Voice and Piano
SKU:
AP.36-M181291
Composed by Maurice
Ravel. Performance Music
Ensemble; Solo Voice with
Piano. Ludwig Masters.
Score and Part(s). Alfred
Music #36-M181291.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.36-M181291).
UPC:
660355185809.
English.
Maurice
Ravel (1875-1937) wrote
the first of his CINQ
MÉLODIES POPULAIRES
GRECQUES (Five Greek Folk
Melodies) in 1904 at the
urgent request of Pierre
Aubry, who wished to
illustrate a lecture he
was giving on Greek
folksong. Initially given
five folksongs from which
to choose, Ravel supplied
a piano accompaniment for
them in only thirty-six
hours. Having impressed
those who supplied the
original five, three more
were produced, which
Ravel also quickly set to
piano accompaniment, in a
style imitative of the
Mediterranean lands, but
remaining distinctly
French in its execution.
The five melodies in this
collection were selected
from those eight. Ravel
had started orchestrating
all five as well,
completing two, leaving
Manuel Rosenthal to
complete the remaining
three. Songs in the
collection: I. Le
Réveil de la Mariée
(Wake Up, My Dear), II.
LÃ -bas, vers
l'église (Out There,
Where the Church Tower),
III. Quel galant m'est
comparable (Which Gallant
Can Compare With Me?),
IV. Chanson des
cueilleuses de lentisques
(Song of the Lentisk
Gatherers), and V. Tout
gai! (Be Gay!). The
Ravel/Rosenthal
orchestrations have been
edited by Clinton Nieweg
in an edition available
from E.F. Kalmus.
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