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Souvenir de Ciboure, for piano, in C major

ISWC T-314.854.626.9 Ciboure, France

This short piece was specially composed for pianist Daniel Sachs who premiered it during a concert in New York city, in September 2014.

Souvenir de Ciboure is a homage to Maurice Ravel. Ciboure is the small harbor, southwest France, where Maurice Ravel was born in 1875. In Souvenir de Ciboure, the theme is inspired by the French piano melodies in vogue in Ravel's times.

To listen to Souvenir de Ciboure (an MP3 clip), click here.

Creative Commons License

If you play the piano, you may download the corresponding score and perform it, on a non-profit basis, just for your pleasure. To download the (PDF) score, click here.

This score is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 3.0 France. For any use of this work not covered by this license, you must obtain the permission from SACEM (www.sacem.fr/en).


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