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Chapter 67. French Music at the Time of World War I: Ravel and Satie. Lecture Overview. History of World War I and its impact on music Maurice Ravel life and works Tombeau de Couperin , “Rigaudon” Erik Satie life and works Sarabande No. 2 for piano Cabaret Review.
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Chapter 67 French Music at the Time of World War I: Ravel and Satie
Lecture Overview • History of World War I and its impact on music • Maurice Ravel • life and works • Tombeau de Couperin, “Rigaudon” • Erik Satie • life and works • Sarabande No. 2 for piano • Cabaret • Review
The Life of Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) • 1875 born in Ciboure on the Atlantic coast of France just above the Spanish border; grows up in Paris • 1889 enters preparatory division of the Paris Conservatory focusing on piano • 1895 drops out of the Conservatory and turns to composition • 1898 returns to Conservatory in the composition class of Gabriel Fauré • 1921 settles in Monfort l’Amaury, a suburb of Paris • 1928 tours the United States and Canada • 1937 dies in Paris
Principal Compositions by Maurice Ravel • Opera and ballet: 2 operas and ballets including • Daphnis et Chloe • La valse • Boléro • Piano: character pieces, including the cycles • Miroirs • Gaspard de la nuit • Le tombeau de Couperin • Ma mère l’oye (4 hands) • Orchestra: Piano Concertos and Concerto for Left Hand; character pieces (most are arrangements of works originally for piano, including an arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition) • Chamber: includes the String Quartet, Sonata for violin and cello and for violin and piano; Piano Trio
Maurice Ravel, Le tombeau de Couperin (piano), 1914–17, “Rigaudon” Ternary form
The Life of Erik Satie (1866–1925) • 1866 born in Honfleur • 1878 enters Paris Conservatory • 1880s pianist at the Chat Noir in Montmartre • 1905 returns to school, at the Schola Cantorum in Paris • 1911 serious compositions gain attention thanks to Ravel • 1917 composes the ballet Parade for Diaghilev • 1925 dies in Paris
Principal Compositions by Erik Satie • Piano: character pieces • Songs: include popular cabaret songs; Socrate for voices and orchestra • Orchestra: scores for ballets, including Parade
Erik Satie, Sarabande No. 2 for piano, 1887 Free ternary form
Review Key Terms • rigaudon • Neoclassicism • Chat Noir • cabaret • Parade • Virgil Thomson