Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 ? December 28, 1937) was a French composer of Impressionist music known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.
Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, uses tonal color and variety of sound and instrumentation very effectively.
Ravel is perhaps best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, which he considered trivial and once described as 'a piece for orchestra without music.'
According to SACEM, Ravel's estate earns more royalties than that of any other French musician. According to international copyright law, Ravel's works are public domain since January 1, 2008 in most countries. In France, due to anomalous copyright law extensions to account for the two world wars, they will not enter the public domain until 2015. Text source : Wikipedia (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
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By Maurice Ravel. Edited
by Christa Jost. For
piano solo. This edition:
HN841. Piano
(Harpsichord), 2-hands.
Henle Music Folios.
Urtext edition
(Paper-bound). 24 pages.
Published by Henle Urtext
Edition.
By Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937). Edited by
Nancy Bricard. For Piano.
Piano Collection. Alfred
Masterwork Edition.
Masterwork. Advanced
(grade 6 ). Book. 64
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Piano Solo. By Maurice
Ravel. Arranged by Gaby
Casadesus. Piano Solo
(Intermediate to advanced
piano arrangements with
no lyrics). Size 9x12
inches. 56 pages.
Published by G. Schirmer,
Inc.
Written in 1914, Maurice
Ravel s piano trio was
premiered on 28 January
1915 in Paris, with
distinguished pianist
Alfredo Casella playing
the piano part. Filled
with Basque themes and
Ravel s unique
impressionist effects,
the four…
Maurice Ravel ranks as
one of the most original
French composers of his
time. His famous Bolero
was commissioned in 1928
by Ida Rubinstein for a
dance recital. The
Bolero was later used by
the ice-skating
champions, Torville and…
Ravel was not only a
master craftsman of
exquisitely constructed
chamber works, but he was
also a key innovator,
inspired by the
tonal/atonal experiments
of Schoenberg, Stravinsky
and the Second Viennese
School. This is most
close…
According to Ravel
himself, the strange
title of the little Piano
piece composed in 1899,
Pavane for a dead
princess , should not be
ascribed too much
importance. He chose it
mainly because he liked
the alliteration it
contained.…