Violin Sonata No. 2 (Ravel)

Maurice Ravel's Violin and Piano Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano was composed from 1923 to 1927; it was inspired by forms of American music such as jazz and blues.

This work was the only violin and piano sonata published during Ravel's lifetime; the existence of the first violin sonata (Sonate posthume) only came to be known long after Ravel's death. For that reason this sonata was, and still often is called Ravel's "Violin and Piano Sonata" without numbering.