Daphnis and Chloe in Full Score

by Maurice Ravel

Book Overview

Often described as Ravel's orchestral masterpiece, Daphnis and Chloe is a 20th-century classic, a rich musical setting of the Greek novel by Langus. Commissioned by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes, it premiered in Paris in 1912, with Nijinsky in the role of Daphnis, and Anna Pablova and Tamara Karsavina alternating in the role of Chloe.
Ravel's lush scoring for this Greek pastoral dramatically displays his genius for transmuting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486258262
• ISBN13: 9780486258263
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 12.3"