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Maurice Ravel

French composer
Also known as: Joseph-Maurice Ravel
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Rollo H. Myers
Writer on music. Author of Modern French Music; Ravel: Life and Works; and others.
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Maurice Ravel (born March 7, 1875, Ciboure, France—died December 28, 1937, Paris) was a French composer of Swiss-Basque descent, noted for his musical craftsmanship and perfection of form and style in such works as Boléro (1928), Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899; Pavane for a Dead Princess), Rapsodie espagnole (1907), the ballet Daphnis et Chloé (first performed 1912), and the opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges (1925; The Child and the Enchantments). Ravel was born in...

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