Ravel Daphnis et Chloé

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Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
ballet score
orchestral work
approximateDuration 55 minutes
basedOn ancient Greek pastoral romance "Daphnis and Chloe"
basedOnAuthor Longus
choreographerAtPremiere Michel Fokine
commissionedBy Sergei Diaghilev
commissionedFor Ballets Russes
composer Maurice Ravel
compositionPeriod 1909–1912
criticalReputation one of Ravel's orchestral masterpieces
genre Impressionism
ballet music
hasExcerpt Danse générale
Lever du jour
Pantomime (Daphnis et Chloé)
hasOrchestralSuite Ravel Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
surface form: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1

Pantomime (Daphnis et Chloé)
surface form: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
hasPart Part I
Part II
Part III
historicalContext early 20th-century French music
instrumentationFeature extensive use of harp
prominent woodwind writing
rich string textures
key various keys
languageOfTitle French
mainCharacters Bryaxis
Chloé
Daphnis
Dorcon
Pan
nymphs
notableFeature evocative depiction of pastoral scenes
lush orchestration
orchestration large orchestra
wordless mixed chorus
originalChoreographer Michel Fokine
originalDesigner Léon Bakst
premiereCity Paris
premiereCompany Ballets Russes
premiereCountry France
premiereDate 1912-06-08
premierePlace Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
publisher Durand
settingTime ancient Greece
settingType pastoral landscape
structure one-act ballet
three parts
vocalForces wordless SATB chorus
yearOfCompletion 1912

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Charles Munch hasNotableRecording Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Westminster Symphonic Choir repertoireIncludes Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé hasOrchestralSuite Ravel Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Daphnis et Chloé
this entity surface form: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1
Saito Kinen Orchestra notableRecording Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
this entity surface form: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé