gracioso

Gracioso (A major)

Besides the actual slaves of classical theater, he also appears as the scheming valet in Renaissance comedy, called the gracioso in Spanish.

Notes on Maurice Ravel's Alborada Del Gracioso.

Perhaps it was still in full throttle from having just performed Ravel's lavishly orchestrated "Alborada del Gracioso" as a curtain raiser.

Maurice Ravel's piece Alborada del Gracioso contains notable piano glissando passages in thirds executed by the right hand.

The Montreal players gave it their full attention, just as they did Ravel's dandified orchestration of "Alborada del Gracioso" at the beginning of the evening.

Maurice Ravel included a Spain-inspired aubade entitled Alborada del gracioso in his 1906 piano suite Miroirs.

Mr. Alvarez displayed real elegance in "Alborada del Gracioso," a solo choreographed by Angela Santos.

Alborada Del Gracioso Valses (8) Nobles Et Sentimentales: VI.

The Toccata finale, like "Scarbo" or "Alborada del Gracioso," is like a prank played on the most accomplished of techniques.

Liszt (Spring Night), Maurice Ravel (Alborada del gracioso), Bach arr.

The Alborada del gracioso from Maurice Ravel's Miroirs contains glissandi in thirds and fourths in one hand.

Alborada del gracioso (Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française)

This is the Ravel of "Scarbo" and "Alborada del Gracioso," both of which elevate pianistic difficulties to Olympian parlor tricks.

Ravel presents a whole gallery of failed amorists, like the luckless serenader of "Alborada del Gracioso," and Ondine, whose siren song floats on treacherous waters.

The ballet's only solo is "Alborada del Gracioso," the jester's morning song, apparently having to do with a writer's struggle for inspiration (symbolized by a scroll and feather quill).

In "Alborada del Gracioso," only Joyce Herring, stamping in flamenco trousers (costumes by Russ Vogler), refers to the Spanish inspiration.

Nunca em minha infância, nunca em toda a minha vida, achei um menino mais gracioso, inventivo e travesso.

Era o Quincas Borba, o gracioso menino de outro tempo, o meu companheiro de colégio, tão inteligente e abastado.

The score, an excerpt from Ravel's "Rhapsodie Espagnole," was followed by "Alborada del Gracioso," whose Spanish idiom was irrelevant to the heroine's descent into an abyss.

He showed it to good advantage in Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata and in "Une Barque sur l'Ocean" and "Alborada del Gracioso" by Ravel.

E logo, súbita como um passarinho, espalmou as mãos, cingiu-me com elas o rosto, puxou-me a si e fez um trejeito gracioso, um momo de criança.

On his next start Montjeu was made 1/10 favourite for the Prix Lupin, but was beaten a length by Gracioso after hanging to the right in the closing stages of a slowly-run race.

Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, Bolero, Le tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et sentimentales (Philips, 1996) Chicago Symphony Orchestra:

Throughout its history, ESPM was chaired by Rodolfo Lima Martensen, Otto Scherb, Francisco Gracioso e Luiz Celso de Piratininga.