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. 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. Allégro
2. Très vif
3. Lent
4. Vif, avec entrain

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.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
• Henken, John. "Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello". LA Philharmonic.