"My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or by intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precicion and inevitability of a mathematical equation."
Key Works
1899
Pavane pour une infante défunte
for piano (later orchestrated)
1901
Jeux d'eau
('Fountains'), for piano
1903
Shéhérazade
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
1905
Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp, and string quartet
1908
Rapsodie espagnole
for orchestra
Gaspard de la nuit
('Phantoms of the Night'), for piano
1910
Ma mère l'oye
('Mother Goose'), for two pianos (later orchestrated)
1912
Ballet,Daphnis and Chloë
1914
Trio for piano, violin, cello
1920
Choreographic Poem,La Valse
1924
Tzigane
('Gypsy'), for violin plus orchestra or piano
1925
Opera,L'Enfant et les sortilèges
('The Child and the Magic Spells')
