RAVEL | Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude: mm. 40–41

Piano fingerings for Prelude from Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 5/2/2022 with the author’s permission

First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 52, 114.

51: "All of Ravel's ornamentations are an inherent part of the melodic line and must be played with clarity, tone, and expression. Fingering is an important factor in the execution of the ornaments. When ornaments are written at the top of a chord or figuration, as in Example 35, divisi fingering will help the pianist avoid a four-five combination of fingers which is more difficult to control and to play with clarity."

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 10, 2017Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, LTdC Prelude, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, facilitate ornament, use stronger fingers, facilitate leapComment