ravel, alborada del gracioso
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Presentation by Jordan Smith on Maurice Ravel's Alborada del GraciosoTRANSCRIPT
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
THANK YOU