Interesting Notation in Ravel’s Ondine

[John Ruggero]

At the end of Ondine, Ravel writes (first edition):

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Shouldn’t that be (Peters edition):

Ravel Ondine Peters.png (279.44 KiB) Viewed 458 times

What do members think?

[Wescott]

The Peters is correct, but did Ravel really write it as shown in the first version or did the engravers make a mistake? If he did write it like that then I'm guessing it was just an oversight.

[John Ruggero]

Thanks, Wescott. Don't have the original manuscript, but the notation seems deliberate to me. The bass part matches the notation of the middle voice: dotted half note then half note. That makes a lot of mistakes in a piece that is actually quite accurately notated.

I think that something else was afoot, but will wait to see if anyone else wants comment.