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Habanera (from Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54) (arr. Kreisler)
Maurice Ravel · 1875–1937
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9
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- Type
- Short piece
- Setting
- Piano
- Length
- About 3 min
- Era
- 20th century
- Nationality
- French
- Exam lists
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Notes
Languid habanera rhythm; tone colour, harmonics, rubato
About this work
- Composed
- 1907
- Dedicated to
- À mon cher maître, t=ded Charles-Wilfrid Bériot Charles de Bériot
- First performed
- 15 March 1908 in Paris, Châtelet Théatre; Orchestre des Concerts Colonne. Édouard Colonne (conductor)
- Prélude à la nuit. Très modéré
- Malagueña. Assez vif
- Habanera. Assez lent et d'un rythme las (f#)
- Feria. Assez animé