# List of compositions by Maurice Ravel

This is a complete list of compositions by Maurice Ravel, initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre chronologically in order of date the composition was completed. Catalogue "M" numbers were assigned by the musicologist Marcel Marnat according to date of composition. Arrangements by Ravel of his own works were assigned the "M" number of the original followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.). Arrangements by Ravel of other composers' works or of "traditional" music were assigned a separate "MA" number, in order of date of arrangement.

## List of compositions

List of compositions :
| M. | Title | Scoring | Date | Notes |
| Orchestra |||||
| 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. 4 and Op. 7, and an extract from Félicien David's composition Le Désert, all included as the basis for new music by Ravel mostly in the style of Rimsky-Korsakov used as interconnecting pieces with the larger Antar movements; the orchestral score of the song fragments and David's piece are lost, though the song fragments exist in the piano reduction |
| 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 | Piano | 1910–11 | originally for piano, new orchestration of No. 1; found; 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: Khovanshchina, opera | Orchestra | 1913 | Orchestration completed, some parts re-orchestrated, and edited, in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky from the score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| A20 | Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides, ballet Prélude, Op. 28 No. 7Nocturne, Op. 32 No. 2Valse, Op. 70 No. 1chakra, Op. 33 No. 2chakra, Op. 67 No. 3Prélude, Op. 28 No. 7Valse, Op. 64 No. 2Grande valse brillante, Op. 18 | 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 PréambuleValse Allemande and Intermezzo: PaganiniMarche 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 |||||
| 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 and orchestra | 1929–30 | |
| 83 | Concerto in G (major) | Piano and orchestra | 1929–31 | |
| Chamber |||||
| 12 | Sonate (No. 1) Allegro | Violin and piano | 1897 | 1st movement only; published posthumously |
| 35 | String Quartet in F major Allegro moderato, très 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 with luthéal attachment | 1922–24 | Alternate original version of M 76 |
| 76 | Tzigane | Violin and piano | 1922–24 | |
| 77 | Sonate (No. 2) in G major AllegrettoBlues. Moderato (A♭ major)Perpetuum mobile. Allegro | Violin and piano | 1923–27 | |
| Piano solo |||||
| 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; Held in collection of Ravel's heirs |
| 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; Held in collection of Ravel's heirs |
| 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 | Held in collection of Ravel's heirs |
| 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 | |
| 24 | Fugue à quatre voix on a theme of Reber in F major | Piano | 1900 | Possibly held by Yale |
| 26 | Prélude et Fugue | Piano | 1900 | Student composition; Lost |
| 27 | Fugue in F major | Piano | 1900 | Prix de Rome competition |
| 30 | Jeux d'eau | Piano | 1901 | |
| 32 | Fugue in B♭ major | Piano | 1902 | Prix de Rome competition |
| 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; Held at the BnF Museum |
| 42 | Menuet in C♯ minor | Piano | 1904 | |
| 40 | Sonatine ModéréMouvement de menuetAnimé | Piano | 1903–05 | First movement written for a competition sponsored by a Parisian magazine |
| 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 |
| 55 | Gaspard de la nuit OndineLe GibetScarbo | Piano | 1908 | Based on 3 poems by Aloysius Bertrand |
| 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 duet |||||
| 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; composed with Debussy's stepson and pupil Raoul Bardac; 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 |||||
| 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. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann ("The Sandman"); sketches destroyed except for a Symphonie horlogère incorporated into the opening of L'heure espagnole M. 52 |
| 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, survives as sketches |
| 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. Danse du rouet et scèneDeuxième tableau. Pavane de la belle au bois dormantInterludeTroisième tableau. Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bêteInterludeQuatrième tableau. Petit PoucetInterludeCinquième tableau. Laideronnette, impératrice des PagodesInterludeSixième tableau. Apothéose. Le Jardin féerique | 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. identical to M. 60a IV; VII. identical to M. 60a II; IX. identical to M. 60a III; XI. identical to M. 60a 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 by 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 |||||
| 22 | Callerhoe | Cantata | 1900 | Text by Eugène Adenis 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 by Fernand Beissier; Prix de Rome competition |
| 31 | Sémiramis | 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 by 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 by 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 | 1914–15 | Lyrics by Ravel |
| Solo voice with orchestra |||||
| 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 |||||
| 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 du 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 by 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; written, but never submitted |
| A7 | Chanson du pâtre épirote, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost; written, but never submitted |
| A8 | Mon mouchoir, hélas, est perdu, song | Voice and piano | 1904 | Text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost; written, but never submitted |
| 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 Doon ("Scottish Song"), song | Voice and piano | 1909 | Text: Robert Burns, in English Originally lost, reconstructed |
| 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. Text: French traditional, in Limousin; 3. Text: Italian traditional, in Italian; 4. Text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish and Hebrew |
| 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 |