RACHMANINOFF | Étude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9: m. 69
 
Piano fingerings for Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39

“I find that redistributing this way allows for more security, both for the RH, where the dyad (G-C#) is comfortably in reach, and for the LH, removing an obstacle to playing the chords.”

Submitted by Perry Zou with thanks to Jeffrey Cohen

Published on 1/15/2026

 
Solo PianoMichael ClarkSergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Perry Zou, redistribution, maintain technical pattern, reduce position shiftsComment
RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte: mm. 7–8
 
Piano fingerings for Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/4/2022 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), 67.

 
Special Collection, Solo PianoMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid stretch, divide more evenly between handsComment
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."

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, avoid stretch, uncross, avoid crowding, reduce position shifts, improve legato, improve voicingComment
RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte, m. 38
 
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), 68.

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, divide more evenly between hands, improve voicingComment
RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte, m. 45
 
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), 68.

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid roll, reduce position shiftsComment
RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte, m. 47
 
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), 68.

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid stretchComment
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.”

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, improve legato, improve voicing, uncross, avoid crowding, avoid stretchComment
RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte, mm. 71–72
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), 56, 69.

56: “In addition, divisi fingering allows the rapid flourish of notes written in small notation to lie conveniently beneath the hands. 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.”

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, hand crossing, hands reversedComment