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14 The Sphinxes of the Carnaval...(2) |
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were dominos !
The Sphinxes' notes were musical letters. In Germany "S" means flat, but it can be heard "Es" = E + s = E flat. |
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The first Sphinx is made of Schumann's musical letters.
The other two were based on Asch, the town where Ernestine von Fricken, Schumann's first bride, was born |
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| Besides the fact that one of the few pieces orchestrated by Ravel was this Carnaval, one must emphasize that Schumann's gesture is very similar to Ravel's one :
- the transcription is used less to sign the work than to dedicate it to someone,
- the permutation is used (Valse noble), - the pattern can be hidden in inner voices (Pierrot), - it is often in the beginning but not always (Réplique), - some occurencies are hidden by enharmonic writing (H written C flat in the Préambule). |
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David Lamaze
Le Cygne de Ravel ~ Le Coeur de l'horloge
Le Cygne de Ravel ~ Le Coeur de l'horloge