Marguerite Long
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Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long was a French pianist, pedagogue, lecturer, and an ambassador of French music.
Marguerite Long ca. 1900
Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Le Tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedica
Marguerite Long
…I did all I could. It is the only thing that can bring a little happiness.” Maurice Ravel dedicated the last movement, the Toccata, of his 1917 suite Le tombeau de Couperin to Marliave and Long gave the first performance of this work in 1919. Shortly after the concert in Castelnaudary, Marmontel encouraged the pianist to…
Cover of the first edition published by Durand Cie (1918), designed by Ravel
The house where Ravel composed the work
A poster advertising Le tombeau and other 1920s Ballets suédois productions at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées