List of compositions by Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel, ca. 1925

This is a complete list of compositions by Maurice Ravel, initially categorized by genre, and sorted within each genre chronologically in order of date the composition was completed. The "M." header is clickable and doing so will sort the entire list by order of composition completion date. (Clicking that header again will reverse the order; to return to the genre category order, reload the webpage.)

Catalogue "M" numbers were assigned by the musicologist Marcel Marnat according to date of composition. Arrangements by Ravel of his own works were assigned the "M" number of the original followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.). Arrangements by Ravel of other composers' works or of "traditional" music were assigned a separate "MA" number, in order of date of arrangement.

List of compositions

M.	!Title	Scoring	Date	Notes
Orchestra
43a	Une Barque sur l'océan	orchestra	1906	orchestration of M 43 No. 3; 1st version
54	Rapsodie espagnole Prélude à la nuit Malagueña Habanera Feria	orchestra	1907
A15	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar	orchestra	1909	incidental music to a 5-act play by Chékry-Ganem; partial reorchestration of most of the symphonic poem Antar Op. 9, the movements reordered and interspersed with reorchestrated fragments of the same work, a fragment of the opera Mlada, orchestrated fragments of songs from the Romances Op. 4 and Op. 7, and an extract from Félicien David's composition Le Désert, all included as the basis for new music by Ravel mostly in the style of Rimsky-Korsakov used as interconnecting pieces with the larger Antar movements; the orchestral score of the song fragments and David's piece are lost, though the song fragments exist in the piano reduction
19a	Pavane pour une infante défunte	orchestra	1910	orchestration of M 19
57a	Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1 Nocturne Interlude Danse guerrière	orchestra	1911	extracted and arranged from the ballet M 57
60a	Ma mère l'Oye	orchestra	1911	orchestration of M 60
A18	Erik Satie: Préludes pour Le Fils des étoiles	piano	1910–11	originally for piano, new orchestration of No. 1; found; planned new orchestration of all 3 preludes, only first was completed
57b	Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 Lever du jour Pantomime Danse générale	orchestra	1913	extracted and arranged from the ballet M 57
A19	Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, opera	orchestra	1913	orchestration completed, some parts re-orchestrated, and edited, in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky from the score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
A20	Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides, ballet Prélude, Op. 28 No. 7 Nocturne, Op. 32 No. 2 Valse, Op. 70 No. 1 chakra, Op. 33 No. 2 chakra, Op. 67 No. 3 Prélude, Op. 28 No. 7 Valse, Op. 64 No. 2 Grande valse brillante, Op. 18	orchestra	1914	new orchestration of various piano pieces arranged as a ballet for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company; lost
A21	Robert Schumann: Carnaval, ballet Préambule Valse Allemande and Intermezzo: Paganini Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins	orchestra	1914	new orchestration of the suite for piano Op. 9 for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company; project abandoned; only 3 of the 20 pieces survive, the remaining 17 are either lost or were never written
43c	Alborada del gracioso	orchestra	1918	orchestration of M 43 No. 4
A23	Emmanuel Chabrier: Menuet pompeux	orchestra	1917–18	No. 9 of Pièces pittoresques; originally for piano, orchestration for the Sergei Diaghilev ballet Las Meninas (Les Jardins d'Aranjuez)
68a	Le Tombeau de Couperin Prélude Forlane Menuet Rigaudon	orchestra	1919	orchestration of 4 pieces (reordered) from M 68
A24	Modest Mussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition), suite	orchestra	1922	originally for piano, orchestration (omitting the last "Promenade")
A25	Claude Debussy: Sarabande	orchestra	1922	No. 2 of Pour le piano, originally for piano, orchestration; published as No. 1 of Sarabande et Danse
A26	Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)	orchestra	1922	originally for piano, orchestration; published as No. 2 of Sarabande et Danse
43b	Une Barque sur l'océan	orchestra	1926	orchestration of M 43 No. 3; revised version; lost, possibly never written
7a	Menuet antique	orchestra	1929	orchestration of M 7
Concertante
66	Zaspiak-Bat	piano and orchestra	1913–14	based on Basque themes; sketches only
76a	Tzigane, Rapsodie de concert	violin and orchestra	1924	orchestration of M 76
82	Concerto for the Left Hand (in D major)	piano left-hand and orchestra	1929–30
83	Concerto in G (major)	piano and orchestra	1929–31
Chamber
12	Sonate (No. 1) Allegro	violin and piano	1897	1st movement only; published posthumously
35	String Quartet in F major Allegro moderato, très doux Assez vif, très rythmé Très lent Vif et agité	string quartet	1902–03
46	Introduction et Allegro	harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet	1905
67	Trio in A minor Modéré Pantoum. Assez vif Passacaille. Très large Final. Animé	piano, violin, and cello	1914
73a	Duo for Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy	violin and cello	1920	No. 1 of the multi-composer collection; early version of Allegro (1st) movement of Sonate M 73
73	Sonate (in A minor) Allegro Très vif Lent Vif, avec entrain	violin and cello	1920–22
74	Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré	violin and piano	1922
76b	Tzigane	violin and piano luthéal	1922–24	alternate original version of M 76
76	Tzigane ("Gypsy")	violin and piano	1922–24
77	Sonate (No. 2) in G major Allegretto Blues. Moderato (A♭ major) Perpetuum mobile. Allegro	violin and piano	1923–27
Piano solo
1	Piano Sonata Prélude	piano	1888	1st movement only; student exercise; lost
2	Variations on a Theme of Grieg	piano	1888	theme: Death of Åse from Peer Gynt; student exercise; lost
3	Variations on a Theme of Schumann	piano	1888	theme: Chorale Freu dich, o meine Seele from "Album for the Young", Op. 68; student exercise; lost
5	Sérénade grotesque	piano	1892–93	discovered and published posthumously
7	Menuet antique	piano	1895
11	La Parade, ballet	piano	1896	piano sketch only, comprising 2 waltzes, 2 marches, and a mazurka; discovered and published posthumously
14	Valse in D major	piano	1898	lost
19	Pavane pour une infante défunte	piano	1899"
20	Fugue	piano	1899"	Prix de Rome essay competition; Lost, possibly auctioned score held by Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer
23	Fugue in D major	piano	1900	Possibly still survives as unofficial copies exist online
24	Fugue à quatre voix on a theme of Reber in F major	piano	1900	lost
26	Prélude et Fugue	piano	1900	student competition; Lost, possibly auctioned score by Osenat
27	Fugue in F major	piano	1900	Prix de Rome competition; May be the "D Minor Fugue" in the Morgan Library & Museum Collection. Possibly still survives as unofficial copies exist online
30	Jeux d'eau	piano	1901
32	Fugue in B♭ major	piano	1902	Prix de Rome competition; Published in Irony and Sound by Stephen Zank
A3	Frederick Delius: Margot la Rouge, opera	piano	1902	reduction of orchestra part for piano
36	Fugue in E minor	piano	1903	Prix de Rome competition; Lost, possibly the incomplete E flat major fugue held by Lion Heart Autographs
42	Menuet in C♯ minor	piano	1904
40	Sonatine Modéré Mouvement de menuet Animé	piano	1903–05
43	Miroirs Noctuelles Oiseaux tristes Une Barque sur l'océan Alborada del gracioso La Vallée des cloches	piano	1904–05
44	Fugue in C major	piano	1905	Prix de Rome competition; Possibly still survives as unofficial copies exist online
55	Gaspard de la nuit, "3 poems for piano, after Aloysius Bertrand" Ondine Le Gibet Scarbo	piano	1908
58	Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn	piano	1909
A15a	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar, incidental music	piano	1909	reduction for piano of M A15
57d	Daphnis et Chloé, ballet	piano	1910	original version for piano of M 57
61	Valses nobles et sentimentales	piano	1911
57c	Danse gracieuse de Daphnis, suite Nocturne Interlude et Danse guerrière Scène de Daphnis et Chloé	piano	1913	transcription from Daphnis et Chloé ballet M 57
63	À la manière de... Borodine, Valse Chabrier	piano	1912–13	the Chabrier piece is a paraphrase on an aria from Gounod's Faust
65	Prélude	piano	1913
68	Le Tombeau de Couperin Prélude Fugue Forlane Rigaudon Menuet Toccata	piano	1914–17
72b	La Valse	piano	1920	transcription of M 72
80b	Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's ballet	piano	1927	reduction for piano of M 80
81a	Boléro	piano	1929	transcription of M 81
Piano duo
A1	Camille Saint-Saëns: La jeunesse d'Hercule, symphonic poem, Op. 50	piano four-hands	1887	originally for orchestra, arrangement
8	Habanera	two pianos	1895	published as No. 1 of Sites auriculaires, with M 13; used later as No. 3 of Rapsodie espagnole M 54a
13	Entre Cloches	two pianos	1897	published as No. 2 of Sites auriculaires, with M 8
17a	Shéhérazade	piano four-hands	1898	original version of Overture M 17
A2	Claude Debussy: Sirènes	two pianos	1902	No. 3 of Nocturnes; originally for orchestra and female chorus, arrangement; 1st version
54a	Rapsodie espagnole Prélude à la nuit Malagueña Habanera Feria	two pianos	1907	original version of M 54; III. Habanera, identical to M 8
56	Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant	piano four-hands	1908	inspired by Charles Perrault; used later as No. 1 of Ma mère l'Oye M 60
A14	Claude Debussy: Trois nocturnes Nuages Fêtes Sirènes	two pianos	1909	originally for orchestra, arrangement; composed with Debussy's stepson and pupil Raoul Bardac; III. Sirènes, 2nd version
60	Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), children's pieces Pavane de la belle au bois dormant Petit Poucet Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête Le Jardin féerique	piano four-hands	1908–10	inspired by the tales of Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy; I. Pavane, identical to M 56
A16	Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune	piano four-hands	1910	originally for orchestra, transcription
70	Frontispice	two pianos five-hands	1918	for S.P. 503: Le Poème du Vardar by Ricciotto Canudo
72a	La Valse	two pianos	1920	transcription of M 72
80a	Fanfare	piano four-hands	1927	transcription of M 80
81b	Boléro	piano four-hands	1929	transcription of M 81
82a	Concerto for the Left Hand	two pianos	1930	reduction of orchestra part of M 82 for piano
83a	Concerto in G	two pianos	1932	reduction of orchestra part of M 83 for second piano
Stage
17	Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie	orchestra	1898	originally intended as an opera, after "One Thousand and One Nights"; abandoned, only Overture completed and premiered separately as a concert piece
18	Olympia	opera	1898–99"	after E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann ("The Sandman"); sketches destroyed except for a Symphonie horlogère incorporated into the opening of L'heure espagnole M 52
52	L'Heure espagnole ("The Spanish Hour")	opera	1907–11	libretto: Franc-Nohain
49	La Cloche engloutie ("The Sunken Clock")	opera	1906–12	after Gerhart Hauptmann's Die versunkene Glocke; planned work, sketches (if any) were destroyed by Ravel
57	Daphnis et Chloé	ballet	1909–12
61a	Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Adelaide, or The Language of Flowers)	ballet	1912	orchestration of Valses nobles et sentimentales M 61
62	Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose") Prélude. Très lent Premier tableau. Danse du rouet et scène Deuxième tableau. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant Interlude Troisième tableau. Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête Interlude Quatrième tableau. Petit Poucet Interlude Cinquième tableau. Laideronnette, impératrice des Pagodes Interlude Sixième tableau. Apothéose. Le Jardin féerique	ballet	1911–12	orchestral version (M 60a) with new music added (2 new opening pieces plus 4 new interludes); III. identical to M 60a I; V. identical to M 60a IV; VII. identical to M 60a II; IX. identical to M 60a III; XI. identical to M 60a V
72	La Valse, Poème chorégraphique	ballet	1919–20	sketches 1906
71	L'Enfant et les sortilèges, Fantaisie lyrique ("The Child and the Spells"), operetta-ballet	8 solo voices, mixed choir, children's choir, and orchestra with piano luthéal	1917–25	libretto: Colette
80	Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's ballet	ballet with small orchestra	1927	No. 1 (Prélude) of the collective composition (by 10 French composers)
81	Boléro	ballet	1928
85	Morgiane, oratorio-ballet	vocal soloists, choir, and orchestra	1932	libretto after "One Thousand and One Nights"; sketches only
84	Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle Chanson romanesque Chanson épique Chanson à boire	baritone and orchestra	1933	text: Paul Morand, originally intended as film music for G.W. Pabst's 1933 film Don Quixote but Ravel's music was not used; unfinished, originally projected as 4 songs plus incidental music, but only 3 songs completed
86	Jeanne d'Arc ("Joan of Arc")	opera	1930s	after Joseph Delteil's Jeanne d'Arc, planned for the Paris Opéra; unrealised project
Choral
22	Callerhoe	cantata	1900	Prix de Rome essay competition; partially lost
25	Les Bayadères	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1900	Prix de Rome competition
28	Tout est lumière	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1901	Prix de Rome competition
29	Myrrha, cantata	soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra	1901	text: Fernand Beissier; Prix de Rome competition
31	Semiramis	cantata	1902	student competition; partially lost
33	La Nuit	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1902	Prix de Rome competition
34	Alcyone	soprano, alto, tenor, and orchestra	1902	text: Eugène et Edouard Adenis; Prix de Rome competition
37	Matinée en Provence	soprano, mixed choir, and orchestra	1903	Prix de Rome competition
38	Alyssa, cantata	soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra	1903	text: Marguerite Coiffier; Prix de Rome competition
45	L'Aurore	tenor, mixed choir, and orchestra	1905	Prix de Rome competition
59	Saint François d'Assise	soloists, choir, and orchestra	1909–10	lost
69	Trois chansons Nicolette Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis Ronde	mixed choir unaccompanied	1914–15	lyrics by Ravel
Solo voice with orchestra
39a	Manteau des fleurs	voice and orchestra	1903?	orchestration of M 39
41	Shéhérazade, poems Asie La Flûte enchantée L'Indifférent	soprano/tenor and orchestra	1903	text: Tristan Klingsor
47a	Noël des jouets	voice and orchestra	1906	orchestration of M 47; 1st version
47b	Noël des jouets	voice and orchestra	1913	orchestration of M 47; revised version
64	Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle Soupir Placet futile Surgi de la croupe et du bond	medium voice, piccolo, 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, string quartet, and piano	1913	text: Stéphane Mallarmé
78	Chansons madécasses ("Madagascan Songs"), song cycle Nahandove Aoua Il est doux	soprano, flute, cello, and piano	1925–26	text: Evariste-Désiré Parny de Forges
75a	Ronsard à son âme	voice and orchestra	1935	orchestration of M 75
Solo voice with piano
4	Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer, song	voice and piano	1893	text: Roland de Marès
6	Un grand sommeil noir, song	deep voice and piano	1895	text: Paul Verlaine
9	Sainte, song	voice and piano	1896	text: Stéphane Mallarmé
10	D'Anne jouant l'espinette, song	voice and harpsichord/piano	1896	text: Clément Marot
15	Chanson du rouet, song	voice and piano	1898	text: Leconte de Lisle
16	Si Morne!, song	voice and piano	1898	text: Émile Verhaeren
21	D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige, song	voice and piano	1899"	text: Clément Marot
39	Manteau des fleurs, song	voice and piano	1903	text: Paul Gravollet
A4	Quel galant m'est comparable, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 3 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A5	Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 4 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A6	À vous, oiseaux des plaines, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost
A7	Chanson du pâtre épirote, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost
A8	Mon mouchoir, hélas, est perdu, song	voice and piano	1904	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; lost
47	Noël des jouets ("The Toys' Christmas"), song	voice and piano	1905	lyrics by Ravel
48	Les grands Vents venus d'outre-mer, song	voice and piano	1906	text: Henri de Régnier
50	Histoires naturelles ("Natural Histories"), song cycle Le Paon Le Grillon Le Cygne Le Martin-pêcheur La Pintade	medium voice and piano	1906	text: Jules Renard
A9	Chanson de la mariée, song	voice and piano	1905–06	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 1 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A10	Là-bas, vers l'église, song	voice and piano	1905–06	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 2 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
A11	Tout gai!, song	voice and piano	1905–06	text: Greek traditional, in French translation by Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi; published as No. 5 of Cinq mélodies populaires grecques ("Five Greek Folk Songs")
51	Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, song	deep voice and piano	1907
53	Sur l'herbe, song	voice and piano	1907	text: Paul Verlaine
A12	Chanson écossaise: Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon ("Scottish Song"), song	voice and piano	1909	text: Robert Burns, in English
A13	Tripatos: Kherya pou dhen idhen ilyos, song	voice and piano	1909	text: Greek traditional, in Greek
A17	Chants populaires ("Folk Songs"), songs Chanson espagnole: Adios men homino ("Spanish Song") Chanson française: Janeta ount anirem gardar ("French Song") Chanson italienne: M'affaccio la finestra ("Italian Song") Chanson hébraïque: Mejerke, main Suhn ("Hebrew Song")	medium voice and piano	1910	1. text: Spanish traditional, in Galician; 2. text: French traditional, in Limousin; 3. text: Italian traditional, in Italian; 4. text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish and Hebrew
64a	Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, song cycle	voice and piano	1913	transcription of M 64
A22	Deux mélodies hébraïques ("Two Hebrew Songs"), songs Kaddich: Yithgaddal weyithkaddash L'énigme éternelle: Fragt die Velt die alte Casche	voice and piano	1914	1. text: Hebrew traditional, in Aramaic; 2. text: Hebrew traditional, in Yiddish
69a	Trois chansons	medium voice and piano	1915	arrangement of M 69
75	Ronsard à son âme, song	voice and piano	1923–24	text: Pierre de Ronsard
79	Rêves, song	voice and piano	1927	text: Léon-Paul Fargue
84a	Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycle	baritone and piano	1932–33	original version of M 84

External links

• The Marnat catalogue of the works of Maurice Ravel (in French)