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	YouTube - Ravel - Sonatine - 1 - Modéré - Daniel Áñez
		Ravel - Sonatine - 2 - Mouvement de menuet - Daniel Áñez
		Sonatine 3rd movent, Ravel by Chong Peck Wei
		Trio Sortilege - Sonatine by Ravel - 2makemovies
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	Maurice Ravel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ravel's piano compositions, such as Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit are virtuosic, and his orchestrations, such as in Daphnis et Chloé and his orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, are notable for the effective use of tonal color and variety of sound and instrumentation.
		Ravel was born in Ciboure, France near Biarritz, part of the French Basque region, bordering on Spain.
		Ravel was fond of chords of the ninth and eleventh, and the acidity of his harmonies is largely the result of a fondness for unresolved appoggiaturas (listen to the Valses Nobles et Sentimentales).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maurice_Ravel (1903 words)

	Sonatine by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
		Ravel’s close friend, critic M. Calvocoressi, was a contributor to the publication and encouraged Ravel to enter the competition.
		Ravel frequently instructed pianists to make a short break at the end of the main theme in measures 3 and 61 and again in measure 28 just before the repeat.
		Ravel emphasizes the upbeat accents of the theme (as he did in the first movement).
	www.richard-dowling.com /SonatinePreface.html (1256 words)

	Live from Lincoln Center - Discussion Questions
		In Le tombeau de Couperin Ravel's contemporary harmonic vocabulary, Romantic pianistic gestures (especially in the Prélude and Toccata), and prominent use of the major 7th (notably in the refrain of the Forlane) are superimposed onto 18th-century forms, rhythms, cadences and ornamentation.
		But that Ravel was not entirely blind to the political realities of colonialism is suggested by his choice, for the second song, of a text dealing with the extermination of a treacherous settler who had tried to destroy the Madagascan people and their customs.
		Ravel here drops his usual reserve: 2nd and 7th dissonances are freely employed, along with sections of bitonality, while the word ‘aoua’, an addition Ravel made to the text himself, is used as a refrain throughout, almost in the manner of a war cry.
	www.pbs.org /lflc/backstage/123103ravel.html (1474 words)

	Piano Society - Ravel Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Joseph Maurice Ravel, French composer, was born in 1875 in the Basque town of Ciboure, near Biarritz, as the son of a Swiss father (an inventor and industrialist) and a Basque mother.
		Ravel was not an especially precocious pupil; he remained at the Conservatory for 16 years, during which time he composed and hung about with a group of young avant-garde artists who called himself the Apaches.
		Ravel was a master orchestrator, who spent much of his time orchestrating piano works by himself and others, notably Debussy and Moussorgsky (whose Pictures of an Exhibition have become far more famous in Ravel's orchestration than in their original piano version).
	www.pianosociety.com /index.php?id=7 (571 words)

	Maurice Joseph Ravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ravel was born in a village near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Fr., of a Swiss father and a Basque mother.
		The last five years of Ravel's life were clouded by aphasia, which not only prevented him from writing another note of music but also deprived him of the power of speech and made it impossible for him even to sign his name.
		Ravel was buried in the cemetery of Levallois, a Paris suburb in which he had lived, in the presence of Stravinsky and other distinguished musicians and composers.
	www.geopaix.com /ravel/index2.html (858 words)

	Ravel, Maurice (1875 - 1937) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ravel wrote two operas, the first, described as a comédie-musicale, L'heure espagnole (The Spanish Clock) and the second, with a libretto by Colette, the imaginative L'enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Enchantments), in which the naughty child is punished when furniture and animals assume personalities of their own.
		Ravel wrote two piano concertos, the first, completed in 1930, for the left hand only, commissioned by the pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in the war, and the second, completed in 1931, for two hands.
		Ravel's chamber music includes the evocative nostalgia of the Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet, a violin sonata with a jazz-style blues movement, a piano trio and a string quartet.
	www.naxos.com /composer/ravel.htm (512 words)

	RAVEL ~ NOTES Page ~ aMUSIClassical Directory
		Composed for piano in 1914, Ravel arranged this suite of six studies in to an orchestral suite of four mmts in 1920.
		Ravel was to be the soloist but due to illness the work was premiered by pianist Margaret Long to whom he dedicated the work.
		Ravel composed his PC for the Left Hand, in 1931, for Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein who lost his right arm in World War I. He premiered the work in Vienna in November of 1931.
	www.angelfire.com /biz/musiclassical/ravel.html (1056 words)

	Maurice Ravel and his String Quartet in F major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One of the events that most profoundly determined the course of Maurice Ravel's career was a failure, namely, his failure to obtain the coveted first prize in the "Prix de Rome" awarded by the Paris Conservatoire.
		Ravel, who was born 125 years ago on March 7, 1875, had obtained the second prize in 1901, then tried again in 1902 and 1903 to win the first prize.
		Ravel had begun the String Quartet while he was still a student at the Conservatoire.
	www.unitel.de /uhilites/011200.htm (529 words)

	YouTube - Ravel:Sonatine,Movement III
		Michelangeli - Ravel Piano Concerto - [2] Adagio assai
		Ravel, Concerto in G (Martha Argerich) - Mov 2: Adagio assai
		Ravel, Concerto in G (Martha Argerich) - Mov 3: Presto
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	ARTIST
		Maurice Ravel was born in 1875 in the town of Cibourne, in the Basque region of France.
		Ravel is generally referred to as an Impressionist, a word which, in the musical world, tends to bring to mind his compatriot, Debussy.
		Today Ravel is known for writing music in all genres, from solo piano to full orchestra, and from single voice to choral and operatic works.
	www.phoenixcd.com /search/BioInfo.cfm?Biography__Performer=RAVE (784 words)

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		But Ravel was his own man. He was always quick to point out that his allegedly Debussyan ``Jeux d'eau'' was published in 1902 - before most of Debussy's significant keyboard works.
		Ravel's melodies were cleaner, his rhythms more distinct than Debussy's.
		Most of Ravel's compositions up to the war years were inspired by poetry or described a scene - sad birds singing in a fl forest, Spaniards throwing a fiesta, the games of a seductive water sprite.
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	Document
		They cover all Ravel's solo piano music, even including the Serenade grotesque, almost his earliest piece; this dates from 1893, two years before the Menuet antique, but is already self-confident.
		Ravel's formal precision in the Sonatine, also, is reflected in playing which exactly sculpts each phrase and justly places it in relation to the rest: at the same time the lyricism of this faultless little work still predominates.
		When Ravel orchestrated the Menuet antique he repeated not the first part of the Trio but the second, to which he added a muted trumpet and trombone figure that is included here to excellent effect; likewise with a counter-melody for cellos added to the orchestration of the fourth of the Valses nobles et sentimentales.
	home.wanadoo.nl /jdpt/reviews/R/Ravel_crossley1.htm (588 words)

	Spectator, The: Ravel's struggles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ravel's five attempts began in 1900 when he was 25.
		In the year of Alyssa, as well as completing the quartet and beginning the sonatine for piano, he composed his first unmistakable masterpiece the orchestral song-cycle Sheherazade, given its successful premiere in 1904, year of abstention from the Prix.
		Ravel appears willing, with whatever ironical reservation, to collude with the flatulent fustian of his texts and the tired idiom of what was expected or required in their setting; and to do this with what sounds suspiciously like relish.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200105/ai_n8950992 (831 words)

	Mike's Comment of the Week - RAVEL'S BOLERO AND PSYCHOSIS
		The throbbing rhythm of the orchestral piece is said to be an example of "musical perseveration," indicating that Ravel was in the early stages of dementia, according to Dr. Eva Cybulska, a psychiatrist in Dartford, England.
		Perseveration is the endless repetition of a word, sound, or action in response to a stimulus, and is characteristic of sufferers from Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative conditions of the brain.
		To be sure, Ravel did show the first signs of neurological problems in 1927, at age 52, the year before Bolero was introduced.
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	Amazon.co.uk: Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As Hewitt points out, Ravel's favourite composer was Mozart, and she plays him with a positively Mozartian subtlety of nuance.
		Her style is well suited to Ravel's often delicate, imagery-rich music with her lovely phrasing, feathery touch, and ability to achieve the beautiful tonal colorations so characteristic of French music of this period.
		Ravel's piano music was a very pleasing revelation to me this year, and I consider this two-CD set one of the treasures in my collection.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063TSM (1055 words)

	Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music
		Her Sonatine, Jeaux D'eau, Ondine and Miroirs all are conveyed with an airy finesse, nuanced lyricism and feminine touch that can make Ravel sound so enchanting.
		Ravel's piano music was a very pleasing revelation to me this year, and I consider this two-CD set one of the treasures in my collection as I do most (if not all) of Hewitt's discography.
		I enjoy Angela's chameleon-like ability to play Bach as Bach, Ravel as Ravel, Granados as Granados, etc...Her technique is marvellous but, unlike many other great pianists, her ego takes a back seat and lets the composers/compositions shine in their own right.
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	Sheet Music Plus - Sonatine
		"Ravel's Sonatine is a neo-classic masterpiece which contrasts sharply from some of Ravel's other, more well-known gems for piano such as: Gaspard de la nuit, and...
		Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin For solo piano...
		Maurice Ravel: Piano Masterpieces of Maurice Ravel For solo piano...
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	Composer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He wrote in an attractive musical idiom that was entirely his own, in spite of contemporary comparisons with Debussy, a composer his senior by some twenty years.
		Ravel wrote his ballet Daphnis et Chloé in response to a commission from the Russian impresario Diaghilev.
		The Sonatine is in Ravel's neo-classical style and Le tombeau de Couperin is in the form of a Baroque dance suite.
	www.naxos.com /composer/btm.asp?fullname=Ravel,+Maurice (638 words)

	Kimberly Chan
		And then Ravel un peu retenu ed, and his passage of tres expressif burst through the dark browns and purples of the subject and transformed them into pastel colors, light and airy, ballerina music, floating a top a longing alberti bass.
		But Ravel and he and the beauty of two lines on a clear evening, when the moon streamed through the clouds and Ravel spoke to souls.
		There was something about Ravel that was freeing, for though he created impressions of utter beauty, there was a clarity to them, and she felt as if she could see so clearly the same images Ravel saw as he wrote the piece.
	www.lib.umich.edu /ugl/cafeshapiro/4(2003)/chanstory.html (2293 words)

	Maurice Ravel - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Giving the lie to the idea that turn-of-the-century musical trends were necessarily elite impressionism or "decadent" (whatever that may mean), Ravel's music always speaks directly to the heart in a subtle rhythmic sense through great melody, harmonic richness, and iridescent orchestration.
		(The art of stacking partials in Ravel's Boléro and in the work of Ives predate harmonic synthesis in electronic music by half a century.) Ravel's ballet Daphnis et Chloé, with its gently sustained, wordless vocal chorus amidst heaven-on-earth sound-painting, is probably the finest synthesis of his aesthetic.
		Ravel's melodic abilities and method of making subtle timbre changes by harmonic shift (rather than loud/soft articulation) are beautifully amplified in his piano works, including the famous Sonatine, Gaspard de la Nuit, and in Concerto for Piano (for the left hand in D), which also contain some of his most advanced harmonic writing.
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	Ravel Piano Music - Heidi Lowy
		For me, Ravel is above all a composer of clear ideas and outline, even when he invokes the ghost of Liszt in Gaspard.
		The Sonatine, for example, lacks precision of attack in the quick sections of the "Modéré" and a certain weight in the slow sections.
		The rubatos are way overdone, probably in the name of Interpretation, with a capital I. Ravel himself once said (later echoed by Stravinsky): "I hate to have my music interpreted: it suffices merely to play it." Sometimes you can get away with this stuff in Debussy, but not in Ravel.
	classicalcdreview.com /mrlowy.html (623 words)

	Classical Net Review - Ravel - Piano Works
		On the basis of her Ravel, I'd pigeon-hole Lowy as a pianist who works on the cool side of the temperature gradient.
		I've often sensed that Ravel didn't want his music to be played too prettily, and it is for that reason that I think he would have liked Lowy's performances, even though they lack the friendliness that one hears in Robert Casadesus and Vlado Perlemuter, for example.
		The one area in which she makes waves is in her bouncy, even bumpy, stop-and-go phrasing, which adds speed bumps to Ravel's musical highway.
	www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/b/byr00344a.html (402 words)

	Articles about the IU School of Music
		"Sonatine," which was created by legendary choreographer George Balanchine in 1975, has a special significance for the IU faculty.
		Verdy and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, former chair of the IU ballet department, were in the original cast of the piece at its New York City premiere in 1975.
		New ballet faculty member Glenda Lucena, who is staging "Sonatine," described the importance of Balanchine's influence on the piece.
	www.music.indiana.edu /publicity/press/ArticlesPreviews&Reviews/articles/2004-10/2004-10-06-IDSHarrold.htm (500 words)

	Record box. Brittle colour - Heidi Lowy plays Ravel, reviewed by Patric Standford
		She has made a notable impact in the USA with her predominantly romantic repertoire, and if this double CD Ravel recital is anything to go by, she should be better known in Europe too.
		Her playing is extremely neat and well controlled, balancing, as she does with great care, the sustained timbres with a more brittle colour that gives for instance Le tombeau de Couperin a fresh and unexpected bloom [listen -- CD2 track 6, 0:39-1:30].
		There is sensitivity in the Sonatine, technical accomplishment in Gaspard and Miroirs, and a vigorous determination about Valses nobles et sentimentales [listen -- CD1 track 8, 0:00-0:58], all of which add up to a most satisfying recital.
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2004/03/lowy.htm (357 words)

	Amazon.com: Ravel: Complete Music for Solo Piano: Music: Maurice Ravel,Abbey Simon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He's got panache and a genuine "feel" for the Ravel idiom (a characteristic many pianists strive for, but never attain, that seems as natural as breathing to Simon); he's got "mystery." He's got charm, and an impish quality, too.
		Simon is thoroughly at home in Ravel's world, whether it's the diabolical difficulty of "Gaspard de la Nuit" or the delicate simplicity of "Menuet Antique." His technique never falters, his tone is liquid gold.
		I believe these performances of Ravel, as well as many of his Chopin recordings, will be kept in the catalog for years to come and enjoy special status with listeners far into the future.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001K24?v=glance (1509 words)

	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Maurice Ravel
		Ravel, (Joseph) Maurice (b Ciboure, 1875; d Paris, 1937).
		In 1911 his comic 1-act opera L'Heure espagnole had not been a success, but was later welcomed for the brilliant piece it is. After service in the 1914-18 war, Ravel captured the savage flavour of the end of an era in his La Valse.
		Ravel is conveniently classified with Debussy, but their dissimilarities are more striking and significant.
	www.classicalarchives.com /bios/codm/ravel.html (839 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Ravel: Complete Music For Solo Piano / Abbey Simon
		Vox repackages Abbey Simon's mid-1970s Ravel cycle with spruced-up cover art and a slimmer jewel case.
		Note the uncommon clarity of dynamics, voicing, and texture he brings to Gaspard de la nuit's cruelly demanding three movements (especially in Scarbo, where the left hand runs and rumbles emerge like a newly restored painting previously covered in grime).
		This is some of the classiest Ravel playing on disc, and you'll never tire of Simon's aristocratic, seasoned artistry.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=4206 (260 words)

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