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Sonatine : autograph manuscript, [1903]

Record ID
396616
Creator
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
Biographical Data
French composer.
Object title

Sonatine : autograph manuscript, [1903]

Uniform title
Sonatina, piano. 1st movement
Date
[1903]
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in unknown hand in ink at top of manuscript: ... par Verla (crossed out in blue pencil by the engraver), Sonatine; notated on seven two-stave systems per page, with many deletions, altercations and corrections (including to the tempo marking), comprising a movement of eighty-seven bars in all, the Stichvorlage marked up by and for the engraver in blue crayon and pencil ("4 pl au format ci-joint"), with an autograph inscription of authorship ("par Verla") deleted by the editor.
Notes
For piano.
The Sonatine was originally composed in this form as a single stand-alone movement. The second and third movements were only composed two years later.