RAVEL, ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSO

JORDAN SMITH

MIROIRSALBORADO DEL GRACIOSO: FIRST MOVEMENT OF

SUITE FOR SOLO PIANO (1904-1905)

MIROIRS:

SUITE FOR SOLO PIANO (1904-1905)

MIROIRS:

EACH MVT. DED. TO MEMBER OF LES APACHES

MIROIRS MOVEMENTS

• Noctuelles ("Night Moths")

• Oiseaux tristes ("Sad Birds”)

• Une barque sur l'océan ("A boat on the Ocean")

• Alborada del gracioso ("The Gracioso's Aubade”)

• La vallée des cloches ("The Valley of Bells")

MIROIRS MOVEMENTS

• Alborada del gracioso ("The Gracioso's Aubade”)

MIROIRS MOVEMENTS

• Alborada del gracioso ("The Gracioso's Aubade”)

MICHEL-DIMITRI CALVOCORESSI DEDICATION:

MICHEL-DIMITRI CALVOCORESSI

DEDICATION:

MICHEL-DIMITRI CALVOCORESSI

• Music Critic, Writer

• Greek-French

• books on Liszt, Debussy, Glinka, Schumann, Moussorgsky

MORNING LOVE SONG

ALBORADA=AUBADE

GRACIOSO = CLOWN

• Spain

• 16th century

ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSOMAURICE RAVEL

INSTRUMENTATION

• 2+1.2+1.2.2+1

• 4.2.3.1

• timpani, crotales, tri, tambourine, castanets, snare drum, cymbals, bd, xylophone

• 2 harps

• strings

FACTS

• Transcribed for orchestra:1918

• Premiere: May 17, 1919

• Rhené-Baton conducting Pasdeloup Orchestra

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