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Tzigane is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel featuring a virtuosic violin part. The original instrumentation was for violin and piano (with optional luthéal attachment). The first performance took place in London on 26 April 1924 with the dedicatee, Jelly d'Arányi, on the violin and Henri Gil-Marchex at the piano. In his biographical sketch of 1928 Ravel termed it a rapsodie de concert, as "a virtuoso piece in the style of a Hungarian rhapsody". It consists of "a string of successive variations juxtaposed without development".

Key facts

Musical composition.name
Tzigane
Musical composition.composer
Maurice Ravel
Musical composition.image
File:Tzigane, rapsodie de concert pour violon et luthéal - btv1b520005019 (03 of 28).jpg
Musical composition.caption
First page of first edition
Musical composition.other_name
Rhapsodie de concert
Musical composition.key
D major
Musical composition.catalogue
M. 76
Musical composition.composed
1924
Musical composition.dedication
Jelly d'Arányi
Musical composition.published
1924

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Tonality
D major
Dedicated to
Jelly d'Arányi
Image
Montfort l'Amaury hommage Ravel.jpg
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instrumentation
violin
publication date
1924-01-01
copyright status
public domain
title
Tzigane
form of creative work
rhapsody
commissioned by
Jelly d'Arányi
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