[PAR] [TLE] Pavane pour une infante défunte [SEP] Pavane pour une infante défunte ("Pavane for a Dead Infanta") is a well-known piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré.  Ravel also published an orchestrated version of the "Pavane" in 1910; it is scored for two flutes, oboe, two clarinets (in B-flat), two bassoons, two horns, harp, and strings.  A typical performance of the piece lasts between six and seven minutes.  It is widely considered a masterpiece. [PAR] [TLE] Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Poulenc) [SEP] Francis Poulenc's Concerto pour deux pianos (Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra) in D minor, FP 61, was commissioned by and dedicated to the Princess Edmond de Polignac and composed over the period of three months in the summer of 1932.  It is often described as the climax of Poulenc's early period.  The composer wrote to the Belgian musicologist Paul Collaer: "You will see for yourself what an enormous step forward it is from my previous work and that I am really entering my great period."  Poulenc composed the concerto for the Princess Edmond de Polignac, an American-born arts patron to whom many early 20th-century masterpieces are dedicated, including Stravinsky’s "Renard", Ravel’s "Pavane pour une infante défunte", Kurt Weill’s Second Symphony, and Satie’s "Socrates".  Her Paris salon was a gathering place for the musical avant-garde.
[PAR] [TLE] Pavane pour une infante défunte [ SEP ] Pavane pour une infante défunte ( " Pavane for a Dead Infanta " ) is a well - known piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré . Ravel also published an orchestrated version of the " Pavane " in 1910 ; it is scored for two flutes , oboe , two clarinets ( in B - flat ) , two bassoons , two horns , harp , and strings . A typical performance of the piece lasts between six and seven minutes . It is widely considered a masterpiece . [PAR] [TLE] Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra ( Poulenc ) [ SEP ] Francis Poulenc 's Concerto pour deux pianos ( Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra ) in D minor , FP 61 , was commissioned by and dedicated to the Princess Edmond de Polignac and composed over the period of three months in the summer of 1932 . It is often described as the climax of Poulenc 's early period . The composer wrote to the Belgian musicologist Paul Collaer : " You will see for yourself what an enormous step forward it is from my previous work and that I am really entering my great period . " Poulenc composed the concerto for the Princess Edmond de Polignac , an American - born arts patron to whom many early 20th - century masterpieces are dedicated , including Stravinsky ’s " Renard " , Ravel ’s " Pavane pour une infante défunte " , Kurt Weill ’s Second Symphony , and Satie ’s " Socrates " . Her Paris salon was a gathering place for the musical avant - garde .
Who is the French composer who, in 1899, wrote a well-known solo piano piece for Prince Edmond de Polignac?
Who is the French composer who , in 1899 , wrote a well - known solo piano piece for Prince Edmond de Polignac ?
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel