Cat No. JM32847
Price £26.50
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Arranger: Howard Snell
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, Howard Snell Music

Howard Snell writes:
The first of Ravel's compositions to achieve success, the effect the composer intended is light and flowing, not, as Ravel once complained, "a dead pavane for a princess". For those interested in these things, the word "dead" of the title is a mistranslation. The French word here is "défuncte" which can, as in English mean "dead", but in this particlar context means "of a former time". "Pavane for a Princess of an Ancient Time" is much more accurate. No more corpses, please !