List of compositions by Maurice Ravel
List of compositions
M. Title Scoring Date Notes

List of compositions by Maurice Ravel

Section Title: List of compositions
Table Section Text: M. Title Scoring Date Notes

M.	Title	Scoring	Date	Notes

Orchestra[edit]

43a	Une Barque sur l'océan	orchestra	1906	orchestration of M 43 No. 3; 1st version

54	Rapsodie espagnole Prélude à la nuitMalagueñaHabaneraFeria	orchestra	1907

A15	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar	orchestra	1909	incidental music to a 5-act play by Chékry-Ganem; partial reorchestration of most of the symphonic poem Antar Op. 9, the movements reordered and interspersed with reorchestrated fragments of the same work, a fragment of the opera Mlada, orchestrated fragments of songs from the Romances Op.

19a	Pavane pour une infante défunte	orchestra	1910	orchestration of M 19

57a	Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1 NocturneInterludeDanse guerrière	orchestra	1911	extracted and arranged from the ballet M 57

60a	Ma mère l'Oye	orchestra	1911	orchestration of M 60

A18	Erik Satie: Préludes pour Le Fils des étoiles	orchestra	1910–11	originally for piano, new orchestration of No. 1; lost; planned new orchestration of all 3 preludes, only first was completed

57b	Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 Lever du jourPantomimeDanse générale	orchestra	1913	extracted and arranged from the ballet M 57

A19	Modest Mussorgsky: Khovantchina, opera	orchestra	1913	orchestration completed, some parts reorchestrated, and edited, in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky from the score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

A20	Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides, ballet Prélude, Op. 28 No.	orchestra	1914	new orchestration of various piano pieces arranged as a ballet for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company; lost

A21	Robert Schumann: Carnaval, ballet I. Préambule XVI. Valse Allemande and Intermezzo: Paganini XX. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins }}	orchestra	1914	new orchestration of the suite for piano Op. 9 for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company; project abandoned; only 3 of the 20 pieces survive, the remaining 17 are either lost or were never written

43c	Alborada del gracioso	orchestra	1918	orchestration of M 43 No. 4

A23	Emmanuel Chabrier: Menuet pompeux	orchestra	1917–18	No. 9 of Pièces pittoresques; originally for piano, orchestration for the Sergei Diaghilev ballet Las Meninas (Les Jardins d'Aranjuez)

68a	Le Tombeau de Couperin PréludeForlaneMenuetRigaudon	orchestra	1919	orchestration of 4 pieces (reordered) from M 68

A24	Modest Mussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition), suite	orchestra	1922	originally for piano, orchestration (omitting the last "Promenade")

A25	Claude Debussy: Sarabande	orchestra	1922	No. 2 of Pour le piano, originally for piano, orchestration; published as No. 1 of Sarabande et Danse

A26	Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)	orchestra	1922	originally for piano, orchestration; published as No. 2 of Sarabande et Danse

43b	Une Barque sur l'océan	orchestra	1926	orchestration of M 43 No. 3; revised version; lost, possibly never written

7a	Menuet antique	orchestra	1929	orchestration of M 7

Concertante[edit]

66	Zaspiak-Bat	piano and orchestra	1913–14	based on Basque themes; sketches only

76a	Tzigane, Rapsodie de concert	violin and orchestra	1924	orchestration of M 76

82	Concerto for the Left Hand (in D major)	piano left-hand and orchestra	1929–30

83	Concerto in G (major)	piano and orchestra	1929–31

Chamber[edit]

12	Sonate (No. 1) Allegro	violin and piano	1897	1st movement only; published posthumously

35	String Quartet in F major Allegro moderato, tres douxAssez vif, très rythméTrès lentVif et agité	string quartet	1902–03

46	Introduction et Allegro	harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet	1905

67	Trio in A minor ModéréPantoum. Assez vifPassacaille. Très largeFinal. Animé	piano, violin, and cello	1914

73a	Duo for Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy	violin and cello	1920	No. 1 of the multi-composer collection; early version of Allegro (1st) movement of Sonate M 73

73	Sonate (in A minor) AllegroTrès vifLentVif, avec entrain	violin and cello	1920–22

74	Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré	violin and piano	1922

76b	Tzigane	violin and piano luthéal	1922–24	alternate original version of M 76

76	Tzigane ("Gypsy")	violin and piano	1922–24

77	Sonate (No. 2) in G major AllegrettoBlues. Moderato (A-flat major)Perpetuum mobile. Allegro	violin and piano	1923–27

Piano solo[edit]

1	Piano Sonata Prélude	piano	1888	1st movement only; student exercise; lost

2	Variations on a Theme of Grieg	piano	1888	theme: Death of Åse from Peer Gynt; student exercise; lost

3	Variations on a Theme of Schumann	piano	1888	theme: Chorale Freu dich, o meine Seele from "Album for the Young", Op. 68; student exercise; lost

5	Sérénade grotesque	piano	1892–93	discovered and published posthumously

7	Menuet antique	piano	1895

11	La Parade, ballet	piano	1896	piano sketch only, comprising 2 waltzes, 2 marches, and a mazurka; discovered and published posthumously

14	Valse in D major	piano	1898	lost

19	Pavane pour une infante défunte	piano	1899"

20	Fugue	piano	1899"	Prix de Rome essay competition; lost

23	Fugue in D major	piano	1900	Prix de Rome competition; lost

24	Fugue à quatre voix on a theme of Reber in F major	piano	1900	lost

26	Prélude et Fugue	piano	1900	student competition; lost

27	Fugue in F major	piano	1900	Prix de Rome competition; lost

30	Jeux d'eau	piano	1901

32	Fugue in B-flat major	piano	1902	Prix de Rome competition; lost

A3	Frederick Delius: Margot la Rouge, opera	piano	1902	reduction of orchestra part for piano

36	Fugue in E minor	piano	1903	Prix de Rome competition; lost

42	Menuet in C-sharp minor	piano	1904

40	Sonatine ModéréMouvement de menuetAnimé	piano	1903–05

43	Miroirs NoctuellesOiseaux tristesUne Barque sur l'océanAlborada del graciosoLa Vallée des cloches	piano	1904–05

44	Fugue in C major	piano	1905	Prix de Rome competition; lost

55	Gaspard de la nuit, "3 poems for piano, after Aloysius Bertrand" OndineLe GibetScarbo	piano	1908

58	Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn	piano	1909

A15a	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar, incidental music	piano	1909	reduction for piano of M A15

57d	Daphnis et Chloé, ballet	piano	1910	original version for piano of M 57

61	Valses nobles et sentimentales	piano	1911

57c	Danse gracieuse de Daphnis, suite NocturneInterlude et Danse guerrièreScène de Daphnis et Chloé	piano	1913	transcription from Daphnis et Chloé ballet M 57

63	À la manière de... Borodine, ValseChabrier	piano	1912–13	the Chabrier piece is a paraphrase on an aria from Gounod's Faust

65	Prélude	piano	1913

68	Le tombeau de Couperin PréludeFugueForlaneRigaudonMenuetToccata	piano	1914–17

72b	La Valse	piano	1920	transcription of M 72

80b	Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's ballet	piano	1927	reduction for piano of M 80

81a	Boléro	piano	1929	transcription of M 81

Piano duo[edit]

A1	Camille Saint-Saëns: La jeunesse d'Hercule, symphonic poem, Op. 50	piano four-hands	1887	originally for orchestra, arrangement

8	Habanera	two pianos	1895	published as No. 1 of Sites auriculaires, with M 13; used later as No. 3 of Rapsodie espagnole M 54a

13	Entre Cloches	two pianos	1897	published as No. 2 of Sites auriculaires, with M 8

17a	Shéhérazade	piano four-hands	1898	original version of Overture M 17

A2	Claude Debussy: Sirènes	two pianos	1902	No. 3 of Nocturnes; originally for orchestra and female chorus, arrangement; 1st version

54a	Rapsodie espagnole Prélude à la nuitMalagueñaHabaneraFeria	two pianos	1907	original version of M 54; III. Habanera, identical to M 8

56	Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant	piano four-hands	1908	inspired by Charles Perrault; used later as No. 1 of Ma mère l'Oye M 60

A14	Claude Debussy: Trois nocturnes NuagesFêtesSirènes	two pianos	1909	originally for orchestra, arrangement; III. Sirènes, 2nd version

60	Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), children's pieces Pavane de la belle au bois dormantPetit PoucetLaideronnette, impératrice des pagodesLes Entretiens de la belle et de la bêteLe Jardin féerique	piano four-hands	1908–10	inspired by the tales of Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy; I. Pavane, identical to M 56

A16	Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune	piano four-hands	1910	originally for orchestra, transcription

70	Frontispice	two pianos five-hands	1918	for S.P. 503: Le Poème du Vardar by Ricciotto Canudo

72a	La Valse	two pianos	1920	transcription of M 72

80a	Fanfare	piano four-hands	1927	transcription of M 80

81b	Boléro	piano four-hands	1929	transcription of M 81

82a	Concerto for the Left Hand	two pianos	1930	reduction of orchestra part of M 82 for piano

83a	Concerto in G	two pianos	1932	reduction of orchestra part of M 83 for second piano

Stage[edit]

17	Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie	orchestra	1898	originally intended as an opera, after "One Thousand and One Nights"; abandoned, only Overture completed and premiered separately as a concert piece

18	Olympia	opera	1898–99"	after E. T.

52	L'Heure espagnole ("The Spanish Hour")	opera	1907–11	libretto: Franc-Nohain

49	La Cloche engloutie ("The Sunken Clock")	opera	1906–12	after Gerhart Hauptmann's Die versunkene Glocke; planned work, sketches (if any) were destroyed by Ravel

57	Daphnis et Chloé	ballet	1909–12

61a	Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Adelaide, or The Language of Flowers)	ballet	1912	orchestration of Valses nobles et sentimentales M 61

62	Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose") Prélude. Très lentPremier tableau.	ballet	1911–12	orchestral version (M 60a) with new music added (2 new opening pieces plus 4 new interludes); III. identical to M 60a I; V.

72	La Valse, Poème chorégraphique	ballet	1919–20	sketches 1906

71	L'Enfant et les sortilèges, Fantaisie lyrique ("The Child and the Spells"), operetta-ballet	8 solo voices, mixed choir, children's choir, and orchestra with piano luthéal	1917–25	libretto: Colette

80	Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's ballet	ballet with small orchestra	1927	No. 1 (Prélude) of the collective composition (by 10 French composers)

81	Boléro	ballet	1928

85	Morgiane, oratorio-ballet	vocal soloists, choir, and orchestra	1932	libretto after "One Thousand and One Nights"; sketches only

84	Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle Chanson romanesqueChanson épiqueChanson à boire	baritone and orchestra	1933	text: Paul Morand, originally intended as film music for G.W. Pabst's 1933 film Don Quixote but Ravel's music was not used; unfinished, originally projected as 4 songs plus incidental music, but only 3 songs completed

86	Jeanne d'Arc ("Joan of Arc")	opera	1930s	after Joseph Delteil's Jeanne d'Arc, planned for the Paris Opéra; unrealised project

Choral[edit]

22	Callerhoe	cantata	1900	Prix de Rome essay competition; partially lost

25	Les Bayadères	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1900	Prix de Rome competition

28	Tout est lumière	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1901	Prix de Rome competition

29	Myrrha, cantata	soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra	1901	text: Fernand Beissier; Prix de Rome competition

31	Semiramis	cantata	1902	student competition; partially lost

33	La Nuit	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1902	Prix de Rome competition

34	Alcyone	soprano, alto, tenor, and orchestra	1902	text: Eugène et Edouard Adenis; Prix de Rome competition

37	Matinée en Provence	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1903	Prix de Rome competition

38	Alyssa, cantata	soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra	1903	text: Marguerite Coiffier; Prix de Rome competition

45	L'Aurore	tenor, mixed choir, and orchestra	1905	Prix de Rome competition

59	Saint François d'Assise	soloists, choir, and orchestra	1909–10	lost

69	Trois chansons NicoletteTrois beaux oiseaux du paradisRonde	mixed choir unaccompanied	1914–15	lyrics by Ravel

Solo voice with orchestra[edit]

39a	Manteau des fleurs	voice and orchestra	1903?	orchestration of M 39

41	Shéhérazade, poems AsieLa Flûte enchantéeL'Indifférent	soprano/tenor and orchestra	1903	text: Tristan Klingsor

47a	Noël des jouets	voice and orchestra	1906	orchestration of M 47; 1st version

47b	Noël des jouets	voice and orchestra	1913	orchestration of M 47; revised version

64	Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle SoupirPlacet futileSurgi de la croupe et du bond	medium voice, piccolo, 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, string quartet, and piano	1913	text: Stéphane Mallarmé

78	Chansons madécasses ("Madagascan Songs"), song cycle NahandoveAouaIl est doux	soprano, flute, cello, and piano	1925–26	text: Evariste-Désiré Parny de Forges

75a	Ronsard à son âme	voice and orchestra	1935	orchestration of M 75

Solo voice with piano[edit]

4	Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer, song	voice and piano	1893	text: Roland de Marès

6	Un grand sommeil noir, song	deep voice and piano	1895	text: Paul Verlaine

9	Sainte, song	voice and piano	1896	text: Stéphane Mallarmé

10	D'Anne jouant l'espinette, song	voice and harpsichord/piano	1896	text: Clément Marot

15	Chanson de rouet, song	voice and piano	1898	text: Leconte de Lisle

16	Si Morne!, song	voice and piano	1898	text: Émile Verhaeren

21	D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige, song	voice and piano	1899"	text: Clément Marot

39	Manteau des fleurs, song	voice and piano	1903	text: Paul Gravollet

A4	Quel galant m'est comparable, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 3 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")

A5	Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 4 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")

A6	À vous, oiseaux des plaines, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost

A7	Chanson du pâtre épirote, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost

A8	Mon mouchoir, hélas, est perdu, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost

47	Noël des jouets ("The Toys' Christmas"), song	voice and piano	1905	lyrics by Ravel

48	Les grands Vents venus d'outre-mer, song	voice and piano	1906	text: Henri de Régnier

50	Histoires naturelles ("Natural Histories"), song cycle Le PaonLe GrillonLe CygneLe Martin-pêcheurLa Pintade	medium voice and piano	1906	text: Jules Renard

A9	Chanson de la mariée, song	voice and piano	1905–06	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 1 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")

A10	Là-bas, vers l'église, song	voice and piano	1905–06	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 2 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")

A11	Tout gai!, song	voice and piano	1905–06	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 5 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")

51	Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, song	deep voice and piano	1907

53	Sur l'herbe, song	voice and piano	1907	text: Paul Verlaine

A12	Chanson écossaise: Ye banks and braes o' bonnie ("Scottish Song"), song	voice and piano	1909	text: Robert Burns, in English

A13	Tripatos: Kherya pou dhen idhen ilyos, song	voice and piano	1909	text: Greek traditional, in Greek

A17	Chants populaires ("Folk Songs"), songs Chanson espagnole: Adios men homino ("Spanish Song")Chanson française: Janeta ount anirem gardar ("French Song")Chanson italienne: M'affaccio la finestra ("Italian Song")Chanson hébraïque: Mejerke, main Suhn ("Hebrew Song")	medium voice and piano	1910	1. text: Spanish traditional, in Galician; 2.

64a	Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle	voice and piano	1913	transcription of M 64

A22	Deux mélodies hébraïques ("Two Hebrew Songs"), songs Kaddich: Yithgaddal weyithkaddashL'énigme éternelle: Fragt die Velt die alte Casche	voice and piano	1914	1. text: Hebrew traditional, in Aramaic; 2. text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish

69a	Trois chansons	medium voice and piano	1915	arrangement of M 69

75	Ronsard à son âme, song	voice and piano	1923–24	text: Pierre de Ronsard

79	Rêves, song	voice and piano	1927	text: Léon-Paul Fargue

84a	Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle	baritone and piano	1932–33	original version of M 84

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Trois Chansons is No. 69 in the list of compositions by Maurice Ravel.

final_sentence: Trois Chansons is No. 69 in the list of compositions by Maurice Ravel.