Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Poème Chorégraphique
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Poème Chorégraphique
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Editor Jos van de Braak
- Series Baton Orchestral
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM503
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Description:
La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre, is written by Maurice Ravel from February 1919 until 1920. It was conceived as a ballet but is now more often heard as a concert work. The work has been described as a tribute to the waltz. Ravel himself described La Valse with the following preface to the score:
'Through whirling clouds, waltzing couples may be faintly distinguished. The clouds gradually scatter: one sees at letter A an immense hall peopled with a whirling crowd. The scene is gradually illuminated. The light of the chandeliers bursts forth at the fortissimo letter B. Set in an imperial court, about 1855'
'Through whirling clouds, waltzing couples may be faintly distinguished. The clouds gradually scatter: one sees at letter A an immense hall peopled with a whirling crowd. The scene is gradually illuminated. The light of the chandeliers bursts forth at the fortissimo letter B. Set in an imperial court, about 1855'