Jean-Henri Ravina - Pièces intimes, ,3 [Murmure, Villageoise]

These are two pieces from a set of 12 pieces for piano 4 hands which were published 1878. I played both voices separately and put them together. I feel the “partitural“ aspect of having both voices at the same time feels good to read. Ok, honestly I didn’t have time for cutting it small today. In fact I came home 10 pm today and tried to put up a little video. To the one person saying my playing sounds dead and uninspired: Hey at least I sacrifice my sleep to bring back to life unknown music which almost nobody knows otherwise! I actually like Ravina. There will be more of his stuff: I always feel rather rich/interesting melodic lines in his music, which is already a good start :) So and Jean-Henri Ravina (1818 – 1906) was a French virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher. Jean-Henri Ravina started his musical studies with his mother, Eugénie Ravina, a famous professor in Bordeaux. He made his first public appearance performing works by Friedrich Kalkbrenner at the age of 8, and the violinist Pierre Rode, who was present at the concert, encouraged him to continue his musical studies. Ravina then went to Paris, where he attended the private musical school of Alkan Morhange (Charles-Valentin Alkan’s father), later he entered the piano class of Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann at the Paris Conservatory. He also studied counterpoint with Anton Reicha and Leborne there. In 1834 he received a first prize for piano performance. The 17-year-old Ravina became assistant to a professor at the Conservatory, but he resigned two years later to devote himself to his career as a virtuoso. He became a touring pianist, with performances in France, Spain and Russia. His whirlwind tours were highly acclaimed, and his compositions were immensely popular with his fans. At the same time he acquired an excellent reputation as a music teacher. 1:37 Villageoise