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

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1925. Plate D. & F. 10,755.
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Arranger Lucien Garban (1877-1959)
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Arranger Lucien Garban (1877-1959)
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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; 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
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. 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
InstrDetail
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