The Violin and Piano Sonata No. 1 by Maurice Ravel, known also as Sonate posthume, is the composer’s earliest instance of a sonata for this combination of instruments. Though it was composed 30 years before the publication of his second violin sonata, it was not published until 38 years after his death.

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 Violin Sonata No. 1 (Ravel) 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.