Pavane for a Dead Princess

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a work for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, written in 1899 while the French composer was studying at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel published an orchestral version in 1910.

Ravel described the piece as "an evocation of a pavane that a little princess [Infanta] might, in former times, have danced at the Spanish court". The pavane was a slow processional dance that enjoyed great popularity in the courts of Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

423.11 Brass Ensemble

Instrumentation:

• Trumpet 1 in C (Doubles on B♭ Piccolo)
• Trumpet 2 in C 
• Trumpet 3 in C  (Doubles on Flugelhorn)
• Flugelhorn
• 2 Horns
• 2 Trombones
• Bass Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba

This arrangement is part of our Boulder Brass Signature Series.