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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 9 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
Valses nobles et sentimentales: II. Assez lent — —— PianoClassical 1
Chansons madécasses, M. 78: No. 1. Nahandove — —— Low VoiceClassical 2
Chansons madécasses, M. 78: No. 3. Il est doux de se coucher — —— Low VoiceClassical 2
Mother Goose - I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant — —— Piano— 2
Mother Goose - II. Petit Poucet — —— Piano— 2
Mother Goose - III. Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodas — —— Piano— 1
Mother Goose - IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete — —— Piano— 2
Mother Goose - V. Le jardin feerique — —— Piano— 2
Pavane pour un Infante defunte — —— Piano— 1
Miroirs - I. Noctuelles — —— Piano— 1
Miroirs - II. Oiseaux tristes — —— Piano— 1
Miroirs - III. Une Barque sur l'Ocean — —— Piano— 1
Miroirs - IV. Alborada del gracioso — —— Piano— 1
Gaspard de la Nuit - I. Ondine — —— Piano— 1
Gaspard de la Nuit - II. Le Gibet — —— Piano— 1
Gaspard de la Nuit - III. Scarbo — —— Piano— 1
Ma Mere l'Oye - I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant — —— Piano— 1
Ma Mere l'Oye - II. Petit Poucet — —— Piano— 1
Ma Mere l'Oye - III. Laideronnette, Imperatrice des pagodes — —— Piano— 1
Ma Mere l'Oye - IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete — —— Piano— 1
Ma Mere l'Oye - V. Le jardin feerique — —— Piano— 1
A la maniere de . . . Chabrier, Emmanuel — —— Piano— 1
A la maniere de . . . Borodin, Alexandere, Valse — —— Piano— 1
Le Tombeau de Couperin - I. Prelude — —— Piano— 1
Le Tombeau de Couperin - II. Fugue — —— Piano— 1
Le Tombeau de Couperin - IV. Rigaudon — —— Piano— 1
Le Tombeau de Couperin - VI. Toccata — —— Piano— 1
Mother Goose - III. Laideronnette, Imperatrice des pagodes — —— Piano— 1
Deux epigrammes de Clement Marot - I. D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige — —— Voice— 1
Deux epigrammes de Clement Marot - II. D'Anne jouant de l'espinette — —— Voice— 1
Sheherazade - I. Asie — —— Voice— 1
Sheherazade - II. La Flute enchantee — —— Voice— 1
Sheherazade - III. L'Indifferent — —— Voice— 1
Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques - I. Chanson de la mariee — —— Voice— 1
Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques - II. La-bas, vers l'eglise — —— Voice— 1
Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques - III. Quel galant m'est comparable — —— Voice— 1
Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques - IV. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques — —— Voice— 1
Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques - V. Tout gai! — —— Voice— 1
Histoires Naturelles - I. Le Paon — —— Voice— 1
Histoires Naturelles - II. Le Grillon — —— Voice— 1
Histoires Naturelles - III. Le Cygne — —— Voice— 1
Histoires Naturelles - IV. Le Martin-Pecheur — —— Voice— 1
Histoires Naturelles - V. La Pintade — —— Voice— 1
Les grand vents venus d'outremer — —— Voice— 1
Chants populaires - I. Chanson Espagnol — —— Voice— 1
Chants populaires - II. Chanson Francaise — —— Voice— 1
Chants populaires - III. Chanson Italienne — —— Voice— 1
Chants populaires - IV. Chanson Hebraique — —— Voice— 1

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.