Ravel's Tiny Masterpiece: Prelude in A Minor

The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/themusicprofessor02241 0:00 Introduction with Loki and Ravel’s marvellous underrated Prelude 0:47 The year 1913; ballets of 1912 1:32 Stravinsky; Mallarmé songs and composing masterpieces 2:30 Schoenberg, Stravinsky and the third song in the Mallarmé cycle 3:33 Ravel straightens out the Mallarmé motif; a sight-reading test 5:09 A short analysis of the Prelude; Ravel's harmony 6:13 Radiant D major, bitter-sweet D minor. Comparison with Puccini 7:14 More poignant; more beautiful... 8:55 Ian Coulter introduces Skillshare 10:37 Ravel’s Prelude in A minor (with animated commentary) Ravel’s exquisite Prelude in A minor of 1913 is one of his shortest and least played pieces. This video explains the prelude in the context of Ravel’s life and work during the period it was written. There is a short explanation of how the music works, followed by a performance of the prelude with animated commentary at the end of the video. Prelude in A minor (1913) by Maurice Ravel. Pianist Matthew King. Check out other videos about Ravel on this channel: An animated commentary on Ravel’s ‘La Valse’:    • La Valse - Could This Get Any Crazier?   An animated commentary about Ravel's Gaspard de la Suite:    • Maurice Ravel's Stunning Piano Writing   An animated commentary about Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin:    • Maurice Ravel's Miraculous Orchestration   ⦿ SUPPORT US ON PATREON ⦿   / musicprofessor   ⦿ BUY US A Kofi ⦿ https://ko-fi.com/themusicprofessor ⦿ Support us on PayPal ⦿ https://paypal.me/themusicprofessor?c... ⦿ SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL ⦿ https://bit.ly/3Pnnwon Edited by Ian Coulter ( https://www.iancoultermusic.com ) Produced and directed by Ian Coulter & Matthew King #Ravel #Prelude #TheMusicProfessor