# Le Tombeau de Couperin: Piano Book

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $9.95
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
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- **GTIN:** 9781638872603

## Summary

Le Tombeau de Couperin solo piano music book by Maurice Ravel, published by Ludwig Masters Publications, featuring cover art by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

## Description

The word "tombeau" is a musical term from the 17th century, meaning "a piece written as a memorial." Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) composed LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN as a six-movement suite (based on those of the Traditional Baroque suite) for solo piano, with each movement dedicated to the memory of a friend who had died fighting in World War I. The "Couperin" referred to in the title is François Couperin "the Great" (1668-1733), although Ravel's intentions were to pay homage to the sensibilities of the Baroque French keyboard suite in general, not one composer in general. Often light-hearted rather than sombre as one may suggest, Ravel responded, "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence." Movements: I. Prelude, II. Fugue, III. Forlane, IV. Rigaudon, V. Menuet, VI. Toccata.

## Categories

- **Categories:** Shipped

## Enrichment

- **Type:** sheet music
- **Type Synonyms:** music book, piano score, musical score
- **Tags:** piano music, classical music, printed music
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Compatible instrument:** Piano
- **Music genre:** Classic
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

## Images

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