"Oiseaux tristes" and "Alborada del gracioso" are two of the five pieces in his Miroirs [meer-WAHR], and he wrote a single-movement piano concerto in D major commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, the Concerto for the Left Hand.
One Spanish-inflected piece by this composer requires the pianist to play glissandi in thirds and fourths; another movement from the same suite by him uses a repeated two-note figure to depict its namesake animals. Another piece by this composer opens with the double basses playing arpeggios on all four open strings accompanying a contrabassoon solo. "Oiseaux tristes" and "Alborada del gracioso" are two of the five pieces in his Miroirs [meer-WAHR], and he wrote a single-movement piano concerto in D major commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, the Concerto for the Left Hand. He also wrote the ballet Daphnis et Chloe. His best-known orchestral work features a snare drum ostinato accompanies constant re-orchestrations of the same theme. For 10 points, name this French composer of BolÃ©ro.
One Spanish-inflected piece by this composer requires the pianist to play glissandi in thirds and fourths; another movement from the same suite by him uses a repeated two-note figure to depict its namesake animals.
Maurice Ravel