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Pavane pour une infante défunte
Composition by Maurice Ravel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a work for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, written in 1899 while the French composer was studying at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel published an orchestral version in 1910 using two flutes, an oboe, two clarinets (in B♭), two bassoons, two horns, harp, and strings.
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Pavane pour une infante défunte | |
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by Maurice Ravel | |
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English | Pavane for a Dead Princess |
Key | G major |
Based on | Pavane |
Composed | 1899 (1899) |
Dedication | Princesse de Polignac |
Performed | 5 April 1902 (1902-04-05) |
Published | 1900 (1900) |
Scoring | Piano (later: orchestra) |
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