Book contents
- The Operas of Maurice Ravel
- Music in Context
- The Operas of Maurice Ravel
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Book part
- Glossary
- Opera synopses
- Part I Making operas
- 1 Introduction: ‘A single act at the Opéra-Comique’
- 2 Ravel’s hour
- 3 The Child and the impresarios
- Part II Words and music
- Part III The compositional web
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction: ‘A single act at the Opéra-Comique’
from Part I - Making operas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
- The Operas of Maurice Ravel
- Music in Context
- The Operas of Maurice Ravel
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Book part
- Glossary
- Opera synopses
- Part I Making operas
- 1 Introduction: ‘A single act at the Opéra-Comique’
- 2 Ravel’s hour
- 3 The Child and the impresarios
- Part II Words and music
- Part III The compositional web
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Operas of Maurice Ravel , pp. 3 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015