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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 7 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.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Seeing Nellie Home — —— BanjoClassical —
Valses nobles et sentimentales Nos. 6 & 7 — —— —— —
Piano Concerto in G major — —G major Bassoon, Horn, Tuba, PiccoloClassical 12
Daphnis & Chloe — —— PiccoloClassical 2
Empress Of The Pagodes — —— —Classical 1
Pavane For A Sleeping Beauty — —— —Classical 1
Quartet In F Minor — —F minor Cello, violin, ViolaClassical —
Forlane Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Fugue Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— PianoClassical —
Menuet Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— PianoClassical —
Prélude Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Toccata Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— PianoClassical —
Alborada del gracioso Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Noctuelles Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— PianoClassical —
Oiseaux Tristes Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— PianoClassical —
Une Barque Sur l'Océan Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
A la Manière de Borodine -- Valse Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
A la Manière de Chabrier -- "Paraphrase Sur un Air de Gounod" Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Habanera Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Mouvement de Menuet Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales -- I Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales -- II Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Jeux d'eau Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
La Vallée des Cloches Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Menuet antique Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Sonatine Additional credits Maurice Ravel — —— PianoClassical —
The Enchanted Garden — —— —Classical —
1. Borodine — —— PianoClassical —
3. Chabrier — —— PianoClassical —
Daphne et Chloe - Suite II — —— CelloClassical 1
Nahandove — —— —— —
Aoua! — —— —— —
Il Est Doux — —— —— —
Air du feu — —— —Classical 1
Pr?lude — —— FluteClassical 0
"Pi — —— FluteClassical 0
Menuet sur le nom de HAYDN Performed by Maurice Ravel — —— —— —
Valses nobles et sentimentales, No. 2 — —— —— —
Rhapsodie Espagnole — —— PiccoloClassical 0
Pavane pour une infante d?funte — —— PiccoloClassical —
La Manire De Borodine — —— —Classical 1
1. Menuet Antique — —— —— —
Ravel's Bolero — —— —— —
Ravel Suite for Stringssheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical —
Allegro From The Introduction And Allegro — —— FluteClassical —

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.