Ravel, Maurice. (1875-1937). Chansons madécasses. Traduites en Francais par Evariste Parny.. Paris: Durand. 1926. First edition of the piano and vocal score.. Dedication; 1-17. [PN] 10,973 (b). Each of the three songs with a superb woodcut vignette on the first page. In excellent condition in a glassine jacket.
Ravel describes his Chansons madécasses, commissioned by and dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, as seeming to him "to introduce something new, dramatic - indeed erotic - arising from the subject matter of Parny's poem. It is a sort of quartet where the voice is the principal instrument. Simplicity dominates." (Gerald Larner, Maurice Ravel, p. 189).
Ravel describes his Chansons madécasses, commissioned by and dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, as seeming to him "to introduce something new, dramatic - indeed erotic - arising from the subject matter of Parny's poem. It is a sort of quartet where the voice is the principal instrument. Simplicity dominates." (Gerald Larner, Maurice Ravel, p. 189).
Ravel, Maurice. (1875-1937). Chansons madécasses. Traduites en Francais par Evariste Parny.. Paris: Durand. 1926. First edition of the piano and vocal score.. Dedication; 1-17. [PN] 10,973 (b). Each of the three songs with a superb woodcut vignette on the first page. In excellent condition in a glassine jacket.
Ravel describes his Chansons madécasses, commissioned by and dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, as seeming to him "to introduce something new, dramatic - indeed erotic - arising from the subject matter of Parny's poem. It is a sort of quartet where the voice is the principal instrument. Simplicity dominates." (Gerald Larner, Maurice Ravel, p. 189).
Ravel describes his Chansons madécasses, commissioned by and dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, as seeming to him "to introduce something new, dramatic - indeed erotic - arising from the subject matter of Parny's poem. It is a sort of quartet where the voice is the principal instrument. Simplicity dominates." (Gerald Larner, Maurice Ravel, p. 189).