Lever du jour

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Lever du jour is the luminous dawn episode from Maurice Ravel’s ballet *Daphnis et Chloé*, celebrated for its shimmering orchestration and evocative depiction of daybreak.

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Lever du jour canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet excerpt ⓘ
concert excerpt ⓘ
orchestral piece ⓘ
associatedWorkSection Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn pastoral love story of Daphnis and Chloe ⓘ
composer Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticalReception celebrated as one of Ravel’s finest examples of orchestration ⓘ
widely admired for its atmospheric depiction of nature ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext premiered as part of the complete ballet Daphnis et Chloé ⓘ
genre Impressionist orchestral music ⓘ
influencedBy French musical Impressionism ⓘ
instrumentationDetail bassoons and contrabassoon ⓘ
clarinets and bass clarinet ⓘ
divided strings ⓘ
horns ⓘ
oboes and English horn ⓘ
piccolo and flutes ⓘ
timpani and light percussion ⓘ
trombones and tuba ⓘ
trumpets ⓘ
two harps ⓘ
wordless SATB choir ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movementPosition third part opening ⓘ
musicalCharacteristic evocative depiction of dawn ⓘ
fluid, continuous texture ⓘ
gradual dynamic crescendo ⓘ
modal and extended tonal harmony ⓘ
rich harmonic color ⓘ
shimmering orchestration ⓘ
narrativeFunction depicts sunrise ⓘ
prepares the pastoral morning scene in Daphnis et Chloé ⓘ
orchestrationFeature divided strings ⓘ
harp arpeggios ⓘ
large symphony orchestra ⓘ
prominent woodwind writing ⓘ
subtle percussion ⓘ
wordless mixed chorus ⓘ
partOf Daphnis et Chloé NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceContext frequently excerpted in orchestral concerts ⓘ
often performed in concert as part of Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 ⓘ
publisher Durand (as part of Daphnis et Chloé) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Danse générale (from Daphnis et Chloé) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nocturne (from Daphnis et Chloé) NERFINISHED ⓘ
tempoIndication generally performed at a moderate, flowing tempo ⓘ
texture begins with very soft, transparent textures ⓘ
builds to a full orchestral climax ⓘ
titleTranslation Daybreak NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ravel Daphnis et Chloé → hasExcerpt → Lever du jour ⓘ
subject surface form: Daphnis et Chloé
Daphnis et Chloé → notableMovement → Lever du jour ⓘ