Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (string orch., Atwell)

Composers:
  • Ravel, Maurice
Arrangers:
  • Atwell, Shirl Jae
Detailed Instrumentation: String Orchestra
Duration: 7
Description:

Originally written in 1899 by Maurice Ravel for solo piano, and later orchestrated by the composer, PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE D�FUNTE (PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS) remains one of the enduringly popular of Ravel’s works, though the title can be a curiosity for many. Ravel said of the work, "Do not attach any importance to the title: I chose it only for its euphonious qualities. Do not dramatize it. It is not a funeral lament for a dead child, but rather an evocation of the pavane [a stately, 16th-century Spanish court dance] which could have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Vel�zquez."  This arrangement by Shirl Jae Atwell retains the lush, romantic sound of the original through the use of extensive divisi.

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