Maurice Ravel
Sonata in four parts
for violin and violoncello
Maurice Ravel
Sonata in four parts
for violin and violoncello
- Instrumentation String Duet (Cello and Violin)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Series Bärenreiter Urtext
- Editor Douglas Woodfull-Harris
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- Edition Sheet Music Download (Urtext)
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA9417-DL
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Description:
In 1920, Maurice Ravel was asked by his publisher Durand to contribute to an issue of the magazine "La Revue musicale" dedicated to Claude Debussy. A supplement was to contain the first movement of Ravel's Sonata for violin and cello as well as other contributions by Debussy's friends, including Stravinsky, Satie, Dukas, Bartók, de Falla and others. This first movement, the autograph of which is lost, subsequently developed into a large-scale, four-movement chamber music work.
This scholarly-critical edition - the first ever of this masterpiece - presents the composition in two playing scores. The preface provides information about the history of the work, in which the rehearsals with the violinist Hélène Jourdan-Morhange and the cellist Maurice Maréchal play an important role.
The sources for this new edition are the engraver's model, the personal autograph scores (with earlier versions of some passages) used during rehearsals, as well as the scores of the first edition owned by Jourdan-Morhange and Maréchal, which contain additions by Jourdan-Morhange. The appendix contains the musicians' original fingerings, which were not reproduced in the first edition and represent an important document for performance practice in the early 20th century.
This scholarly-critical edition - the first ever of this masterpiece - presents the composition in two playing scores. The preface provides information about the history of the work, in which the rehearsals with the violinist Hélène Jourdan-Morhange and the cellist Maurice Maréchal play an important role.
The sources for this new edition are the engraver's model, the personal autograph scores (with earlier versions of some passages) used during rehearsals, as well as the scores of the first edition owned by Jourdan-Morhange and Maréchal, which contain additions by Jourdan-Morhange. The appendix contains the musicians' original fingerings, which were not reproduced in the first edition and represent an important document for performance practice in the early 20th century.