MINUET - THE REMINISCENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL DANCE FORM IN MAURICE RAVEL’S PIANO WORKS
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2021.1.20Keywords:
Ravel, Baroque, Reminiscence, Baroque dance forms, Piano, Minuet, NeoclassicismAbstract
The minuet is one of the most representative dance forms of the Baroque era. Thanks to its popularity, it becomes part of stage works like operas and ballets, instrumental suites, later (in the Classical and Romantic era) movements of symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, and trios. Ravel had a special interest in old dance forms. Among his musical works there are several dance-movements like Pavane, Rigaudon, Forlane, or Menuet. The use of these in individual works is limited, having only three minuets written for piano solo: the Menuet antique (1895), the Menuet in C sharp minor (1904), and the Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn (1909).
Rezumat. MENUETUL - REMINISCENȚELE UNEI FORME DE DANS INDIVIDUALE ÎN LUCRĂRILE PENTRU PIAN ALE LUI MAURICE RAVEL. Menuetul este una dintre cele mai reprezentative forme de dans din Epoca Barocă. Datorită popularității sale, face parte din mai multe lucrări scenice, precum opere și balete de curte, suite instrumentale, mai târziu (în Clasicismul și în Romantismul muzical) din lucrări mai ample, precum simfonii, sonate, cvartete de coarde și triouri. Ravel era fascinat de formele vechi de dans ale Barocului muzical. Printre operele sale există mai multe părți de dans precum Pavane, Rigaudon, Forlane sau Menuet. Utilizarea acestora în lucrări individuale este totuși limitată, având doar trei menuete scrise pentru pian solo: Menuet antique (1985), Menuet in C sharp minor (1904) și Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn (1909).
Cuvinte cheie: Ravel, epoca Barocă, Menuet, dans, pian, reminiscență, Neoclasicism.
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