2 Updated Scores for Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin: VI. Toccata
Ravel composed "Le tombeau de Couperin" as a memorial to friends killed in World War I. The Toccata, a virtuosic piano piece, honors Captain de Marliave, the husband of Marguerite Long (pianist who premiered the suite).
A six-movement piano suite blending Baroque dance forms with impressionist harmonies, later orchestrated. Each movement is dedicated to friends killed in WWI while maintaining stylistic references to François Couperin.
A neoclassical piano suite by Maurice Ravel, composed as a tribute to François Couperin and friends lost in WWI. The work originated as six piano movements (1914-1917), later orchestrated into four movements. It combines Baroque dance forms with Ravel's distinctive harmonies.
Originally a piano suite memorializing friends lost in World War I, Ravel’s orchestration of four movements in 1919 helped popularize the work, though the two-piano version retains its crystalline Baroque-inspired structure.
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