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Artist: Ricardo Viñes
Author: Maurice Ravel
Year: 1902
First performance on piano. Composed in 1899 while still studying at the Conservatoire de Paris (under Gabriel Fauré). Ravel's orchestral version followed in 1910 when it was introduced in Manchester with Sir Henry Wood conducting.
Covers:
Maurice Ravel [piano roll version]
Pedro de Freitas Branco [recording session attended by Ravel]
Mildred Bailey [as The Lamp Is Low; lyrics: Mitchell Parish]
Tommy Dorsey [idem; hit US; vocal by Jack Leonard]
Deodato [as Pavane For A Dead Princess]
Brave Combo [idem]
Jane Birkin [under Image fantôme (Pavane pour une infante défunte)]
The pavane was danced at 16th and 17th century European courts.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)