — | Banjo | Classical | 1 |
| D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Voice | Classical | 1 |
| A la maniere de Borodine | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| 30.Prelude | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
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.