Le tombeau de Couperin [SEP] instrumentation
Le tombeau de Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917, in six movements based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the memory of a friend of the composer (or in one case, two brothers) who had died fighting in World War I. Ravel also produced an orchestral version of the work in 1919, although this omitted two of the original movements.
Overview.
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Le tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
Le Tombeau de Couperin is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title, orchestrated by the composer. The premiere took place as part of City Ballet's Ravel Festival on 29 May 1975 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
Original cast.
- Judith Fugate
- Wilhelmina Frankfurt
- Muriel Aasen
- Susan Hendl
- Marjorie Spohn
- Delia Peters