Maurice Ravel: Chamber Works for Violin

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Sasha Rozhdestvensky
Josiane Marfurt
Michal Kaňka
Maurice Ravel

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Ravel asserted that a composer should transcribe what they feel and how they feel it.

Composition History

The Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré was written in 1922 as part of a collective homage to Gabriel Fauré, published by La Revue Musicale.

Compositional Technique

In the 'Blues' movement of his Sonata for Violin and Piano, Ravel uses incompatible key signatures for the violin (one sharp) and piano (four flats) to emphasize their separation.

Composer Biography

Maurice Ravel's relatively limited chamber music output spanned 30 years, from an early sonata movement to the Sonata for Violin and Piano completed in 1927.

Composition History

Ravel's Tzigane, a 'concert rhapsody' for violin and piano, was first performed in London in 1924 by Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, who was also the dedicatee of Bartók's Sonatas Sz 75 and 76.

Compositional Technique

The original accompaniment for Ravel's Tzigane was conceived for the piano-luthéal, a keyboard instrument that could imitate the harpsichord, cimbalom, and guitar.

Composition History

Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923-27) stemmed from an abandoned violin concerto project first sketched in 1922.

Franck: Violin Sonata In A Major / Debussy: Violin Sonata In G Minor / Ravel: Berceuse Sur Le Nom De Fauré; Habanera For Violin and Piano; Tzigane. Rapsodie De Concert For Violin And Piano