Sonata No. 1 in A minor, M. 12 (posthumous)

Maurice Ravel · 1875–1937

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Type: Sonata
Setting: Piano
Length: About 14 min
Era: 20th century
Nationality: French
Exam lists: RCM

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Single movement, 1897

About this work

Composed: 1897 (April)
Dedicated to: Probably Paul Oberdoerffer (belatedly in 1929)
First performed: 1897?

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