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A page from Ravel's music manuscript featuring the first page of music for the second movement.

Ravel and His Chansons Madécasses

Posted by: Cait Miller

In honor of Maurice Ravel's 150th anniversary, learn more about his "Chansons madécasses," a set of three songs accompanied by flute, cello, and piano, commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge after establishing her foundation at the Library of Congress in 1925.