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Maurice Ravel

Daphnis et Chloé

Ballet

Composed 1912 Stage

Daphnis et Chloé is a 1912 ballet and orchestral concert work, subtitled symphonie chorégraphique (choreographic symphony), for orchestra and wordless chorus by Maurice Ravel. It is in three main sections, or parties, and a dozen scenes, most of them dances, and lasts just under an hour, making it the composer's longest work. It premiered as a ballet, but it is more frequently given as a concert work, either complete or excerpted.

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Movements

Tableau I

  1. No. 1. Introduction et danse religieuse
  2. No. 2. Danse générale
  3. No. 3. Danse grotesque de Dorcon
  4. No. 4. Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis
  5. No. 5. Danse de Lycéion
  6. No. 6. Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes

Tableau II

  1. No. 7. Introduction
  2. No. 8. Danse guerrière
  3. No. 9. Danse suppliante de Chloé

Tableau III

  1. No. 10. Lever du jour
  2. No. 11. Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx)
  3. No. 12. Danse générale (Bacchanale)

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