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gibbet
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gibbet
a. a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view
b. a gallows


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The three magnificent tone-paintings portray the water-sprite "Ondine," a hanged body dangling from "Le gibet," and the demonic night-stalking dwarf "Scarbo," and all are pure Ravel: terribly difficult to play, they must sound effortless.
Je n'ai trouve' debout Qu'un gibet symbolique ou pendait mon image .
The laughing, watery Ondine was beautifully colored while Le Gibet showed an acute rhythmic control that made the left hand bell-notes all the more stark and creepy.
 
 
 
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