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Welcome to the Maurice Ravel webpages!
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Who is Ravel?
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This property was dedicated to Ravel
on
7th Jun 1999 He was a Great composer from France.
He was born in 1875 at Cibourne, France an died 1937 at Paris.
He was a French composer and fine pianist.
His fathers background was Swiss, and his mothers Basque.
He studiet Paris conservatory in 1889-95, returning 1897 for further study with Faur� and G�dalge.
Fivetimes, in years 1900-1905, he failed to win Prix de Rome.
In 1922 Ravel shwed his orchestral skills by making orchestral version of Mussorgsky�s "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Ravel was influenced by Debussy, Rimsky-Korsakov and Franz Liszt.
Hes music style is imressionistic.
The most famous impressionistics are;
Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin, Satie and as a
Finnish, i mention Palmgren too.
The most famous works of Ravel are;
Bol�ro, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Daphnis et Chlo�, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales,
Pavane pour une infant D�funte, Piano Trio, Violin Sonata, String Quartet,
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and
Piano Concerto in G Major.
In 1914-1916, Ravel was a ambulancedriver in 1.WW.
Also automobilesh history continues to year 1932, when he was in very serious car accedent.
He never did fully recovered the accedent.
1937 Ravel underwent for a operation, after several years of suffering.
The operation was unsuccesful, and he died shortly after it in a hospital at Paris.
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Bol�ro & Rhapsodie Espagnole
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Search/listen Ravel�s albums! www.cdnow.com
"Im going to try and repeat [a theme] a number of times without any development, graduaylly increasing the orchestra as best as i can."
Those were Ravel�s thoughts about Bol�ro.
Originally all Bol�ro�s are twice faster than Ravel�s, but we will understand the composer, if we would think that what it would be like twice faster!.
"The Rhapsody surprised me by its Spanish character.-- But how could I explain the subtle authentic Hispanic quality if our musician, knowing, by his own admission, that he had but neighbouring relations with our country, being born near its frontier?--
Ravel�s Spain was a Spain ideally presented by his mother."
-Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer-
Comments was about Rhapsodie Espagnole.
the work was written in 1907-1908, althought its third movement was written in1895 for two pianos.
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What do I like?
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My interests:- Art
- Books
- History
- Music: Classical, especially Ravel
Im living in Finland.
The land of Sibelius, F.E.Sillanp�� (Nobel-winner), A.I.Virtanen (also Nobel-winner), thousands lakes, forests,
Nokia-telephones, internet, technology
and planty of more.
Come to visit Finland sometime!
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