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Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
Further editions of this title
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Béla Bartók
(1881-1945)
Ravel and Béla Bartók got to know each other in 1922 in London and met again in 1928 in New York.
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Ravel was the pianist for several world premieres of Debussy’s works. He also arranged works by Debussy for piano or orchestra. Nevertheless, their friendship was mostly distant.
Manuel de Falla
(1876-1946)
Falla and Ravel were members of “Les Apaches”, a Parisian artist group formed around 1900. Ravel was one of its central figures.
Gabriel Fauré
(1845-1924)
Fauré was Ravel’s composition teacher at the Paris Conservatoire from 1898.
George Gershwin
(1898-1937)
Like Gershwin’s music, Ravel’s works also reflect the influence of jazz. The two got to know each other in New York in 1928 and Gershwin regretted not having been Ravel’s pupil.
Sergei Prokofiev
(1891-1953)
Prokofiev admired Ravel. On the latter’s death, he wrote: “With Maurice Ravel, one of the last great composers of our time has passed away.”
Erik Satie
(1866-1925)
Ravel’s early encounters with Satie, dating back to his Student years, left a lasting impression on him. He described Satie as an extremist and innovator and admired him as a composer.
Arnold Schönberg
(1874-1951)
Ravel got to know Schönberg in 1920 in Vienna. He invited the Austrian to visit the Société musicale indépendante (SMI) in Paris, which had been co-founded by Ravel. In 1927, Schönberg presented several of his works in concerts there.
If you have already held one of our Ravel editions for piano in your hands, you will have noticed that most of them have a different format to our other Urtext editions. At 25.5 x 32.5 cm, they are slightly larger than the usual 23.5 x 31.0 cm. Why is this?
We introduced this larger format to our Urtext range when we began to typeset music that was so expansive it did not fit well into the standard Urtext format. Maurice Ravel was the first composer to whom this applied. Initial attempts to fit his music into the Urtext format without reducing our usual 7mm rastral size were disappointing. Not enough material fitted onto the page, so you would have missed the context of the music when reading it. The “amount of music” was simply too great for our usual format.
The additional 2 cm in width and 1.5 cm in height, on the other hand, allowed us to accommodate the necessary “extra” musical text on the page. The larger format allows the musical text to be presented in an optimal manner. Thus, we are able to remain true to our quality standards, offering the pianist the best possible Urtext of Ravel’s compositions, not only in terms of content, but also optically.
Incidentally, having successfully introduced the larger format for Ravel’s works, we have also turned to it for (a few) other editions, such as Granados’ “Goyescas” and Beethoven’s Duo Fragment for violin and cello.
A unique collaboration
We are delighted to present a series of five podcast episodes on the 'Ravel Universe', created by conductor Joshua Weilerstein as part of his renowned 'Sticky Notes Podcast'. Each episode will focus on Ravel's relationship with another composer in his circle. Starting with an overview on Ravel himself and some of his major works, and an interview with Boris Giltburg, who will be providing his fingerings for our solo piano edition of La Valse, later episodes will include a look at Ravel's relationships with Debussy, Gershwin and De Falla, and much more! Join us and stay tuned to our social media where we will announce the release of each new episode.
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