Gaspard de la nuit
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Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 is a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. It has three movements, each based on a poem or fantaisie from the collection Gaspard de la Nuit – Fantaisies à
Ravel in 1910
Excerpt of the third movement, Scarbo, in a mural in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota
Islamey
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Islamey: Oriental Fantasy, is a composition for piano by Russian composer Mily Balakirev written in 1869. Harold C. Schonberg noted that Islamey was "at one time…considered the most difficult of all p
Gaspard de la nuit
…Marnold and Rudolph Ganz. The piece is famous for its difficulty, partly because Ravel intended the Scarbo movement to be more difficult than Balakirev's Islamey. Because of its technical challenges and profound musical structure, Scarbo is considered one of the most difficult solo piano pieces in the standard…
Mily Balakirev in the 1860s
Example of an ossia