- The
gracioso (pronounced [ɡɾaˈθjoso]) is a
clown or
jester in
Spanish comedy of the 16th century. Clarín, the
clown in
Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Life...
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Alborada del
gracioso (The Jester's Aubade) is the
fourth of the five
movements of
Maurice Ravel's
piano suite Miroirs,
written in 1905. It is
about seven...
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Oiseaux tristes (3:34) III. Une
barque sur l'océan (6:43) IV.
Alborada del
gracioso (5:57) V. La vallée des
cloches (4:43)
Performed in 2014 by
Olena Havyuk-Sheremet...
- recordings, and they are well-regarded,
particularly that of
Alborada del
gracioso from Ravel's
Miroirs suite. In his
short lifetime he was
highly acclaimed...
- l'après-midi d'un faune,
Maurice Ravel's
orchestration of his
Alborada del
gracioso and
Henri Dutilleux's
Cello Concerto. The
contemporary American composer...
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Valses nobles et
sentimentales (1911,
orchestrated 1912),
Alborada del
gracioso (from Miroirs,
orchestrated 1918) and Le
tombeau de
Couperin (1914–17,...
- Nendö in the
Santa Cruz
Islands and
established a
small settlement at
Gracioso Bay. However, the
settlement failed due to poor
relations with the native...
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Ravel used
glissandi in many of his
piano compositions, and "Alborada del
Gracioso"
contains notable piano glissando p****ages in
thirds executed by the right...
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Maurice Ravel included a Spain-inspired
aubade entitled "Alborada del
gracioso" in his 1906
piano suite Miroirs. An
aubade is the
centerpiece of Erik...
- he also
appears as the
scheming valet in
Renaissance comedy,
called the
gracioso in Spanish. The
zanni of
Commedia dell'arte are
often tricky slaves, as...
