{"product_id":"piano-masterpieces-of-maurice-ravel-9780486251370","title":"Piano Masterpieces of Maurice Ravel","description":"\u003cp\u003eRavel is one of the rare French composers who have left so strong an imprint on their art that music after them can never be the same. -- Alexis Roland-Manuel. \u003cbr\u003eMaurice Ravel (1875-1937) ranks as one of the most original French composers of his time, a consummate craftsman who continually sought perfection of form and style, and whose unique harmonic language was unmistakably his own. Along with Debussy, he stands in the front rank of great modern composers for the piano and his piano music includes a number of masterpieces considered vital to the repertoire of any serious pianist. This handsome, affordable volume reprints a rich selection of his compositions: Pavane pour une infante d funte, Jeux d'eau, Sonatine, Miroirs, Menuet antique, Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, Gaspard de la nuit, and more.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dazzling Jeux d'eau, whose inventiveness and harmonic ingenuity opened a whole new era in sound, to the beloved Pavane pour une infante d funte, to the suite Gaspard de la nuit, music of legendary difficulty that every serious pianist eventually attempts, the piano music of Ravel is among the most recorded and performed in the repertoire. This inexpensive Dover edition makes that music available, at a reasonable price, to pianists who wish to play and study the works of a composer in the vanguard of the new order of post-Lisztian piano writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486251370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.87h x 8.95w x 0.33d","brand":"Maurice Ravel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637687218332,"sku":"9780486251370","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e8846393-f7a8-4203-b547-21eecfada195.jpg?v=1603845432","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/piano-masterpieces-of-maurice-ravel-9780486251370","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}