Path 21
Debussy and Ravel
Two French composers side by side, often compared and often confused, from 1891 to Boléro in 1928.
Debussy → Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55
This guide follows Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 (1908) in three parts: Ondine (sonata form), Le Gibet and Scarbo (sonata form).
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Follow all 38 sections as they play
- IOndine
- IILe Gibet
- IIIScarbo
This is water music from the first : shimmering figures and murmuring waves run almost without a pause. An leads to the first and, after a , to the . The builds to the main . In the the first, then the first. The -like closes the piece, and the poem ends with a sudden shower of water, which the music can be heard to echo.
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IILe Gibet6:34–13:34
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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