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200035554Vista California: Lauren Publications 019 2000. As New. Quarto. 25 pp. copy for second piano. Reprint of the Durand 1906 edition.<br/>ISMN: 9790580070197. Lauren Publications [019] unknown books
190646087Mainz: Schott 1906. 4to pp. 15. Paper wraps. Ex lilbrary with discard stamp on title. Paper somewhat yellowed cover spotted o/w VG. Schott unknown books
1990016370New York: Columbia University Press printed By J J Augustin 1990. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 653p. index. bibliography. appendices. In Ravel's own words both written and spoken we begin to understand the genius of the composer. The book begins with an overview of Ravel's career personality aesthetics and his formal lecture: "Contemporary Music" which he presented in 1928. The next section contains letters from Cocteau Colette Faure Stravinsky and others. Seciton III contains his articles he was known as a brilliant critic. The final section has his press interviews between 1911 and 1933 with all the material fully annotated. In addition there are sixteen plates and nine appendices as well as a unique discography. Essential for the devotee of Ravel's genius. Columbia University Press (printed By J J Augustin) unknown books
194728783Paris: Durand & Cie. PN d. & F. 7128 1947. Tall folio. Publisher's dark ivory wrappers printed in dark red and black. 1f. recto title printed in dark red and black verso blank 1f. recto foreword verso instrumentation 89 pp. <br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; music seller's stamp to upper wrapper and free front endpaper; publisher's stamp to upper inner corner of first page of music. Durand & Cie. [PN d. & F. 7128] unknown books
191434522Paris: A.Z. Mathot PN Z. 729-732 M. 1914. Folio 355 x 270 mm. Original publisher's green wrappers with titling printed in dark green. 1 title 2-15 i publisher's advertisement pp.<br/><br/>With printed dedication to Ida & Cipa Godebski at head of title.<br/><br/>Ex libris the American concert pianist Mario Feninge 1923-2016 with his initials and "Paris fevrier 1948" to head of title in his hand. <br/><br/>Lower wrapper lacking; upper detached faded and chipped; handstamps to title "Nouveau prix 50 frs" and "233." First Edition. Scarce. Orenstein p. 232. A.Z. Mathot [PN Z. 729[-732] M.] unknown books
19141250394Paris: M. de Brunoff 1914. First Edition. Quarto; Magazine binding; G/no jacket; Text in French; Some wear to all edges and along the staple binding; Binding is secure all pages intact with some toning to the edges and a few instances of spotting; Cover illustration by Valentine Gross of Michel Fokine and Vera Fokina from the program for the Ballet Russes groundbreaking production of Scheherazade. Shelved in Case 11. 1250394. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. de Brunoff unknown books
191013796Paris: Durand & Cie 1910. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Piano score to Ravel's ballet in three scenes signed and inscribed opposite the title page by Pierre Monteux who conducted the work's premiere in 1912. He has boldly signed and inscribed to his sister-in-law Hilda Davis wife of bandleader Meyer Davis: "As the creator of this score whose name has been omited sic -- I do not know why!! I am going to dedicate that copy to my dear sister in law Hilda Emery Davis with my love." Indeed although the names of the original dancers including Nijinksy as Daphnis choreographer Michel Fokine and scenery designer Léon Bakst are all listed on the title page Monteux's name does not appear. A lovely inscription showing Monteux's characteristic good humor and charm! From the estate of Monteux's daughter Nancie Monteux Barendse.  <br>Upright folio. 10 x 13 inches 25 x 32.5 cm. 114 pp. PN D&F 7748. Softcover with light brown textured paper slipcovers printed in red and black in an elegant box bound in blue cloth. Some light wear to the edges of the box and slipcovers but the score itself in fine condition. Orenstein Ravel: Man and Musician p. 177. <br style="">Ravel began work on the score in 1909 after a commission from Sergei Diaghilev. It was premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris by his Ballets Russes on 8 June 1912. At almost an hour long Daphnis et Chloé is Ravel's longest work. In spite of the ballet's duration four discernible leitmotifs give musical unity to the score. The music some of the composer's most passionate is widely regarded as some of Ravel's best with extraordinarily lush harmonies typical of the impressionist movement in music. Even during the composer's lifetime contemporary commentators described this ballet as his masterpiece for orchestra with Stravinsky hailing it as "one of the most beautiful products in all of French music." Monteux recorded the work later on with the London Symphony in 1959. Durand & Cie hardcover books
190823071Paris: A. Durand & Fils PN D. & F. 7073 1908. Small folio. Half mid-tan calf with marbled boards original publisher's wrappers printed in black and red bound in. 1f. blank 1f. title printed in red and black 1f. printed dedication "À Madame Jean Cruppi Hommage de respectueuse amitié Maurice Ravel" 1f. cast list i index ii performance notes 114 pp. <br/><br/>With an autograph inscription signed by Ravel to dedication leaf: "et à G - Jean - Aubry en moins respectueuse amitié Maurice Ravel." <br/><br/>Wrappers browned and very slightly defective. Slightly worn and browned; small tear to head of dedication repaired; small publisher's monogramatic handstamp to lower edge of verso of last page; contemporary newspaper clippings to recto of blank leaf preceding title with synopsis and review of the work by Gabriel Fauré. First Edition. Orenstein: Ravel Man and Musician p. 228. <br/><br/>L'Heure Espagnole was first performed in Paris at the Opéra Comique on May 19 1911 to a libretto closely based on the play by Franc-Nohain. <br/><br/>Madame Jean Cruppi the dedicatee convinced the director of the Opéra-Comique Albert Carré to stage the work in spite of its risqué story line. "In a letter of 17 May 1911 two days before the première Ravel wrote: 'What I've tried to do is fairly ambitious: to breathe new life into the Italian opera buffa: following only the principle . the French language like any other has its own accents and inflections of pitch.' At the same time he referred to Musorgsky's Zhenit'ba 'The Marriage' as the work's only real ancestor. It also forms part of a larger group of Spanish works that spanned Ravel's whole career and the necessary Spanish colouring provided him with a reason for a virtuoso use of the modern orchestra which he felt was 'perfectly designed for underlining and exaggerating comic effects'." Roger Nichols in Grove Music Online. Indeed composer-writer Reynaldo Hahn somewhat critically referred to Ravel's technique as "a sort of transcendent jujitsu."<br/><br/>Noted music critic Georges Jean-Aubry 1882-1949 "belonged to a circle of avant-garde musicians and littérateurs and was a frequent contributor to periodicals. Encouraged by his 20-year friendship with Debussy he wrote enthusiastically in support of contemporary French composers noting similarities between their music and that of the 18th century Couperin Rameau. He wrote perceptively in praise of Spanish composers Falla Granados Albéniz but rejected German Romanticism as expressed in the works of Wagner and Strauss." Grove Music Online. A. Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 7073] unknown books