Sonatine, M. 40
This guide follows Ravel’s Sonatine, M. 40 (1905) in three parts: Modéré (sonata form), Mouvement de Menuet (minuet and trio) and Animé (sonata form).
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The fluid opening seems to begin mid-, and its leaping-fourth melody is the seed for the whole work. The starts in F♯ minor, and the gentler visits D major and B minor. Then come the and the , and the closes in F♯ major.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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