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Ravel, Maurice : Gaspard de la nuit　"Ondine" Cis-Dur

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Music ID : 23483
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：pieces
Total Playing Time：6 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
pieces
Piano Solo
piano solo
Cis dur

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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: September 1, 2020
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

1. Ondine / "Ondine"

In the first piece, "Ondine," an elegant and fantastical melody emerges amidst the finely articulated, rapid repetitions in the right hand. Ondine (a water spirit), who has fallen in love with a human man, asks him to marry her and become king of the lake. When the man refuses, Ondine is vexed and cries for a while, but then laughs loudly and disappears into a violent rain. Through an exceptionally intricate compositional technique, the aquatic world is splendidly depicted.

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
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