Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (FR) Don Quixote to Dulcinea. Ravel's settings (1932 / 33) for baritone voice and orchestra or piano of three poems by Paul Morand. The song titles are »Chanson romanesque,« »Chanson épique,« and »Chanson à boire,« originally destined for Georg Pabst's (1885 – 1967) film Don Quichotte (1932), starring Fyodor Chaliapin (1873 – 1938). Because of a delay in Ravel's finishing the work, Jacques Ibert (1890 – 1962) was given the commission instead. See Don Quixote de la…