Maurice RAVEL V ALSES N OBLES & S ENTIMENTALES. à Louis AUBERT. iano Practical Editions pianopracticaleditions.com

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1 Maurice RAVEL à Louis AUBERT V ALSES N OBLES S ENTIMENTALES iao Practical Editios iaoracticaleditioscom

2 87-97 Maurice RAVEL VALSES VALSES NOBLES NOBLES ET ET SENTIMENTALES SENTIMENTALES à Louis Auert à Louis Auert ADÉLAÏDE le lagage des fleurs ADÉLAÏDE le lagage des fleurs At the height of its oularity, the waltz i Viea drew vast crowds ad was so oular that huge dace halls were oeed to rovide sace for thousads of dacers The Strauss family to a great extet cotriuted the music Ravel wrote: The title was chose to idicate my itetio of writig a series of waltzes i imitatio of Schuert Durig this same eriod his grad orchestral work La Valse was coceived as a symhoic oem Wie (Viea) ad there is evidece that the gere was already very much i the comoser s mid as early as 90 I the ext quotatio, although Ravel is writig aout the geesis of La Valse, it is equally alicale to Valses Noles et Setimetales comosed i 9: at reset I am workig o a grad waltz, a triute to the memory of the great Strauss You kow of my rofoud affiity with these admirale rhythms, ad that I value la oie de vivre exressed y the dace much more deely tha Frackist* uritaism I love their distictive Vieese lilt comied with Frech imressioist flair, ruato, chromaticism, susesios, ad uexected harmoic sutleties (redatig Gershwi) i these woderful miiatures Sometimes mildly sarcastic, sometimes delicate, there is little evidece of Schuertia Viea erhas Ravel was merely isired y the oetic title Les Valses are sohisticated, sirited ad sesuous, ad the eilogue, where fragmets of each waltz drift i ad out of a surreal dream, must e oe of Ravel s fiest creatios Deussy said they were the work of "the sutlest ear that ever existed Ravel made a orchestral trascritio

3 for a allet first erformed i Aril 9 at the Théâtre du Châtelet i Paris, writig his ow sceario ad coductig the Lamoureux Orchestra May ideas i this editio have ee isired y this adatatio Adélaïde or le lagage des fleurs was commissioed y the Russia alleria Natasha Trouhaova Although it is ulikely that kowledge of the lot will hel studets make additioal sese of the music, here it is: The scee takes lace i Paris, aout 80, chez Adélaïde, a courtesa, i a salo furished i eriod style Rival suitors exress emotios of love, hoe, ad reectio, symolised y a exchage of flowers O 9th May 9, the Société Musicale Idéedete reseted a uusual recital, i which the audiece had to guess the idetity of the comosers rather like a lid wie tastig The work was erformed y the dedicatee, Louis Auert, ad geerally codemed y a ulic affroted y dissoaces ad wrog otes Whe the results were kow, it ecame clear that may avat-garde listeers were uale to correctly guess the comoser, quotig amog others, Satie or Kodály Artur Ruistei layed them i Sai, ad a traditioal ulic feelig cheated of tueful music, reelled, articularly after Ruistei reeated them as a ecore! I additio to some suggested figerigs, the aedix cotais duratios, commets, afterthoughts ad a vocaulary Redistriutio etwee the hads comes uder close scrutiy to make certai assages easier or more ersuasive Ravel uses the edal sig sarigly referrig exteded ties or log ass otes, imossile to hold otherwise Comied with the sustaiig edal, it is ossile, eve desirale, to use the sosteuto edal effectively throughout these waltzes, although this is etirely editorial *Frackists or the Frack gag a grou of comosers who followed César Frack

4 le laisir délicieux et touours ouveau d ue occuatio iutile the delectale ad always ovel delight of a useless ursuit I Modéré - très frac f ] q» º F 9 7 ƒ sas raletir ( ) ] ( ) for smaller hads

5 ƒ ( ) f ( ) F ] 9 ] - - 7

6 f 9 ] ] f 7 F

7 ƒ mois fort 9 ƒ 7 77 u eu esat ( ) ] ( ) for smaller hads

8 II 8 q» º Assez let avec ue exressio itese e dehors sora 8 rit - a temo doux et exressif 9 ( ) 9 F au mouvemet (u eu lus let et ruato) 0 rit -

9 0 exressif SPed - 0 rit * mg er mouvemet F très exressif sotto mystérieux u eu e dehors très exressif f

10 7 0 rall au mouvemet (ruato) 9 exressif SPed ral - le - * tir U mg Modéré [q= 0] III léger ] 9 g g

11 8 g g g g [rit] g [a temo] g 9 g ] sotto 9 7 mg exressif a a ( )

12 9 79 ( ) cédez très eu ( ) a 8 au mouvemet F N N 87 mg cédez mg 9 au mouvemet 9 mg au mouvemet (à eie lus let) ]

13 0 0 ] très exressif ] cédez 0 ] au mouvemet souteu Reteu mg IV Assez aimé hk» ª N mg 0 mg - md F mg

14 N mg 8 - mg sotto F

15 Ossia md mg 0 u eu e dehors cédez à eie au mouvemet 8 - mg U F mg

16 7 V Presque let - das u setimet itime simle le chat très e dehors - q»ª - 7 -,, 7 P,, 79 très fluide la artie suérieure e dehors mg mg

17 8 suito mg 87 soore reteez ral - au mouvemet suito le - tir U 9 - u VI 9 Vif h» hk»ª w ww q=q 97 w w cédez à eie - très doux et u eu laguissat au mouvemet w ww

18 00 w w mg g g g g g 0 g g g g g 09 F F

19 ral - le - tir au mouvemet w ww 9 w w cédez à eie très doux et u eu laguissat au mouvemet w ww - - w w mg U

20 7 VII Mois vif - (hk» ) - - P laguissat U U Temo rimo - mg exressif

21 u eu e dehors aug - - me - - tez - - eu - - à - - eu mg 7 f ( ) ( )

22 9 80 u eu reteu ƒ U U au mouvemet 8 ( ) 90, U eu lus aimé très doux, le chat e dehors

23 0 0 N F ƒ 8 F ƒ

24 P f P f F 0 F er mouvemet - mg mg - exressif

25 u eu e dehors aug - - me - - tez - - eu - - 9

26 à - - eu - - mg 7 f ( ) ( ) 7 7 u eu reteu ƒ U U au mouvemet 79 ( ) U U

27 EPILOGUE VIII 8 Let q» exressif SPed * 87 9 sourdie SPed mg cordes P SPed F très exressif * SPed et sourdie cordes 99

28 0 07 SPed SPed SPed P cordes et sourdie SPed cresc et sourdie - - SPed F SPed * * très exressif et e reteat ( cordes) 9 g N

29 au mouvemet très loitai 0 Plus let q» md SPed et sourdie mg mais exressif mg g mg g * SPed SPed cordes sourdie g g cordes q»q N Sas raletir [mg]

30 9 cédez e»e 8 8 U eu lus let sourdie 7 rit Ecore lus let 8 8 cédez ( cordes) au mouvemet suito sourdie même mouvemet u eu lus las 8 SPed cordes mg mg q» mg md mg md mg exressif mg md - * Très let - mg md mg sourdie md - e se erdat - * e dehors md u U

31 Aedix Duratios, commets, afterthoughts vocaulary Ravel s metroome seeds do seem geerally rather quick ad he is reorted to have oce admitted : if I ut q = 9 it meas ot 0 ad equally ot 7! Ravel used the edal sig very sarigly, referrig elogated ties ad exteded otes, imossile to hold otherwise Noe of the sosteuto edal suggestios are attriuted to Ravel With ractice it is ossile to comie the sosteuto ad soft edals with the left foot However, the result should seldom e clea, earig i mid that the overall goal should e iaistic ad the imressioist harmoies as withi a dreamlike cloud Valse I Page Duratio: Durad metroome seed q =7, Durad : the slur exteds to the followig ar (st eat) Comare with ars 7 ad 7 9/0, 79/80 Bass octave (i rackets) added for toe, Alto isired y the orchestral score Valse II Page Duratio: Two slurs i accord with similar hrases Valse III Page 7 Duratio: Durad : o metroome seed 0- Slurs i the trele from the orchestral score Durad : each slur exteds to the rd eat 0 Durad : dyamic missig 88 Durad : tie missig 00 à eie lus let - from the orchestral score / Suggestio for the ass edal oit G (orchestral score) Valse IV Page 0 Duratio: 0 Durad metroome seed h= 80 Some resellig to facilitate readig / Tied dotted miim E (sorao) from the orchestral score, Durad : the last trele quaver is writte as D doule a misrit corrected i the orchestral score 7-0 Ossia - this teor coutersuect figures i the orchestratio ad was writte i Vlado Perlemuter s score y the comoser Valse V Page Duratio: 0 Simle writte y the comoser i Perlemuter s score 77 d trele quaver F i the orchestral score

32 Valse VI Page Duratio: 0 Durad metroome seed h = 00 Durad : the time sigature is / throughout the orchestral versio alterates etwee / ad / as here erhas therefore easier to uderstad the metre - Modificatios from the orchestral score Valse VII Page 7 Duratio: Durad : o metroome seed I the cetral sectio two chages of key sigature have ee itroduced i the trele to uderlie itoality 7/78 Bass octave (i rackets) added for toe ad accuracy 90 It is felt that a slight ause is ecessary here efore commecig the cetral sectio 0 The rd alto quaver is a susected misrit (see ar 09) rd eat chage of ote order Here is the Durad origial : - Pedal oit C from the orchestral score 8 A added (i rackets) from the orchestral score Valse VIII Page Duratio: EPILOGUE -8 Durad : / throughout chages of time sigature to facilitate readig of metre 7 The sustaied ass G is take from the orchestral score - Durad : / chages of metre to facilitate readig Durad : cordes missig Durad : each air of quavers is slurred RH staccato from the orchestral score Overall duratio : 0 (from a Ravel iao roll recordig) very fast! Vlado Perlemuter : most recordigs are lus : ie Louis Lortie