Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
- Instrumentation String Orchestra
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Series Latham Music
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Ludwig Music Publishing Company
- Order no. LU52255418
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Description:
Originally written in 1899 by Maurice Ravel 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 by Shirl Jae Atwell retains the lush, romantic sound of the original through the use of extensive divisi.