Maurice Ravel
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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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Le tombeau de Couperin ; Pavan pour une infante défunte / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937, Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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A night of rhythm and dance. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937, Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Ravel, Miroirs ; Gaspard de la nuit ; Le tombeau de Couperin. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Ravel, Boléro. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé suite no. 1. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Pavane pour une infante defunte ; Menuet antique ; Jeux d'eau ; Sonatine ; Miroirs / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Piano concerto ; Piano concerto for the left hand. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Sonate pour violon et piano ; Sonate pour violon et violoncelle ; Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert pour violon et piano ; Trio pour piano, violon, et violoncelle / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Pieces pour piano : Pavane pour une infante défunte ; Sonatine ; Miroirs ; Gaspard de la nuit / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Masters of the roll. by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Rhapsodie espagnole / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Works for piano, and violin & piano / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Musique de chambre = Chamber music / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Daphnis et Chloé / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Revolution for cembalo / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Centennial birthday celebration concert. poème chorégraphique pour orchestre / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Pavane for a dead princess / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Three lovely birds from paradise / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Pavane for a Dead Princess/ by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Le tombeau de Couperin for woodwind quintet / by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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