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Shéhérazade (Ravel)

Shéhérazade is the title of two works by the French composer Maurice Ravel. Both have their origins in the composer's fascination with Scheherazade, the heroine and narrator of The Arabian Nights. The first work, an overture (1898), Ravel's earliest surviving orchestral piece, was not well received at its premiere and has not subsequently been among his most popular works. Four years later he had a much greater success with a song cycle with the same title, which has remained a standard repertoire piece and has been recorded many times.

"Shéhérazade" redirects here. For other uses, see Scheherazade (disambiguation).

Both settings are influenced by Russian composers, particularly Rimsky-Korsakov, who had written a Scheherazade in 1888. The first composition was heavily influenced by Russian music, the second used a text inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic poem. The musical relation between the overture and the song cycle is tenuous.

Asie: 9–10 minutes

La flûte enchantée: about 3 minutes

L'indifférent: about 3+12 minutes.

Blakeman, Edward (1990). Notes to Chandos CD 8914. Colchester: Chandos Records.  28488316.

OCLC

Nichols, Roger (1977). Ravel. Master Musicians. London: Dent.  978-0-460-03146-2.

ISBN

Nichols, Roger (2011). . New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10882-8.

Ravel

Orenstein, Arbie (1991) [1975]. Ravel: Man and Musician. Mineola, US: Dover.  978-0-486-26633-6.

ISBN

(archived on 31 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine from maurice-ravel.net)

"Shéhérazade: ouverture de féerie"

(archived on 31 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine from maurice-ravel.net)

Shéhérazade

featuring soprano Elizabeth Parcells with commentary by the singer

Performance of Shéhérazade