Maurice Ravel - Noël des jouets (1905) | Текст песни

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• Maurice Ravel
• Noël des jouets (1905)

Elly Ameling, chant
Dalton Baldwin, piano
recorded in 1977

A playful Ravel is evident in Noël des jouets (1905), in which he made his debut as author. Each of the five verses has its topic: the sheep in the toy crib, the Virgin Mary in her crinoline (echoes of Massenet), the sinister dog Beelzebub lurking (low, Musorgskian major seconds) to eat up Jesus who is made of coloured sugar, and the final adoration.

It was dedicated to Mme. Jean Cruppi, and was given its first performance by Jane Bathori, accompanied by Ravel, in March 1906.
Ravel also made an orchestral version in the same year.