Ravel, Alborada del Gracioso
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The document provides information about Ravel's piano suite Miroirs and the fifth movement, Alborada del Gracioso. It discusses that each movement of Miroirs is dedicated to a member of Les Apaches, and lists the five movements. For Alborada del Gracioso, it notes that the movement depicts a morning love song or aubade, and that a gracioso is a clown from 16th century Spain. It also provides details on the instrumentation and history of performances for Alborada del Gracioso.
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Ravel, Alborada del Gracioso
- 1. RAVEL, ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSO JORDAN SMITH
- 2. MIROIRS ALBORADO DEL GRACIOSO: FIRST MOVEMENT OF
- 3. SUITE FOR SOLO PIANO (1904-1905) MIROIRS:
- 4. SUITE FOR SOLO PIANO (1904-1905) MIROIRS: EACH MVT. DED. TO MEMBER OF LES APACHES
- 5. MIROIRS MOVEMENTS • Noctuelles ("Night Moths") • Oiseaux tristes ("Sad Birds”) • Une barque sur l'océan ("A boat on the Ocean") • Alborada del gracioso ("The Gracioso's Aubade”) • La vallée des cloches ("The Valley of Bells")
- 6. MIROIRS MOVEMENTS • Alborada del gracioso ("The Gracioso's Aubade”)
- 7. MIROIRS MOVEMENTS • Alborada del gracioso ("The Gracioso's Aubade”)
- 10. MICHEL-DIMITRI CALVOCORESSI • Music Critic, Writer • Greek-French • books on Liszt, Debussy, Glinka, Schumann, Moussorgsky
- 12. GRACIOSO = CLOWN • Spain • 16th century
- 13. ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSO MAURICE RAVEL
- 14. INSTRUMENTATION • 2+1.2+1.2.2+1 • 4.2.3.1 • timpani, crotales, tri, tambourine, castanets, snare drum, cymbals, bd, xylophone • 2 harps • strings
- 15. FACTS • Transcribed for orchestra:1918 • Premiere: May 17, 1919 • Rhené-Baton conducting Pasdeloup Orchestra
- 16. THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- An aubade is a morning love song (as opposed to a serenade, which is in the evening), or a song or poem about lovers separating at dawn.[1] It has also been defined as "a song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak".[2] strictly: aubade is a song from a door or window to a sleeping woman.[3] Albas, which are exemplified by a dialogue between parting lovers, a refrain with the word alba, and a watchman warning the lovers of the approaching dawn.[3] repertory of troubadours in Europe in the Middle Ages. In the 20th century, the focus of the aubade shifted from the genre's original specialized courtly love context into the more abstract theme of a human parting at daybreak. In 1883, the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier composed an "Aubade" for piano solo, inspired by a four-month visit to Spain.[5] Maurice Ravel included a Spain-inspired aubade entitled Alborada del gracioso in his 1906 piano suite Miroirs.[6] The composer Francis Poulenc later wrote (in concerto form) a piece titled Aubade; it premiered in 1929.[7]