List of compositions by Maurice Ravel

This is a complete list of compositions by Maurice Ravel, initially categorised by genre, and sorted within each genre chronologically in order of date the composition was completed. Catalogue "M" numbers were assigned by the musicologist Marcel Marnat according to date of composition. Arrangements by Ravel of his own works were assigned the "M" number of the original followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.). Arrangements by Ravel of other composers' works or of "traditional" music were assigned a separate "MA" number, in order of date of arrangement.

List of compositions + Title Scoring Date NotesOrchestra43aUne Barque sur l'océanOrchestra1906Orchestration of M. 43 No. 3; 1st version54Rapsodie espagnoleOrchestra1907A15Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: AntarOrchestra1909Incidental music to a 5-act play by Chekri Ganem; partial reorchestration of most of the symphonic poem Antar Op. 9, the movements reordered and interspersed with reorchestrated fragments of the same work, a fragment of the opera Mlada, orchestrated fragments of songs from the Romances Op. 4 and Op. 7, and an extract from Félicien David's composition Le Désert, all included as the basis for new music by Ravel mostly in the style of Rimsky-Korsakov used as interconnecting pieces with the larger Antar movements; the orchestral score of the song fragments and David's piece are lost, though the song fragments exist in the piano reduction19aPavane pour une infante défunteOrchestra1910Orchestration of M. 1957aDaphnis et Chloé Suite No. 1Orchestra1911Extracted and arranged from the ballet M. 5760aMa mère l'OyeOrchestra1911Orchestration of M. 60A18Erik Satie: Préludes pour Le Fils des étoilesPiano1910–11originally for piano, new orchestration of No. 1; planned new orchestration of all 3 preludes, only first was completed57bDaphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2Orchestra1913Extracted and arranged from the ballet M. 57A19Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, operaOrchestra1913Orchestration completed, some parts re-orchestrated and edited in collaboration with Igor Stravinsky from the score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

portions of Act I and Act III survive at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryA20Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides, balletOrchestra1914New orchestration of various piano pieces arranged as a ballet for Vaslav Nijinsky's new ballet company; partially lost; fragments exist at the Bibliothèque nationale de FranceA21Robert Schumann: Carnaval, balletOrchestra1914New orchestration of the suite for piano Op. 9 for Nijinsky's new ballet company; project abandoned; only 3 of the 20 pieces survive, the remaining 17 are either lost or were never written43cAlborada del graciosoOrchestra1918Orchestration of M. 43 No. 4A23Emmanuel Chabrier: Menuet pompeuxOrchestra1917–18No. 9 of Pièces pittoresques; originally for piano, orchestration for the Sergei Diaghilev ballet Les Jardins d'Aranjuez68aLe Tombeau de CouperinOrchestra1919Orchestration of 4 pieces (reordered) from M. 68A24Modest Mussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition), suiteOrchestra1922Originally for piano, orchestration (omitting the last "Promenade")A25Claude Debussy: SarabandeOrchestra1922No. 2 of Pour le piano, originally for piano, orchestration; published as No. 1 of Sarabande et DanseA26Claude Debussy: Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)Orchestra1922Originally for piano, orchestration; published as No. 2 of Sarabande et Danse43bUne Barque sur l'océanOrchestra1926Orchestration of M 43 No. 3; revised version; lost, possibly never written7aMenuet antiqueOrchestra1929orchestration of M 7Concertante66Zaspiak-BatPiano and orchestra1913–14Based on Basque themes; sketches only76aTzigane, Rapsodie de concertViolin and orchestra1924Orchestration of M 7682Concerto for the Left Hand (in D major)Piano and orchestra1929–3083Concerto in G (major)Piano and orchestra1929–31Chamber12Sonate (No. 1)Violin and piano18971st movement only; published posthumously35String Quartet in F majorString quartet1902–0346Introduction et AllegroHarp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet190567Trio in A minorPiano, violin, and cello191473aDuo for Le Tombeau de Claude DebussyViolin and cello1920No. 1 of the multi-composer collection;

early version of Allegro (1st) movement of Sonate M 7373Sonate (in A minor)Violin and cello1920–2274Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel FauréViolin and piano192276bTziganeViolin and piano with luthéal attachment1922–24Alternative original version of M 7676TziganeViolin and piano1922–2477Sonate (No. 2) in G majorViolin and piano1923–27Piano solo1Piano SonataPiano18881st movement only; student exercise; lost2Variations on a Theme of GriegPiano1888Theme: Death of Åse from Peer Gynt; student exercise; held in collection of Ravel's heirs3Variations on a Theme of SchumannPiano1888Theme: chorale Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele from "Album for the Young", Op. 68; student exercise; held in collection of Ravel's heirs5Sérénade grotesquePiano1892–93discovered and published posthumously7Menuet antiquePiano189511La Parade, balletPiano1896piano sketch only, comprising 2 waltzes, 2 marches, and a mazurka; discovered and published posthumously14Valse in D majorPiano1898held in collection of Ravel's heirs19Pavane pour une infante défuntePiano189920FuguePiano1899Prix de Rome essay competition; lost23Fugue in D majorPiano190024Fugue à quatre voix on a theme of Reber in F majorPiano1900possibly held by Yale26Prélude et FuguePiano1900student composition; lost27Fugue in F majorPiano1901Prix de Rome competition30Jeux d'eauPiano190132Fugue in E majorPiano1902Prix de Rome competitionA3Frederick Delius: Margot la Rouge, operaPiano1902Reduction of orchestra part for piano36Fugue in E minorPiano1903Prix de Rome competition; held at the Museum of the National Library of France42Menuet in C minorPiano190440SonatinePiano1903–05First movement written for a competition sponsored by a Parisian magazine43MiroirsPiano1904–0544Fugue in C majorPiano1905Prix de Rome competition55Gaspard de la nuitPiano1908Based on 3 poems by Aloysius Bertrand from Gaspard de la nuit58Menuet sur le nom d'HaydnPiano1909A15aNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar, incidental musicPiano1909Reduction for piano of M. A1557dDaphnis et Chloé, balletPiano1910original version for piano of M. 5761Valses nobles et sentimentalesPiano191157cDanse gracieuse de Daphnis, suitePiano1913Transcription from Daphnis et Chloé ballet M. 5763À la manière de...Piano1912–13The latter is a paraphrase on an aria from Charles Gounod's Faust65PréludePiano191368Le Tombeau de CouperinPiano1914–1772bLa ValsePiano1920Transcription of M. 7280bFanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's balletPiano1927Reduction for piano of M. 8081aBoléroPiano1929Transcription of M. 81Piano duetA1Camille Saint-Saëns: La jeunesse d'Hercule, symphonic poem, Op. 50Piano four hands1887Originally for orchestra, arrangement8HabaneraTwo pianos1895Published as No. 1 of Sites auriculaires, with M. 13; used later as No. 3 of Rapsodie espagnole M. 54a13Entre clochesTwo pianos1897published as No. 2 of Sites auriculaires, with M. 817aShéhérazadePiano four hands1898Original version of Overture M. 17A2Claude Debussy: SirènesTwo pianos1902No. 3 of Nocturnes; originally for orchestra and female chorus, arrangement;

first version54aRapsodie espagnoleTwo pianos1907Original version of M. 54; III. Habanera, identical to M 856Pavane de la Belle au bois dormantPiano four hands1908Inspired by Charles Perrault; used later as No. 1 of Ma mère l'Oye M. 60A14Claude Debussy: Trois nocturnesTwo pianos1909Originally for orchestra, arrangement; composed with Debussy's stepson and pupil Raoul Bardac;

III. Sirènes, second version60Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), children's piecesPiano four hands1908–10Inspired by the tales of Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy; I. Pavane, identical to M. 56A16Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faunePiano four hands1910Originally for orchestra, transcription70FrontispiceTwo pianos five hands1918For S.P. 503: Le Poème du Vardar by Ricciotto Canudo72aLa ValseTwo pianos1920Transcription of M. 7280aFanfarePiano four hands1927Transcription of M. 8081bBoléroPiano four hands1929Transcription of M. 8182aConcerto for the Left HandTwo pianos1930Reduction of orchestra part of M. 82 for piano83aConcerto in GTwo pianos1932Reduction of orchestra part of M. 83 for second pianoStage17Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerieOrchestra1898Originally intended as an opera, after "One Thousand and One Nights"; abandoned, only Ouverture completed and premiered separately as a concert piece18OlympiaOpera1898–99After E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann ("The Sandman"); sketches destroyed except for a Symphonie horlogère incorporated into the opening of L'heure espagnole M. 5252L'Heure espagnole ("The Spanish Hour")Opera1907–11Libretto: Franc-Nohain49La Cloche engloutie ("The Sunken Bell")Opera1906–12After Gerhart Hauptmann's Die versunkene Glocke; planned work, survives as sketches57Daphnis et ChloéBallet1909–1261aAdélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Adelaide, or The Language of Flowers)Ballet1912Orchestration of Valses nobles et sentimentales M. 6162Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose")Ballet1911–12Orchestral version (M. 60a) with new music added (2 new opening pieces plus 4 new interludes); III. identical to M. 60a I; V. identical to M. 60a IV; VII. identical to M. 60a II; IX. identical to M. 60a III; XI. identical to M. 60a V72La Valse, Poème chorégraphiqueBallet1919–20sketches 190671L'Enfant et les sortilèges, Fantaisie lyrique ("The Child and the Spells"), operetta-ballet8 solo voices, mixed choir, children's choir, and orchestra with piano luthéal1917–25Libretto by Colette80Fanfare for L'éventail de Jeanne, children's balletBallet with small orchestra1927No. 1 (Prélude) of the collective composition (by 10 French composers)81BoléroBallet192885Morgiane, oratorio-balletVocal soloists, choir, and orchestra1932Libretto after "One Thousand and One Nights"; sketches only84Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, song cycleBaritone and orchestra1933Text: Paul Morand, originally intended as film music for G. W. Pabst's 1933 film Don Quixote but Ravel's music was not used; unfinished, originally projected as 4 songs plus incidental music, but only 3 songs completed86Jeanne d'Arc ("Joan of Arc")Grand opera1930sAfter Joseph Delteil's Jeanne d'Arc, planned for the Paris Opéra; unrealised projectChoral22CallirhoéCantata1900Text: Eugène Adenis; Prix de Rome essay competition; partially lost25Les bayadèresSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1900Text: Henri Cazalis; Prix de Rome competition28Tout est lumièreSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1901Text: Victor Hugo; Prix de Rome competition29Myrrha, cantataSoprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra1901Text: Fernand Beissier; Prix de Rome competition31SémiramisTenor and orchestra1902Text: Eugène Adenis; student competition; partially lost33La NuitSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1902Text: anonymous (Eugène Adenis?); Prix de Rome competition34AlcyoneSoprano, alto, tenor, and orchestra1902Text: Eugène and Edouard Adenis; Prix de Rome competition37Matinée de ProvenceSoprano, mixed choir, and orchestra1903Text: Jean Renouard; Prix de Rome competition38Alyssa, cantataSoprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra1903Text by Marguerite Coiffier; Prix de Rome competition45L'AuroreTenor, mixed choir, and orchestra1905Text: Édouard Guinand; Prix de Rome competition59Saint François d'AssiseSoloists, choir, and orchestra1909–10lost69Trois chansonsMixed choir1914–15Text: RavelSolo voice with orchestra39aManteau des fleursVoice and orchestra1903?Orchestration of M. 3941Shéhérazade, poemsSoprano/tenor and orchestra1903Text: Tristan Klingsor47aNoël des jouetsVoice and orchestra1906Orchestration of M. 47; 1st version47bNoël des jouetsVoice and orchestra1913Orchestration of M. 47;