Alborada del Gracioso from the Miroirs Suite for piano. Written by Ravel between 1904 and 1905. Miroirs contains five movements, each dedicated to a fellow member of the French avant-garde artist group, Les Apaches. Alborada del gracioso ("Morning Song of the Jester") was dedicated to Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi. Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi was...
The short piece was written in March 1907, originally for low voice and piano. It was composed at about the same time that Ravel was working on two other major works with a Spanish flavor, the Rapsodie espagnole - which also features another Habanera - and the opera L'Heure espagnole....
