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3 unusual facts about Pavane pour une infante défunte


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#"Pavane pour une infante défunte" - composed by Maurice Ravel, performed by The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra (English: Pavane for a dead princess)

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ravel intended the piece to be played extremely slowly – more slowly than almost any modern interpretation, according to his biographer Benjamin Ivry.

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well-known piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré.



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