Structure
That Ravel wanted to identify with Franz Schubert is clear. As he said himself:
- The title sufficiently indicates my intention to compose a succession of waltzes, after Schubert's example.
However, unlike Schubert (who actually wrote separately-grouped noble and sentimental waltzes that, while originally published separately, are frequently published together), Ravel did not differentiate the noble waltzes from the sentimental ones. Other than the name and the waltz form, there is little similarity between Ravel's and Schubert's works.
The waltzes are marked as follows. A typical performance of all of the waltzes takes 15 minutes.
- Modéré – très franc
- Assez lent – avec une expression intense
- Modéré
- Assez animé
- Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
- Assez vif
- Moins vif
- Epilogue: lent
The orchestral arrangement of the piece is written for a large orchestra consisting of two flutes, two oboes, english horn, two clarinets (in B-flat and A), two bassoons, four horns (in F), two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, tambourine, cymbals, snare drum, glockenspiel, triangle, bass drum, celesta, two harps, and strings.
Read more about this topic: Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales (Ravel)
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