Ravel wrote the first movement of the Sonatine for a competition sponsored by the Weekly Critical Review magazine after being encouraged by a close friend who was a contributor to that publication. The competition requirement was the composition of the first movement of a piano sonatina no longer than 75 bars, with the prize being 100 francs.
| Date of composition | 1905 (1903-1905) |
| Premiered | 1906, March 10th in Lyon, France |
| First published | 1905 |
| Tonality | F Minor |
| Catalogue | M. 40 |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine en fa mineur, M. 40 Maurice Ravel: Sonatine in fa minore, M. 40 Maurice Ravel: Sonatine f-moll, M. 40 |