Ravel, Maurice. (1875-1937). Le Tombeau de Couperin. Suite pour le Piano. . Paris: Durand. [1918]. 32 pp. [PN[] 9569. Two very good copies of early issues of this important work, each with the famous title-page illustration by Ravel himself. The first issue, with the price listed at 7 francs, lacks the back grey-green wrapper, but is otherwise in fine condition. The second issue, with the price at 35 francs, is complete in original wrappers and has the date 1917 written in ink on the cover. A very nice pair. Hirsburnner 90, Orenstein p. 256.
Ravel composed the suite for solo piano between 1914 and 1917, dedicating each of the six movements to the memory of a different friend who had died fighting during WWI. Ravel had driven an ambulance during the war and had even been wounded while serving. The work is inspired by the sensibilities of the Baroque French keyboard suite and Ravel was criticized for his use of baroque dance elements in the context of what some said should be a more sombre work. To these criticisms, Ravel replied "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence."
Ravel composed the suite for solo piano between 1914 and 1917, dedicating each of the six movements to the memory of a different friend who had died fighting during WWI. Ravel had driven an ambulance during the war and had even been wounded while serving. The work is inspired by the sensibilities of the Baroque French keyboard suite and Ravel was criticized for his use of baroque dance elements in the context of what some said should be a more sombre work. To these criticisms, Ravel replied "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence."
Ravel, Maurice. (1875-1937). Le Tombeau de Couperin. Suite pour le Piano. . Paris: Durand. [1918]. 32 pp. [PN[] 9569. Two very good copies of early issues of this important work, each with the famous title-page illustration by Ravel himself. The first issue, with the price listed at 7 francs, lacks the back grey-green wrapper, but is otherwise in fine condition. The second issue, with the price at 35 francs, is complete in original wrappers and has the date 1917 written in ink on the cover. A very nice pair. Hirsburnner 90, Orenstein p. 256.
Ravel composed the suite for solo piano between 1914 and 1917, dedicating each of the six movements to the memory of a different friend who had died fighting during WWI. Ravel had driven an ambulance during the war and had even been wounded while serving. The work is inspired by the sensibilities of the Baroque French keyboard suite and Ravel was criticized for his use of baroque dance elements in the context of what some said should be a more sombre work. To these criticisms, Ravel replied "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence."
Ravel composed the suite for solo piano between 1914 and 1917, dedicating each of the six movements to the memory of a different friend who had died fighting during WWI. Ravel had driven an ambulance during the war and had even been wounded while serving. The work is inspired by the sensibilities of the Baroque French keyboard suite and Ravel was criticized for his use of baroque dance elements in the context of what some said should be a more sombre work. To these criticisms, Ravel replied "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence."