Maurice Ravel
Pavane
Maurice Ravel
Pavane
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Editor Lawrence Fogelber
- Series Master Band Series - LudwigMasters
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Ludwig Music Publishing Company
- Order no. LU-B358902
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Description:
Originally written in 1899 by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, and later orchestrated by the composer, PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE (PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS) remains one of the enduringly popular of Ravel's works, though the title can be a curiosity for many. Ravel said of the work, "Do not attach any importance to the title. I chose it only for its euphonious qualities. Do not dramatize it. It is not a funeral lament for a dead child, but rather an evocation of the pavane [a stately, 16th-century Spanish court dance] which could have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velázquez." This arrangement for concert band has been completed by Lawrence Fogelberg.