Daphnis and Chloe. Suites I and II / Maurice Ravel.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.

Contributor:

Longus.

Standardized Title:

Daphnis et Chloé. Suite, no. 1

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Ballets--Excerpts--Scores.

Ballets.

Suites (Orchestra)--Scores.

Suites (Orchestra).

Genre:

Scores.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 score (viii unnumbered pages, 193 pages) ; 31 cm

In full score.

Other Title:

Suites I and II

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 2006.

Summary:

Composed for Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe, "Daphnis and Chloe is Ravel's musical setting of the Greek fable by Longus. These two suites are arranged from the complete original ballet and frequently appear in orchestra programs worldwide. Presented here for the first time in one volume, this affordable edition will entertain and shine light on two of Ravel's greatest scores.

Contents:

Suite I. Nocturne ; Interlude ; Danse guerrière

Suite II. Lever du jour ; Pantomime ; Danse genérale.

Notes:

Ballet excerpts for wordless chorus (SATB) and orchestra.

Based on the poem attributed to Longus.

Reprint. Originally published in 2 vols.: Paris : Durand & Cie, 1911, 1913.

Includes pref. by the editor (p. [v]) and colophon (p. [4] of cover).

Related Work:

Longus. Daphnis and Chloe.

Contains:

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Daphnis et Chloé. Suite, no. 2

ISBN:

0486449513

OCLC:

71360363

Publisher Number:

9780486449517