Ravel's Tiny Masterpiece
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0:00 Introduction with Loki
0:09 Ravel’s marvellous underrated Prelude
0:35 It’s an easier piece (quote from Scarbo played by Argerich)
0:47 The year 1913
0:54 Three great ballets of 1912
1:32 Collaboration with Stravinsky
1:46 Trois Poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé
1:57 Ravel, a composer of masterpieces
2:30 Inspiration of Schoenberg and Stravinsky
2:43 The third song in the Mallarmé cycle
3:33 Ravel straightens out the Mallarmé motif
4:22 A sight-reading test piece for the Paris Conservatoire
5:09 A short analysis of the Prelude
5:40 a simple illustration of Ravel’s harmony
6:13 Radiant D major, bitter-sweet D minor
6:44 Comparison with Puccini
7:14 More poignant than before
7:36 The most beautiful phrase of all.
8:11 Debussy: “It is the product of the finest ears that have ever existed”
8:55 Ian Coulter introduces Skillshare
10:37 Ravel’s Prelude in A minor (with animated commentary)
Ravel’s exquisite Prelude in A minor of 1913 is one of his shortest and least played pieces. This video explains the prelude in the context of Ravel’s life and work during the period it was written. There is a short explanation of how the music works, followed by a performance of the prelude with animated commentary at the end of the video.
Prelude in A minor (1913) by Maurice Ravel. Pianist Matthew King.
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Edited by Ian Coulter ( www.iancoultermusic.com )
Produced and directed by Ian Coulter & Matthew King
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@thesilversurfer7136 4 ай бұрын
So exquisite. Ravel…such rich compositions, the depth and range and the sweet touch of the mysterious. Truly he captures the heart.
@SillyWillyFan47 4 ай бұрын
Gosh! The video essay - the animated video essay - how musicology advances beyond what was expected when I was at school. Love it!
@florencelingaynemusic 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the Mallarmé! Certainly an under appreciated work!
@marcus4403 4 ай бұрын
Love this piece, so glad it's getting some attention! Something to note regarding the moment at 7:00 or so: Ravel's actually done that before in the first few bars of the Sonatine-melody in octaves, with thirds in between them as the harmonic element. Completely different texture, of course, but you can see where he gets all his influences from.
@talamioros 14 күн бұрын
This Prelude was my ABRSM Grade 7 C list exam piece--I had loved Ravel on CD for some years by then (I was 12) but sadly I couldn't quite "get" the modernism and whimsicality of the piece at that age when it came to executing it myself. Examiner gave me failing marks for that one because I played it "mechanical". Not now, so many years later, but this was the only song I ever failed in my ABRSM "career" so it sticks with me haha
@donotapply6202 4 ай бұрын
I love ravel, he is my favourite composer by far
@EricLownes 3 ай бұрын
This is an awesome video. Ravel is my favorite composer, and here you get into the music history, and music theory, and showcase the piece. Wonderful service to the community!
@SpaceMalakhi 4 ай бұрын
This channel is very informative, one of the best on KZfaq. Lots of love for Loki also
@themusicprofessor 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@brianballinger100 3 ай бұрын
I do agree with you that Ravel probably wrote the most masterpieces given the output he had. Almost everything he wrote was a masterpiece, which not even the likes of Beethoven or Bach can rival. I will say, however, that Ravel's output seems small compared to folks like Beethoven or Bach, who wrote prodigious amounts of material. I think Ravel's perfectionism plays a part in explaining not only the number of masterpieces he wrote, but also the relatively little amount of music he completed (around 16 hours).
@themusicprofessor 3 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@MrInterestingthings 21 күн бұрын
He spent a lot of obvious time. Bach had a bunch of jobs bunch of nonmusical duties.Hismastery,even genius cannot fairly,correctly be compared to anyone!
@TheCompleteGuitarist 4 ай бұрын
Favourite composer. Love this piece. Wish he'd written for guitar, so hard to translate his work well to that instrument.
@emtube9298 3 ай бұрын
Ravel's sensuous music always turns me into a helpless bowl of ecstatic protoplasm.
@mhm8489 4 ай бұрын
Never heard this before. It couldn't have had a better introduction. Thank you!
@Mofos_of_Metal 4 ай бұрын
One of my favourite Ravel pieces, it really makes me wish he wrote a set of 24 preludes - I think it would have been amazing. My favourite British piano composer York Bowen was clearly influenced by Ravel in his works - his harmonies are kind of a hybrid between Rachmaninoff and Ravel.
@melefth 20 күн бұрын
One of the loveliest (new) things I've heard in a long while. Merci bien!
@themusicprofessor 20 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@bricecoustillas2176 3 ай бұрын
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@mascagny Ай бұрын
I showed this piece to my pianist (we were in the same lieder class), who is autist and extremelöy good AND a specialist of Ravel. He didn't know it, obviously he could play it in one run.. But then, he played it without score..... He did make 3 mistakes. Exactly.. ONLY 3 MISTAKES!
@andrewfortmusic 24 күн бұрын
Oh my goodness--I forgot to say something, but this video inspired me to orchestrate this for a small orchestra the week you posted it!
@johnchessant3012 4 ай бұрын
So good!
@jaydenfung1 Ай бұрын
Brilliant music and analysis! Ian Coulter is such a great editor, too. I can think of RV 177 by Vivaldi as an example of another composer containing harmony between octaves. The viola sometimes plays between the violins and basso continuo, which double each other, in the first movement. Great operatic late concerto but pretty obscure.
@jackdolphy8965 22 күн бұрын
Yes yes the Trois Poemes de Mallarmé! Would love for you to do a deep dive into it.
@Sakanakao 4 ай бұрын
Great piece!
@xibial8925 2 ай бұрын
loved it
@fortunatomartino8549 3 ай бұрын
Excellent taste
@alecrechtiene558 4 ай бұрын
I played this piece a few years ago as a minor side piece that I could work on while still focusing on my larger project. I handle a larger volume of works nowadays but this is when I wanted to become more exploratory with music.
@dr7246 4 ай бұрын
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@izzyjamm4 3 ай бұрын
so glad i stumbled into this corner of youtube
@bensherman4442 2 ай бұрын
Real Ravel piano love is hard to find. Thanks.
@gregmonks 4 ай бұрын
You've reminded me of the importance of analysis.
@gvidalq 3 ай бұрын
Can you please analyze "Il est doux" from Chansons Madecasses? I think the vocal lines are absolutely gorgeous while being in a very difficult to grasp harmonic landscape
@saibhandari 4 ай бұрын
I loved the bit where Ian Coulter told us about Skillshare!
@carbonghost0 4 ай бұрын
Ravel was an incredible master of every genre he touched, to me his great strength is his variety. Of his few solo piano pieces, I personally believe they are all perfect. Beyond that his string quartet, piano trio, violin sonatas, and piano concertos are all incredible pieces.
@r.i.p.volodya 4 ай бұрын
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@lolz9449 4 ай бұрын
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@ornleifs 4 ай бұрын
I agree that Ravel produced endless Masterpieces - I have the complete Ravel box from Decca and it's only 14 CD's but the quality of the pieces is astounding.
@Mimi12350 3 ай бұрын
RAVEL, my favorite composer 🤍🤍🤍
@gryffynda1 4 ай бұрын
Something right before the very end sounds like he got it from Minuet or Forlane of Tombeau.
@Daniel_Ilyich 4 ай бұрын
Are there any great books on Ravel and his music that aren’t too heavy on music theory?
@victoriakim1360 20 күн бұрын
You made me discover the beauty of Ravel. I actually didn't like Classic music from Romantic era, thinking that all classical music was boring and that every good elements have been transported to Jazz. I was completely wrong.
@themusicprofessor 19 күн бұрын
Wonderful!
@robbes7rh 3 ай бұрын
Nice. I have always been fascinated by Debussy’s originality and superb craftsmanship that I didn’t feel a particular need to listen to Ravel. Steven Sondheim made the point that it was Ravel - not Debussy - whom he particularly admired and tried to emulate. It’s through short videos like this one that I’m starting to hear why that was the case.
@themusicprofessor 3 ай бұрын
Debussy himself said that "Ravel has the finest ears that have ever existed".
@hello-rq8kf 4 ай бұрын
pardon me for my lack of theory knowledge, but isn't a V7 with a 9th instead of a third just a Vmin9?
@Noam_.Menashe 4 ай бұрын
Pardon me for my bigger lack of theory knowledge, but isn't a third a part of a minor ninth?
@andrewfortmusic 4 ай бұрын
No, the quality of being major or minor is dependent upon the third, so calling it Vmin wouldn't make sense. I'd call it V7sus2, but it doesn't function that way. I'd just label it V9(no3)! :)
@r.i.p.volodya 4 ай бұрын
What does "octotonic" mean?
@isaacbeen2087 4 ай бұрын
Imagine a scale consisting of the notes of two diminished seventh chords...it's a two step interval pattern-minor second, major second, until you reach the octave. First used by Rimsky-Korsakov (allegedly).
@r.i.p.volodya 4 ай бұрын
Thank you - that's very interesting!
@Octatonic 4 ай бұрын
No way, I just practiced that :D
@clavichord 4 ай бұрын
Me too.. it took me months to master 😢
@Octatonic 4 ай бұрын
@@clavichord Isn’t it a beautiful feeling to master something after months? But I understand that the path can be annoying and I also needed more time for this piece than I initially fought
@riverstun 4 ай бұрын
More masterpieces than Bach?
@themusicprofessor 4 ай бұрын
Perhaps in relation to how many pieces they wrote... in terms of ratio of pieces to masterpieces.
@TheSlowPianist 4 ай бұрын
Not sure it's the fairest comparison given a) their respective necessary workrates and b) how long they lived
@TheSlowPianist 4 ай бұрын
Still, no point in Messi-Ronaldoing our favourite musicians when we benefit from them both
@themusicprofessor 4 ай бұрын
Obviously it's just a game. I'm not really suggesting Ravel is 'greater than' Bach or anything. But Ravel is almost unique in the way that he focussed on the creation of perfectly formed, exquisite works. The ratio of production to masterpieces is pretty much 1:1. From that point of view, he exceeds any other composer. That was the point I was making.
@enriqueernesto738 4 ай бұрын
Like Beato said: compared to Bach we all suck
@ghuinink 4 ай бұрын
Bach has way more masterpieces
@HR_Racc 4 ай бұрын
This doesn’t sound good, am I the only one that thinks it just sounds like plotted down chords?
@isaacbeen2087 4 ай бұрын
no melody? no thematic cohesion? no chords that you like?
@HR_Racc 4 ай бұрын
@@isaacbeen2087 the melody lines just sound odd. As if he’s trying too hard to sound different which I think a lot of late romantic and contemporary composers do. And I do like some chords but I wouldn’t call this a masterpiece. If this is then our standards are wack.
@thomasramsay8212 4 ай бұрын
@@HR_Raccmaybe it’s a pianist thing, but I do very much hear the melodic lines moving through the changing chords, it doesn’t sounded randomly plotted at all! To me, it’s anything but
@roliletea 4 ай бұрын
@@HR_Raccnot a big fan of Stravinsky either, I take it?
@HR_Racc 4 ай бұрын
@@roliletea yeah, the later romantic Russian composers were doing too much. It gets to a point where it’s just noise.
@87linceed 4 ай бұрын
Mozart probably beats ravel
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