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Maurice Ravel Composer

Ronsard à son âme (song)

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Ronsard à son âme (song)
Year: 1923-24
Genre: Solo Song / Lied / Chanson
Pr. Instruments: Voice & Piano

This miniature is a setting of a poem of Ronsard. Written for voice and piano in 1923/4 and orchestrated in 1935, it is an ecstatic piece of almost incantatory quality, an effect enhanced by the orchestration, in which woodwinds and vibraphone play a substantial role. Ravel, with his typical irony, said that it was his favourite, explaining that he was able to play the piano part while holding a cigarette.

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Debussy , A.C. Dukas , P. Falla , M. d. Griffes , C. T. Ravel , M. Satie , E.	Medieval Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic Late- / Post-Romantic Impressionist Modern Contemporary

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