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Joseph Maurice Ravel

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Birthplace: Ciboure, France
Death: December 28, 1937 (62)
Paris, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Pierre Joseph Ravel and Marie Ravel
Brother of Édouard Ravel

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About Maurice Ravel

Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer known especially for 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, Le tombeau de Couperin 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 a variety of sound and instrumentation.

Ravel is perhaps known best for his orchestral work Boléro (1928), 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 composer. According to international copyright law, Ravel's works have been in the public domain since January 1, 2008, in most countries.

http://all-art.org/music/ravel.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

Bolero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2hQRN59KAM

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Maurice Ravel's Timeline

1875
March 7, 1875
Ciboure, France
1937
December 28, 1937
Age 62
Paris, France