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Le tombeau de Couperin for Piano: Piano (Solo)

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Le tombeau de Couperin for Piano: Piano (Solo)

Le tombeau de Couperin for Piano: Piano (Solo)

By Maurice Ravel / ed. Roger Nichols

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New Urtext Edition of the music of Maurice Ravel by Roger Nichols

In preparing this Urtext edition of Ravel's piano music, Roger Nichols consulted no fewer than 14 sources - including sound recordings by Ravel himself and other pianists with whom the composer worked.

As a result he is uniquely qualified to evaluate the complexity of the sources and, with this edition, has provided today's pianists with the tools to make their own well-informed performance choices about this infinitely-rewarding repertoire.

This volume contains Le tombeau de Couperin, Ravel's elegy for friends who had died in the First World War. Contains a preface in French, English and German, critical commentary, and authoratitive text of the score.

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Series: Edition Peters
Publisher: Edition Peters
Page Count: 48
ISBN10: 0-57-708316-3
ISBN13: 979-0-57-708316-2
SKU: 98-EP7376

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About the Composer: Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a French composer who reshaped piano writing for the twentieth century, blending impressionist color with architectural precision. His approach to the keyboard influenced generations of pianists and composers; his works demand technical brilliance while rewarding interpretive nuance and tonal sophistication.

Why we love this

Roger Nichols' consultation of fourteen sources, including Ravel's own recordings, transforms this into an edition that honors the composer's intent without imposing a single "correct" interpretation. Students encounter a work of genuine emotional weight, written as memorial to friends lost in World War I, paired with the scholarly rigor they need to make defensible artistic choices.

What to expect

Elegant and introspective, with moments of luminous beauty that emerge from precise harmonic and rhythmic detail. The work balances restraint with expressive depth, asking the performer to honor both the technical surface and the memorial purpose beneath it.

Who it's for

Advanced pianists ready to engage with twentieth-century French keyboard writing, and teachers preparing serious students for competitions or degree recitals. This Urtext edition serves pianists who want to move beyond a single interpretive tradition and develop their own informed approach to Ravel's notation.

How to get the most out of it

  • Study the critical commentary before touching the score. Nichols documents textual variants and interpretive questions that will reshape how you approach passages you thought you already understood.
  • Listen to Ravel's own recording of the work. Hearing his tempo choices and rubato will ground your reading in historical context rather than modern convention.
  • Attend to the harmonic structure beneath the surface detail. This piece rewards planning the arc of each movement so that ornament and color serve larger architectural goals rather than obscuring them.

How to use it

Program this as a substantial solo work on a recital where it can anchor a set of twentieth-century piano music. Its length and interpretive demands make it ideal for a featured artist performance or as the centerpiece of a program exploring French impressionism and its successors.

Skills your students will build

  • Interpreting editorial markings and variants in Urtext scores
  • Balancing ornamental detail with harmonic structure
  • Executing clean voice leading across wide registral spans
  • Controlling pedal color in impressionist-influenced harmony
  • Understanding historical performance practice through score annotation

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