SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 5/5/2022 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), 63, 119.
62: “Careful control of dynamics and voicing is an integral factor to the shaping of Ravel's melodies…. When the left hand plays some of the notes on the upper staff, the right hand can better balance the harmony while expressively shaping the melodic line. The ear must always be aware of the voice-leading indicated by the composer.”