Chopin¡¦s Ballade is described as a story ¡§carried forward by its own momentum, leaping ahead or lingering over some details but never backtracking.¡¨ While Ravel¡¦s Alborada del gracioso is a wild Spanish dance filled with leaps, twirls and excitement. Frederic Chopin (1810 ¡V 1849) and Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), while exhibiting considerable differences in their works, are ranked as two of the most eminent composers in their contribution to piano music. Frederic Chopin is often regarded …showed first 75 words of 2687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2687 total…tone chord. 219-229 Final statement of the quaver motif, all in D major and ff. BIBLIOGRAPHY GROUNT, D.J. 1973, A History of Western Music, J.M. Dent & Sons, London. HUNEKER, J. 1966, Chopin, The Man and His Music, Dover Publications, New York. MELLERS, W. 1962, Man & His Music: Romanticism and the Twentieth Century, Barrie & Jenkins, London. MYERS, R. 1960, Ravel: His Life and Works, Duckworth, London. ORENSTEIN, A. 1968, Ravel: Man and His Music, Columbia University Press, New York.