Each of the five movements in this suite is dedicated to a member of Les (**) Apaches, the group that supported its composer after the disastrous premiere of his opera Pelleas et Melisande.
One section of this work was dedicated to the man who provided the text for its composer's earlier Five Popular Greek Melodies. This work was premiered by Ricardo ViÃ±es, the dedicatee of its second movement, which musically depicts a lone bird whistling; other birds gradually join in to create a raucous chorus, but the movement ends in a cadenza that again depicts a lonely bird. This piece's third movement juxtaposes a G-sharp minor arpeggio in the left hand with a tremulo in the right hand. Each of the five movements in this suite is dedicated to a member of Les (**) Apaches, the group that supported its composer after the disastrous premiere of his opera Pelleas et Melisande. For 10 points, name this suite for solo piano that contains movements like "Night Moths" and "A Boat on the Ocean," composed by (*) Maurice Ravel and named for glassy surfaces.
One section of this work was dedicated to the man who provided the text for its composer's earlier Five Popular Greek Melodies.
Mirrors [or Miroirs; or Reflections]