Listen: Tombeau examples
Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - VI. Toccata (Robert Casadesus, 1951)
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Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - Toccata (Marcelle Meyer)
3:56
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About Tombeau
Tombeau is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of composed musical work.
From Wikipedia
A tombeau (plural tombeaux) is a musical composition (earlier, in the early 16th century, a poem) commemorating the death of a notable individual. The term derives from the French word for "tomb" or "tombstone". The vast majority of tombeaux date from the 17th century and were composed for lute or other plucked string instruments. The genre gradually fell out of use during the 18th century, but reappeared in the early 20th.
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Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Tombeau.
- ↑ composed musical work
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What is Tombeau?
Tombeau is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of composed musical work.
Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q15991004 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Tombeau – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - VI. Toccata (Robert Casadesus, 1951) by Maurice Ravel – Public domain
- Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - Toccata (Marcelle Meyer) by Maurice Ravel – Public domain