Ravel, Maurice (1893): Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer pour voix & piano, M. 4 - Devieilhe/Tharaud

Composer: Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 - 28 December 1937)
Lyricist: Roland de Marès (15 April 1874 - 11 June 1955)
Soprano: Sabine Devieilhe (born 12 December 1985)
Pianist: Alexandre Tharaud (born 9 December 1968)
Copyright 1975 by Arima corp. and éditions Salabert, Paris, France
In Bohemia, there was a Queen,
The sweet sister of the crown of Thule;
And of such beauty she bore without equal,
A queen she was, just by Grace alone.
Then Bohemia's great laureate,
By night forlorn in auburn air
Slipped a platitude: 'Thee I love';
Crazed souls, and hearts so wild!
For the lov'ly One so greatly fair
Was so beloved by this minstrel boy
That she wept, and in utmost clarity
Exhaled her soul, who fled into the stars.
The great peals of Bohemia resonated
And the Thulian carillons echoed in the depths,
Exalting the final elegies
Of the Queen who died of Love.
Studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, the young and future-esteemed Maurice Ravel commenced his formal début as a composer by completing a couple of brief pieces in the year 1893: a Sérénade grotesque (Grotesque serenade) which had been initiated the preceding year, and a melody for high voice and piano entitled Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer (Ballad of the queen who died of love); though he had actually written several works beforehand, though these were merely compulsory student exercises.
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[@cflhighlights9370]

Awesome. Although it should be noted it may have been written later than 1893 as sketches of it were found in the manuscript of Un grand sommeil noir which was written in 1895.

[@HenrikBergpianorganist]

Thanks for uploading. What an extraordinary song!

[@miloseveggies8064]

Where did you find the manuscript? Would love to see it, thanks

[@chronochromie772]

Sincere thanks for your comment and apologies for the lengthy delay in my response, but neither the holograph nor any facsimilés of it were ever in my possession; though I would love to see it myself. What is displayed in the video is instead an illustration as extracted from Ornstein's book 'Ravel: man and musician'. The only known manuscript of his 1893 ballad (excluding the sketches as found in one of the three manuscripts of Un grand sommeil noir) lies amongst the archives of Maurice Ravel. There is also an accessible photocopy via microfilm in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (barred from digitisation).