La valse (Ravel, Maurice)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Mouvement de valse viénnoise (D major)
Composition Year 1919–20
Genre Categories Waltzes; Dances; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For piano (arr); For 1 player

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Complete recording (EU)
#571340 - 28.96MB - 12:39 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/N/V - 209×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

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Vangi (2019/5/5)

Performers Orchestre de Philadelphie, dir. Eugene Ormandy
Publisher Info. Sony Classical - enregistrement original: 1963
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Collection personnelle
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For 2 Pianos (Ravel)

 Complete Performance
#66548 - 12.85MB - 10:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10211×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/6/7)

Performer Pages Neal O'Doan (Piano)
Nancy O'Doan (Piano)
Publisher Info. Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
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For Piano (Ravel)

 Complete Performance
#85755 - 11.08MB - 12:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9994×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/11/24)

Performers Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#04568 - 11.06MB, 135 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37442×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Nerd011235 (2007/3/25)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1921. Plate D. & F. 10080.
Copyright
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 Segment 1
#05239 - 3.46MB, 46 (iii, 1-43) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6060×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Nerd011235 (2007/4/12)

 Segment 2
#05240 - 3.59MB, 44 (41-85) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1979×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Nerd011235 (2007/4/12)

 Segment 3
#05241 - 4.24MB, 46 (86-132) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2041×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Nerd011235 (2007/4/12)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1921. Plate D. & F. 10080.
Copyright
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Parts

 Flute 1/2, 3 (doubles Piccolo)
#47875 - 1.69MB, 14 (#2-15), 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3886×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

⇒ 13 more: Oboe 1/2, 3 (doubles English Horn) • Clarinet 1/2, Bass Clarinet (A, B♭) • Bassoon 1/2, Contrabassoon • Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) • Trumpet 1/2, 3 (C) • Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba • Timpani, Cymbals/Triangle/Bass Drum, / Basque Drum/Drum/Castanets/Tam-Tam, Crotales/Drum • Harp 1, 2 • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1/2, 3 (doubles English Horn)
#47876 - 1.73MB, 13 (#2-14), 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3513×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Clarinet 1/2, Bass Clarinet (A, B♭)
#47877 - 2.20MB, 15, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5215×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Bassoon 1/2, Contrabassoon
#47878 - 1.82MB, 14, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2662×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
#47879 - 1.98MB, 12, 10 (#2-11) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2857×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Trumpet 1/2, 3 (C)
#47880 - 1.02MB, 8, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3163×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba
#47881 - 1.22MB, 7, 3, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2829×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Timpani, Cymbals/Triangle/Bass Drum,
Basque Drum/Drum/Castanets/Tam-Tam, Crotales/Drum
#23423 - 3.97MB, 4, 6, 5, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3921×⇩ - Romanov76110

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Romanov76110 (2008/10/22)

 Harp 1, 2
#47882 - 1.45MB, 10 (#2-11), 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2312×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Violins I
#47883 - 1.18MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4651×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Violins II
#47884 - 1.26MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2282×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Violas
#47885 - 1.33MB, 14 (#2-15) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2657×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Cellos
#27979 - 1.26MB, 14 (#2-15) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2900×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/2/7)

 Basses
#47886 - 0.96MB, 11 (#2-12) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2224×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1921. Plate D. & F. 10080.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1997).
Copyright
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Ravel)

 Complete Score
#06112 - 1.86MB, 43 (42 music) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10393×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/5/20)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1920. Plate D. & F. 9897.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Dover reprint.
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 Complete Score
#163680 - 4.44MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2395×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/12)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1920. Plate D. & F. 9897.
Copyright
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For Piano 4 hands (Garban)

 Complete Score
#25712 - 2.41MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - 10/V/30 - 4630×⇩ - Ludovsky

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Ludovsky (2008/12/22)

Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1920. Plate D. & F. 9895.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#154973 - 4.17MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/30 - 1464×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/11/23)

Arranger Lucien Garban (1877-1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Fils, 1920. Plate D. & F. 9895.
Copyright
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For Piano (Ravel)

 Complete Score
#06506 - 1.34MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26328×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/5/27)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1920. Plate D. & F. 9871.
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 Complete Score
#591325 - 33.07MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2019/9/28)

Publisher. Info. Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, n.d. Plate К. М. П. 294.
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 Complete Score
#573454 - 1.99MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 850×⇩ - Raybird

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Raybird (2019/5/19)

Editor Ray Alston
Publisher. Info. Ray Alston, 2019.
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Misc. Notes This revision is based upon Ravel’s original published solo version
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General Information

Work Title La valse
Alternative. Title Poème chorégraphique
Composer Ravel, Maurice
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. M.72
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMR 53
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Mouvement de valse viénnoise (D major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1919–20
First Performance. 1920-12-12 in Paris
First Publication. 1921 (full score), 1920 (piano arrangements)
Dedication Misia Sert
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation Orchestra: 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A),
bass clarinet (A), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine,
tam-tam, guiro, glockenspiel, 2 harps, strings
External Links Maurice-Ravel.net
Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Version History

  • Composed for orchestra, 1919–20
  • Arranged for solo piano by Ravel, 1920
  • Arranged for 2 pianos by Ravel, 1920
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