Sonata for Violin and Cello (Ravel)

The Sonata for Violin and Cello (French: Sonate pour violon et violoncelle) is a composition written by Maurice Ravel from 1920 to 1922. He dedicated it to Claude Debussy, who had died in 1918.^[1] It premiered on 6 April 1922 with Hélène Jourdan-Morhange playing the violin and Maurice Maréchal the cello. It is in the key of A minor, with the fourth movement in the relative major key of C. It is M. 73 in the catalogue compiled by Marcel Marnat.

Structure

The work consists of four movements:^[1]

Allegro
Très vif
Lent
Vif, avec entrain

References

^ ^a ^b Gailey, Meredith. "Sonata for violin & cello". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

External links

Sonata for Violin and Cello (Ravel): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
"Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello performed by Benjamin Bowman & Franz Ortner". Michel Camille (YouTube). 2012-09-24.
Baer, Susan Irene (1992). The Virtuoso Violin Works of Maurice Ravel: An Analysis of Structural, Technical and Interpretive Features (PDF) (Phd). Texas Tech University.
Henken, John. "Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello". LA Philharmonic.