La vallée des cloches

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La vallée des cloches is the fifth and final piece of Maurice Ravel’s solo piano suite *Miroirs*, evoking distant bell sounds through shimmering harmonies and delicate textures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf movement
piano piece
associatedComposer Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber M. 43 (as part of Miroirs) NERFINISHED
characterizedBy delicate textures
shimmering harmonies
collection Miroirs NERFINISHED
composer Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED
composerNationality French
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Marcel Meyer NERFINISHED
evokes distant bell sounds
firstPublicationContext Miroirs NERFINISHED
genre Impressionist piano music
instrumentation solo piano
key E major
languageOfTitle French
partOf Miroirs NERFINISHED
period 20th-century classical music
positionInWork fifth piece
final piece
premiereDate early 20th century
relatedWork Alborada del gracioso NERFINISHED
Noctuelles NERFINISHED
Oiseaux tristes NERFINISHED
Une barque sur l’océan NERFINISHED
style Impressionism NERFINISHED
tempoMarking Très lent
titleTranslation The Valley of the Bells NERFINISHED
typicalPerformanceMedium concert performance
piano recital
usesMusicalDevice bell-like sonorities
layered textures
pedal effects

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Miroirs fifthMovement La vallée des cloches
Miroirs movement La vallée des cloches