List of compositions by Maurice Ravel

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Maurice Ravel, ca. 1925

This is a complete list of compositions by Maurice Ravel , initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre chronologically in order of date the composition was completed. Catalogue "M" numbers were assigned by the musicologist Marcel Marnat according to date of composition. Arrangements by Ravel of his own works were assigned the "M" number of the original followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.). Arrangements by Ravel of other composers' works or of "traditional" music were assigned a separate "MA" number, in order of date of arrangement.

Contents

List of compositions

List of compositions
M.TitleScoringDateNotes

Orchestra

43aUne Barque sur l'océanOrchestra1906Orchestration of M. 43 No. 3;

1st version

54 Rapsodie espagnole
  1. Prélude à la nuit
  2. Malagueña
  3. Habanera
  4. Feria
Orchestra1907
A15 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar Orchestra1909Incidental music to a 5-act play by Chékry-Ganem;

partial reorchestration of most of the symphonic poem Antar Op. 9, the movements reordered and interspersed with reorchestrated fragments of the same work, a fragment of the opera Mlada, orchestrated fragments of songs from the Romances Op. 4 and Op. 7, and an extract from Félicien David's composition Le Désert, all included as the basis for new music by Ravel mostly in the style of Rimsky-Korsakov used as interconnecting pieces with the larger Antar movements;

  • the orchestral score of the song fragments and David's piece are lost, though the song fragments exist in the piano reduction
19a Pavane pour une infante défunte Orchestra1910Orchestration of M. 19
57a Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1
  1. Nocturne
  2. Interlude
  3. Danse guerrière
Orchestra1911Extracted and arranged from the ballet M. 57
60a Ma mère l'Oye Orchestra1911Orchestration of M. 60
A18 Erik Satie: Préludes pour Le Fils des étoiles Piano1910–11originally for piano, new orchestration of No. 1;
  • found;
  • planned new orchestration of all 3 preludes, only first was completed
57b Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
  1. Lever du jour
  2. Pantomime
  3. Danse générale
Orchestra1913Extracted and arranged from the ballet M. 57
A19 Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina , operaOrchestra1913Orchestration completed, some parts re-orchestrated, and edited, in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky from the score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
A20 Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides , ballet
  1. Prélude, Op. 28 No. 7
  2. Nocturne, Op. 32 No. 2
  3. Valse, Op. 70 No. 1
  4. chakra, Op. 33 No. 2
  5. chakra, Op. 67 No. 3
  6. Prélude, Op. 28 No. 7
  7. Valse, Op. 64 No. 2
  8. Grande valse brillante, Op. 18
Orchestra1914New orchestration of various piano pieces arranged as a ballet for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company; [1]
  • lost
A21 Robert Schumann: Carnaval, ballet
  1. Préambule
  2. Valse Allemande and Intermezzo: Paganini
  3. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins
Orchestra1914New orchestration of the suite for piano Op. 9 for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company;
  • project abandoned;
  • only 3 of the 20 pieces survive, the remaining 17 are either lost or were never written
43c Alborada del gracioso Orchestra1918Orchestration of M. 43 No. 4
A23 Emmanuel Chabrier: Menuet pompeuxOrchestra1917–18No. 9 of Pièces pittoresques ;

originally for piano, orchestration for the Sergei Diaghilev ballet Las Meninas (Les Jardins d'Aranjuez)

68a Le Tombeau de Couperin
  1. Prélude
  2. Forlane
  3. Menuet
  4. Rigaudon
Orchestra1919Orchestration of 4 pieces (reordered) from M. 68
A24 Modest Mussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition ( Pictures at an Exhibition ), suiteOrchestra1922Originally for piano, orchestration (omitting the last "Promenade")
A25 Claude Debussy: SarabandeOrchestra1922No. 2 of Pour le piano , originally for piano, orchestration;
  • published as No. 1 of Sarabande et Danse
A26 Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)Orchestra1922Originally for piano, orchestration;
  • published as No. 2 of Sarabande et Danse
43bUne Barque sur l'océanOrchestra1926Orchestration of M 43 No. 3;

revised version;

  • lost, possibly never written
7a Menuet antique Orchestra1929orchestration of M 7

Concertante

66Zaspiak-BatPiano and orchestra1913–14Based on Basque themes;
  • sketches only
76a Tzigane, Rapsodie de concert Violin and orchestra1924Orchestration of M 76
82 Concerto for the Left Hand (in D major)Piano and orchestra1929–30
83 Concerto in G (major)Piano and orchestra1929–31

Chamber

12 Sonate (No. 1)
  1. Allegro
Violin and piano18971st movement only;
  • published posthumously
35 String Quartet in F major
  1. Allegro moderato, très doux
  2. Assez vif, très rythmé
  3. Très lent
  4. Vif et agité
String quartet1902–03
46 Introduction et Allegro Harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet1905
67 Trio in A minor
  1. Modéré
  2. Pantoum. Assez vif
  3. Passacaille. Très large
  4. Final. Animé
Piano, violin, and cello1914
73aDuo for Le Tombeau de Claude DebussyViolin and cello1920No. 1 of the multi-composer collection;

early version of Allegro (1st) movement of Sonate M 73

73 Sonate (in A minor)
  1. Allegro
  2. Très vif
  3. Lent
  4. Vif, avec entrain
Violin and cello1920–22
74Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré Violin and piano1922
76b Tzigane Violin and piano with luthéal attachment1922–24Alternate original version of M 76
76 Tzigane Violin and piano1922–24
77 Sonate (No. 2) in G major
  1. Allegretto
  2. Blues. Moderato (A major)
  3. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
Violin and piano1923–27

Piano solo

1Piano Sonata
  1. Prélude
Piano18881st movement only;
  • student exercise;
  • lost
2Variations on a Theme of Grieg Piano1888Theme: Death of Åse from Peer Gynt ;
  • student exercise;
  • fragment exists
3Variations on a Theme of Schumann Piano1888Theme: Chorale Freu dich, o meine Seele from "Album for the Young", Op. 68;
  • student exercise;
  • lost
5 Sérénade grotesque Piano1892–93
  • Discovered and published posthumously
7 Menuet antique Piano1895
11 La Parade , balletPiano1896
  • Piano sketch only, comprising 2 waltzes, 2 marches, and a mazurka;
  • Discovered and published posthumously
14Valse in D majorPiano1898
  • Lost
19 Pavane pour une infante défunte Piano1899"
20FuguePiano1899"
  • Prix de Rome essay competition;
  • Lost, possibly auctioned score held by Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer [2]
23Fugue in D majorPiano1900
  • Possibly still survives as unofficial copies exist online
24Fugue à quatre voix on a theme of Reber in F majorPiano1900
  • Lost
26Prélude et FuguePiano1900
  • Student competition;
  • Lost, possibly auctioned score by Osenat [3]
27Fugue in F majorPiano1900
  • Prix de Rome competition;
  • May be the "D Minor Fugue" in the Morgan Library & Museum Collection. [4]
  • Possibly still survives as unofficial copies exist online
30 Jeux d'eau Piano1901
32Fugue in B majorPiano1902
  • Prix de Rome competition;
  • Published in Irony and Sound by Stephen Zank
A3 Frederick Delius: Margot la Rouge, operaPiano1902Reduction of orchestra part for piano
36Fugue in E minorPiano1903
  • Prix de Rome competition;
  • Lost, possibly the incomplete E flat major fugue held by Lion Heart Autographs [5]
42Menuet in C minorPiano1904
40 Sonatine
  1. Modéré
  2. Mouvement de menuet
  3. Animé
Piano1903–05First movement written for a competition sponsored by a Parisian magazine [6]
43 Miroirs
  1. Noctuelles
  2. Oiseaux tristes
  3. Une Barque sur l'océan
  4. Alborada del gracioso
  5. La Vallée des cloches
Piano1904–05
44Fugue in C majorPiano1905
  • Prix de Rome competition;
  • Possibly still survives as unofficial copies exist online
55 Gaspard de la nuit
  1. Ondine
  2. Le Gibet
  3. Scarbo
Piano1908Based on 3 poems by Aloysius Bertrand
58 Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn Piano1909
A15a Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar, incidental musicPiano1909Reduction for piano of M. A15
57dDaphnis et Chloé, balletPiano1910original version for piano of M. 57
61 Valses nobles et sentimentales Piano1911
57cDanse gracieuse de Daphnis, suite
  1. Nocturne
  2. Interlude et Danse guerrière
  3. Scène de Daphnis et Chloé
Piano1913Transcription from Daphnis et Chloé ballet M. 57
63À la manière de...Piano1912–13The Chabrier piece is a paraphrase on an aria from Gounod's Faust
65PréludePiano1913
68 Le Tombeau de Couperin
  1. Prélude
  2. Fugue
  3. Forlane
  4. Rigaudon
  5. Menuet
  6. Toccata
Piano1914–17
72b La Valse Piano1920Transcription of M. 72
80bFanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne , children's balletPiano1927Reduction for piano of M. 80
81a Boléro Piano1929Transcription of M. 81

Piano duet

A1 Camille Saint-Saëns: La jeunesse d'Hercule, symphonic poem, Op. 50Piano four hands1887Originally for orchestra, arrangement
8HabaneraTwo pianos1895
  • Published as No. 1 of Sites auriculaires , with M. 13;
  • Used later as No. 3 of Rapsodie espagnole M. 54a
13Entre ClochesTwo pianos1897
17aShéhérazadePiano four hands1898Original version of Overture M. 17
A2 Claude Debussy: SirènesTwo pianos1902No. 3 of Nocturnes;

originally for orchestra and female chorus, arrangement; 1st version

54a Rapsodie espagnole
  1. Prélude à la nuit
  2. Malagueña
  3. Habanera
  4. Feria
Two pianos1907Original version of M. 54;
  • III. Habanera, identical to M 8
56Pavane de la Belle au bois dormantPiano four hands1908Inspired by Charles Perrault;
  • used later as No. 1 of Ma mère l'Oye M. 60
A14 Claude Debussy: Trois nocturnes
  1. Nuages
  2. Fêtes
  3. Sirènes
Two pianos1909Originally for orchestra, arrangement;

composed with Debussy's stepson and pupil Raoul Bardac;

III. Sirènes, 2nd version

60 Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), children's pieces
  1. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant
  2. Petit Poucet
  3. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
  4. Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête
  5. Le Jardin féerique
Piano four hands1908–10Inspired by the tales of Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy;
  • I. Pavane, identical to M. 56
A16 Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Piano four hands1910Originally for orchestra, transcription
70FrontispiceTwo pianos five hands1918For S.P. 503: Le Poème du Vardar by Ricciotto Canudo
72a La Valse Two pianos1920Transcription of M. 72
80aFanfarePiano four hands1927Transcription of M. 80
81b Boléro Piano four hands1929Transcription of M. 81
82a Concerto for the Left Hand Two pianos1930Reduction of orchestra part of M. 82 for piano
83a Concerto in G Two pianos1932Reduction of orchestra part of M. 83 for second piano

Stage

17 Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie Orchestra1898Originally intended as an opera, after "One Thousand and One Nights";
  • abandoned, only Overture completed and premiered separately as a concert piece
18OlympiaOpera1898–99"After E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann ("The Sandman");
  • sketches destroyed except for a Symphonie horlogère incorporated into the opening of L'heure espagnole M. 52
52 L'Heure espagnole ("The Spanish Hour")Opera1907–11Libretto: Franc-Nohain
49La Cloche engloutie ("The Sunken Clock")Opera1906–12After Gerhart Hauptmann's Die versunkene Glocke;
  • planned work, sketches (if any) were destroyed by Ravel
57 Daphnis et Chloé Ballet1909–12
61a Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Adelaide, or The Language of Flowers)Ballet1912Orchestration of Valses nobles et sentimentales M. 61
62 Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose")
  1. Prélude. Très lent
  2. Premier tableau. Danse du rouet et scène
  3. Deuxième tableau. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant
  4. Interlude
  5. Troisième tableau. Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête
  6. Interlude
  7. Quatrième tableau. Petit Poucet
  8. Interlude
  9. Cinquième tableau. Laideronnette, impératrice des Pagodes
  10. Interlude
  11. Sixième tableau. Apothéose. Le Jardin féerique
Ballet1911–12Orchestral version (M. 60a) with new music added (2 new opening pieces plus 4 new interludes);
  • III. identical to M. 60a I;
  • V. identical to M. 60a IV;
  • VII. identical to M. 60a II;
  • IX. identical to M. 60a III;
  • XI. identical to M. 60a V
72 La Valse, Poème chorégraphique Ballet1919–20
  • Sketches 1906
71 L'Enfant et les sortilèges, Fantaisie lyrique ("The Child and the Spells"), operetta-ballet8 solo voices, mixed choir, children's choir, and orchestra with piano luthéal 1917–25Libretto by Colette
80Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne , children's balletBallet with small orchestra1927No. 1 (Prélude) of the collective composition (by 10 French composers)
81 Boléro Ballet1928
85Morgiane, oratorio-balletVocal soloists, choir, and orchestra1932Libretto after "One Thousand and One Nights";
  • sketches only
84 Don Quichotte à Dulcinée , song cycle
  1. Chanson romanesque
  2. Chanson épique
  3. Chanson à boire
Baritone and orchestra1933Text: Paul Morand, originally intended as film music for G.W. Pabst's 1933 film Don Quixote but Ravel's music was not used;
  • unfinished, originally projected as 4 songs plus incidental music, but only 3 songs completed
86Jeanne d'Arc ("Joan of Arc")Opera1930sAfter Joseph Delteil's Jeanne d'Arc, planned for the Paris Opéra;
  • unrealised project

Choral

22CallerhoeCantata1900
  • Prix de Rome essay competition;
  • Partially lost
25Les BayadèresSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1900
  • Prix de Rome competition
28 Tout est lumière Soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1901
  • Prix de Rome competition
29Myrrha, cantataSoprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra1901
  • Text by Fernand Beissier;
  • Prix de Rome competition
31SemiramisCantata1902
  • Student competition;
  • Partially lost
33La NuitSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1902
  • Prix de Rome competition
34AlcyoneSoprano, alto, tenor, and orchestra1902Text by Eugène et Edouard Adenis;
  • Prix de Rome competition
37Matinée en ProvenceSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1903
  • Prix de Rome competition
38Alyssa, cantataSoprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra1903Text by Marguerite Coiffier;
  • Prix de Rome competition
45L'AuroreTenor, mixed choir, and orchestra1905
  • Prix de Rome competition
59Saint François d'AssiseSoloists, choir, and orchestra1909–10
  • Lost
69 Trois chansons
  1. Nicolette
  2. Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis
  3. Ronde
Mixed choir1914–15Lyrics by Ravel

Solo voice with orchestra

39aManteau des fleursVoice and orchestra1903?Orchestration of M. 39
41 Shéhérazade, poems
  1. Asie
  2. La Flûte enchantée
  3. L'Indifférent
Soprano/tenor and orchestra1903Text: Tristan Klingsor
47aNoël des jouetsVoice and orchestra1906Orchestration of M. 47;

1st version

47bNoël des jouetsVoice and orchestra1913Orchestration of M. 47;

revised version

64 Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle
  1. Soupir
  2. Placet futile
  3. Surgi de la croupe et du bond
Medium voice, piccolo, 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, string quartet, and piano1913Text: Stéphane Mallarmé
78 Chansons madécasses ("Madagascan Songs"), song cycle
  1. Nahandove
  2. Aoua
  3. Il est doux
Soprano, flute, cello, and piano1925–26Text: Evariste-Désiré Parny de Forges
75aRonsard à son âmeVoice and orchestra1935Orchestration of M. 75

Solo voice with piano

4Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer, songVoice and piano1893Text: Roland de Marès
6Un grand sommeil noir, songDeep voice and piano1895Text: Paul Verlaine
9Sainte, songVoice and piano1896Text: Stéphane Mallarmé
10D'Anne jouant l'espinette, songVoice and harpsichord/piano1896Text: Clément Marot
15Chanson du rouet, songVoice and piano1898Text: Leconte de Lisle
16Si Morne!, songVoice and piano1898Text: Émile Verhaeren
21D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige, songVoice and piano1899"Text: Clément Marot
39Manteau des fleurs, songVoice and piano1903Text by Paul Gravollet[[
A4Quel galant m'est comparable, songVoice and piano1904Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • published as No. 3 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A5Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques, songVoice and piano1904Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • published as No. 4 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A6À vous, oiseaux des plaines, songVoice and piano1904Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • lost
A7Chanson du pâtre épirote, songVoice and piano1904Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • lost
A8Mon mouchoir, hélas, est perdu, songVoice and piano1904Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • lost
47Noël des jouets ("The Toys' Christmas"), songVoice and piano1905Lyrics by Ravel
48Les grands Vents venus d'outre-mer, songVoice and piano1906Text: Henri de Régnier
50 Histoires naturelles ("Natural Histories"), song cycle
  1. Le Paon
  2. Le Grillon
  3. Le Cygne
  4. Le Martin-pêcheur
  5. La Pintade
Medium voice and piano1906Text: Jules Renard
A9Chanson de la mariée, songVoice and piano1905–06Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • published as No. 1 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A10Là-bas, vers l'église, songVoice and piano1905–06Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • published as No. 2 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A11Tout gai!, songVoice and piano1905–06Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi;
  • published as No. 5 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
51Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, songDeep voice and piano1907
53Sur l'herbe, songVoice and piano1907Text: Paul Verlaine
A12Chanson écossaise: Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon ("Scottish Song"), songVoice and piano1909Text: Robert Burns, in English
A13Tripatos: Kherya pou dhen idhen ilyos, songVoice and piano1909Text: Greek traditional, in Greek
A17Chants populaires ("Folk Songs"), songs
  1. Chanson espagnole: Adios men homino ("Spanish Song")
  2. Chanson française: Janeta ount anirem gardar ("French Song")
  3. Chanson italienne: M'affaccio la finestra ("Italian Song")
  4. Chanson hébraïque: Mejerke, main Suhn ("Hebrew Song")
Medium voice and piano19101. Text: Spanish traditional, in Galician;

2. Text: French traditional, in Limousin;

3. Text: Italian traditional, in Italian;

4. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish and Hebrew

64a Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycleVoice and piano1913Transcription of M. 64
A22 Deux mélodies hébraïques ("Two Hebrew Songs"), songs
  1. Kaddich: Yithgaddal weyithkaddash
  2. L'énigme éternelle: Fragt die Velt die alte Casche
Voice and piano19141. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Aramaic;

2. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish

69aTrois chansonsMedium voice and piano1915Arrangement of M. 69
75Ronsard à son âme, songVoice and piano1923–24Text: Pierre de Ronsard
79Rêves, songVoice and piano1927Text: Léon-Paul Fargue
84a Don Quichotte à Dulcinée , song cycleBaritone and piano1932–33Original version of M. 84

References

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