Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn (Ravel)

The first 4 bars of Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn  Play 

Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn is a minuet for solo piano written by Maurice Ravel in 1909 to mark the centenary of Joseph Haydn's death.^[1]

Description

The piece is only 54 bars long and lasts for about a minute and a half. The theme is based on Haydn's own name as a five-note motif. The letter H represents B natural, A and D representing their respective pitches, Y as D natural and N as G natural. In the score, the use of this motif is marked using their letters including several inverted and retrograde versions.^[2]

References

External links

• Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn (Ravel): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Ravel - Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (Performed by Álvaro Campos Jareño)". YouTube. 11 February 2014. 

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