Intermediate Piano Pieces by Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel for the intermediate pianist

Intermediate repertoire assumes a confident reader at the piano with three to seven years of study. Voice-leading between hands, ornament technique, basic pedalling, and the ability to shape a melodic line over an accompanying texture all come into play. Many of the most beloved Romantic miniatures sit here.

Maurice Ravel's piano writing is famously precise — Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin, the Sonatine, and Jeux d'eau combine impressionist colour with the architectural clarity of his admired Mozart and Couperin.

The works below are drawn exclusively from Maurice Ravel's output that fits the intermediate-level technical and interpretive demands described above. They are sortable, downloadable as PDF score editions, and free to study, perform, record, and re-engrave under the public-domain status of the underlying compositions.

For pianists building a recital programme, exam syllabus, or sight-reading routine focused on a single composer at a chosen technical tier, this is the most direct way to navigate the catalogue. Cross-reference with the full Maurice Ravel works list to see what sits a level above or below.