L'enfant et les sortilèges, M.71 (Ravel, Maurice)

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Editor First edition (reissue)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 10,755.
Reprinted Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 13,019.
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27 more: Flute 1/2 • Oboe 1/2 • English Horn • Piccolo Clarinet (E♭) • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭) • Bass Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon 1/2 • Contrabassoon • Horn 1/2 (F) • Horn 3/4 (F) • Trumpet 1/2 (C) • Trumpet 3 (C) • Trombone 1/2 • Trombone 3 • Tuba • Timpani/Piccolo Timpani • Cymbals/Bass Drum • Snare Drum/Eoliphone (Wind Machine) • Triangle/Tam-Tam/Wood Block/Fouet/ / Crécelle à manivelle/Râpe à fromage/Crotales/Flûte à coulisse • Celesta/Xylophone • Piano • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 10756.
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Engraver Charles Douin, Paris
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 10,699.
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Misc. Notes Plate number appears only on the score's last page. The source scan contains extra pages for staging (mise-en-scène) notes, and those have been omitted from the PDF.
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Editor Phil Richardson
Publisher. Info. Phil Richardson, 2024.
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Misc. Notes I rewrote the piano reduction in order to reflect the orchestration more correctly whilst also making it easier to play.
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For Piano (Garban)
Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1923. Plate D. & F. 10,296.
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Foxtrot "Keng-ça-fou, mah-jong" (No.7)

For Piano (Garban)
Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959) as Roger Branga
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, 1925. Plate D.& F. 10,743.
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Chœur des Pâtres

For Soprano, Contralto and Piano (Garban)
Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 10,744.
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Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 10,744.
Reprinted Maurice Ravel: Collected Songs

Paris: Durand, 2004.

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Air de l'horloge

For Soprano and Piano (Garban)
Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925.
Reprinted Maurice Ravel: Collected Songs
Paris: Durand, 2004.
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Work Title L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
Alternative. Title Fantaisie lyrique en un acte
Name Translations A gyermek és a varázslat; L'enfant et les sortilèges; L’Enfant et les Sortilèges; El niño y los sortilegios; L'Enfant et les sortilèges; [10 more...]子供と魔法; Дитя і чари; Dítě a kouzla; Barnet och spökerierna; Дитя и волшебство; Lumottu lapsi; کودک و جادو; 孩童與魔法; הילד והקסמים; Το παιδί και τα μάγια
Name Aliases L'enfant et les sortilèges; L'Enfant et les sortileges; Das Kind und der Zauberspuk; The Child and the Spells; L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties; 孩子与魔法
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 180842601; LCCN: no96048010; GND: 300125232; SUDOC: 034045694
Composer Ravel, Maurice
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. M.71
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IMR 12
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act, 2 tableaux:
  • Tableau I.
"J'ai pas envie de faire ma page!"
"Bébé a été sage?"
"Ça m'est égal!"
"Votre serviteur humble, Bergère"
"Ding, ding, ding, ding"
"How's your mug?"
"Keng-ça-fou, mah-jong"
"Oh! Ma belle tasse chinoise!"
"Arrière ! Je réchauffe les bons"
"Adieu, Pastourelles!"
"Ah! C'est elle! C'est elle!"
"Toi, le coeur de la rose"
"Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!"
"Oh! Ma tête!" (Oh! My head!)
"Duo miaulé" (Cat duet)
  • Tableau II.
"Musique d'insectes, de rainettes, etc."
"Ah! Quelle joie de te retrouver, Jardin!"
"Nos Blessures!"
"Où es-tu, je te cherche..."
"Ronde des chauves-souris"
Danse des rainettes
"Sauve-toi, sotte! Et la cage? La cage?"
"Ah ! C'est l'enfant au couteau!"
"Il a pansé la plaie..."
"Il est bon, l'enfant, il est sage"
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1919–25
First Performance. 1925/03/21 in Monte Carlo, Salle Garnier
voices, choruses, orchestra, Victor de Sabata (conductor)
First Publication. 1925 – Paris: Durand
Librettist Colette (1873–1954)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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Cast
L'enfant, the child (mezzo-soprano)
Maman, the mother (mezzo-soprano)
La bergère, the shepherdess (soprano)
La tasse chinoise, the china cup (mezzo-soprano or alto)
Le feu, the fire in the fireplace (coloratura soprano)
La princesse, the princess (coloratura soprano)
La chatte, the female cat (mezzo-soprano)
La libellule, the dragon fly (mezzo-soprano)
Le rossignol, the nightingale (coloratura soprano)
La chauve-souris, the widower bat (soprano)
La chouette, the owl (soprano)
L'écureuil, the squirrel (mezzo-soprano)
Une pastourelle, a shepherdess (soprano)
Un pâtre, a shepherd (alto)
Le fauteuil, the armchair (bass)
L'horloge comtoise, the clock (baritone)
Le théière, the black Wedgwood teapot (tenor)
Le petit vieillard, the little old man (tenor)
Le chat, the male cat (baritone)
Un arbre, a tree (bass)
La rainette, the tree frog (tenor)

Choruses (SATB, Children)
Orchestra

2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, piccolo clarinet,
2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, piccolo timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, whip, ratchet, cheese grater, woodblock, wind machine ("eoliphone"), crotales, slide whistle ("flûte á coulisse"), xylophone, celesta, harp, piano (or luthéal), strings
Discography MusicBrainz
External Links Maurice-Ravel.net
Wikipedia article
Preface by Bradford Robinson
All Music Guide