Gaspard de la nuit

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Gaspard de la nuit is a notoriously difficult three-movement piano suite by Maurice Ravel, inspired by Aloysius Bertrand’s dark, fantastical prose poems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf piano suite ⓘ
solo piano composition ⓘ
aimedEffect evocation of vivid literary images on the piano ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd 1908 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1908 ⓘ
associatedComposerStyle French impressionism ⓘ
basedOn Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
basedOnAuthor Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ
catalogueNumber M. 55 ⓘ
composer Maurice Ravel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Rene de Castéra NERFINISHED ⓘ
difficultyRanking among the most difficult works in the piano repertoire ⓘ
duration approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
eachMovementBasedOnPoemBy Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1909 ⓘ
firstPerformer Ricardo Viñes ⓘ
genre 20th-century classical music ⓘ
Impressionist music ⓘ
hasPoeticEpigraphs true ⓘ
historicalContext composed after Ravel’s Jeux d’eau and Miroirs ⓘ
influencedBy Liszt’s virtuoso piano tradition ⓘ
inspiredBy Romantic-era fantastical imagery ⓘ
dark fantastical prose poems ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
keyOfFirstMovement C-sharp major ⓘ
keyOfSecondMovement E-flat minor ⓘ
keyOfThirdMovement G-sharp minor ⓘ
languageOfSourceText French ⓘ
movement Le Gibet ⓘ
Ondine ⓘ
Scarbo ⓘ
movementCharacter Le Gibet is slow and haunting ⓘ
Ondine is fluid and shimmering ⓘ
linked to: Ondine

Scarbo is fast and demonic ⓘ
notableFor extreme technical difficulty ⓘ
virtuosic piano writing ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Paris ⓘ
publisher Durand ⓘ
techniqueRequired complex polyrhythms ⓘ
delicate tone control ⓘ
large leaps ⓘ
rapid repeated notes ⓘ
titleTranslation Gaspard of the Night ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
workTitleLanguage French ⓘ

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Maurice Ravel → notableWork → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ
Gaspard de la nuit → basedOn → Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit → titleTranslation → Gaspard of the Night ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard → notableBearer → Gaspard de la Nuit (literary character) ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Aloysius Bertrand → notableWork → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ
Aloysius Bertrand → workPublishedPosthumously → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ
Aloysius Bertrand → hasPartInBibliography → Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Le Gibet → partOf → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ
Le Gibet → cycle → Gaspard de la nuit: Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Le Gibet → firstPublicationWork → Gaspard de la nuit (1909) ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Scarbo → partOf → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ
Scarbo → publisher → Durand (as part of "Gaspard de la nuit") ⓘ
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
Le Gibet → partOf → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ
subject linked to: Le Gibet is slow and haunting
Scarbo → inCollection → Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 ⓘ
subject linked to: Scarbo is fast and demonic
linked to: Gaspard de la nuit
M. 55 → workTitleCatalogued → Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ