Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel ; |group=n}} (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity and incorporating elements of modernism, baroque, neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, ''Boléro'' (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. Renowned for his abilities in orchestration, Ravel made some orchestral arrangements of other composers' piano music, of which his 1922 version of Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' is the best known.
A slow and painstaking worker, Ravel composed fewer pieces than many of his contemporaries. Among his works to enter the repertoire are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas and eight song cycles; he wrote no symphonies or church music. Many of his works exist in two versions: first, a piano score and later an orchestration. Some of his piano music, such as ''Gaspard de la nuit'' (1908), is exceptionally difficult to play, and his complex orchestral works such as ''Daphnis et Chloé'' (1912) require skilful balance in performance.
Ravel was among the first composers to recognise the potential of recording to bring their music to a wider public. From the 1920s, despite limited technique as a pianist or conductor, he took part in recordings of several of his works; others were made under his supervision. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, Great Britain : Nimbus Records, 1996
Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, Great Britain : Nimbus Records, 1996
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Lexington 1968
Lexington 1968
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
London, 1957
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Lexington 1972
Lexington 1972
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris : Durand 1913
Paris : Durand 1913
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186
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
[Netherlands?] : Philips, 1972
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187
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
London : CRD, 1983
London : CRD, 1983
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New York, N.Y. : London, 1985
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190
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris, A. Durand, 1910
Paris, A. Durand, 1910
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191
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Hollywood, Calif. : Angel, 1982
Hollywood, Calif. : Angel, 1982
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192
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris, Durand 1916
Paris, Durand 1916
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193
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris, New York : Editions Salabert, 1975
Paris, New York : Editions Salabert, 1975
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris, Durand, 1925
Paris, Durand, 1925
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris : Durand , 1910
Paris : Durand , 1910
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197
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris, Durand & Cie, 1909
Paris, Durand & Cie, 1909
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198
by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Paris : Durand, 1921
Paris : Durand, 1921
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by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Turnabout 1960
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Paris Bryr [sic] Mawr Editions Durand T. Presser Co. 1970
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