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Menuet antique for solo classical guitar 4 pp
Maurice Ravel (1875
-1937)
Ravel was born in the
Basque region of France and much of his work shows a Spanish
influence (this, together with his interest in jazz has produced some
exceptional guitar transcriptions). He was a pupil of Faure and at
first fell, like many contemporary composers, under Debussy's spell.
However, his ascetic and intellectual bents produced from the start a
refinement of composition and orchestration, and development of
melody, all his own. Later music shows a fondness for the rhythmic
features of jazz, and thoughtful incorporation of the innovations of
modern music strong dissonance, atonality etc.
The charming Menuet
antique was written for piano in 1895 and orchestrated by Ravel in
1929. This guitar arrangement is of moderate difficulty but I think
well worth learning. The music is very expressive, and I have varied
tempo and dynamics to enhance that, starting in slow triple time. To
my ear the the second part concludes the piece well, so the
arrangement does not return to the first ('minuet') part.
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