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RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte, mm. 28–34
Piano fingerings for Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/5/2022 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), 49, 56, 68.

49: “Difficulties arising from the scoring of wide-spaced chords written on the treble staff in two similar passages from the ‘Pavane pour une infante défunte’ can impede the flow of the cantabile melody. If the rolled and blocked chords in the left hand include just one more note written on the upper staff, the right hand is then free to play the melody using the consecutive fingering marked in the example.”

55: “In addition, divisi fingering allows the rapid flourish of notes written in small notation to lie conveniently beneath the hands [m. 34]. Without divisi fingering, the extra arm or wrist motion required to play the notes could be detrimental to the fluidity and speed which the passage require.”

68, fn2: "When using this divisi fingering, the pianist must carefully listen for and bring out the proper voice-leading within the harmonic progression."

RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte, mm. 60–65
Piano fingerings for Pavane pour une infante défunte by Murice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/5/2022 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), 49, 69.

49: “Difficulties arising from the scoring of wide-spaced chords written on the treble staff in two similar passages from the ‘Pavane pour une infante defunte’ can impede the flow of the cantabile melody. If the rolled and blocked chords in the left hand include just one more note written on the upper staff, the right hand is then free to play the melody using the consecutive fingering marked in the example.”

RAVEL | Sonatine: I. mm. 10–12
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/8/2022 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), 73.

 
RAVEL | Sonatine: I. mm. 31–34
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/8/2022 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), 59, 73.

57: “Dividing notes between the hands in order to attain legato fingering may enhance the pianist's musical efforts.”

 
RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine: mm. 41–42
 
Piano fingerings for Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 36, 95.

35: “Example 17 contains measures from several of Ravel's piano pieces in which an extended pattern is written for one hand or the other. In passages such as these, divisi fingering can alleviate any muscular tension which might occur from the constant use of one hand.”

 
RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine: m. 50
 
Piano fingerings for Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 34, 96.

34: “Divisi fingering can diminish interference between the hands in many measures that have a complex harmonic texture or figuration. Example 16 shows measures…which have in common the necessity for a blend of notes at great speed and at very soft dynamic levels.”

 
RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 200–1
 
Piano fingerings for Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/29/2022 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), 100.

 
RAVEL | Le Tombeau de Couperin: Fugue: mm. 23–24
 
Piano fingerings for Fugue from Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 5/3/2022 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), 116.

 
RAVEL | Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet: mm. 90–92
 
Piano fingerings for Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel

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), 121.