Tzigane
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Product ID: HM1 CC FO2010
By Maurice Ravel
Publisher:
Highland Music
Genre:
20th Century
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Symphony Orchestra (Solo: Violin)
Level: 6
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In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and
niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following
the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting
D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the
technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is
Ravel's virtuoso classic"Tzigane".
Written originally for violin
and piano or lutheal (a mechanism invented in 1919 that attaches to a
piano, producing a sound similar to the rich overtones of the Cimbalon),
the premiere took place in London in April 1924. The composer had
finished the work only days beforehand. Ravel later
orchestrated"Tzigane"and both versions remain a"must"for music-lovers
and aspiring violinists today. Jelly D'Aranyi performed both versions
regularly throughout her long career.
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Composer
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.
Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs, Le tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, uses a variety of sound and instrumentation.
Ravel is perhaps known best for his orchestral work Boléro (1928), which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music".
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