Menuet antique is a piece for solo piano composed by Maurice Ravel. The original piano version was written in 1895 and orchestrated by the composer in 1929. Ravel wrote the piece to pay tribute to Emmanuel Chabrier, who had welcomed his early works and helped to establish his musical reputation.
Tempo | mae |
Date of composition | 1929 |
Premiered | 1930, January 11th in Paris, France |
Type | Minuet (Menuet) |
Tonality | F Minor |
Catalogue | M. 7 |
Arrangement of | Maurice Ravel: Menuet Antique in F minor, M. 7 |
Instruments | Orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Maurice Ravel: Menuet Antique en fa mineur, M. 7 Maurice Ravel: Menuet Antique in fa minore, M. 7 Maurice Ravel: Menuet Antique f-moll, M. 7 |