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As Ms. Kilpatrick notes, Ravel sometimes deflected praise for “Boléro,” his most famous work—and yet “he was unashamedly delighted when, passing a building site . . . he heard three construction workers whistling his tune.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Somehow, Riley’s drawing produced an astonishingly beautiful work sounding like a 21st century Ravel at his most elementally magical.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
Phil for an evening devoted to the compositions of Ravel and Duke Ellington.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
The ballet, originally known as “Tzigane” after its score by Maurice Ravel, was revived this season with a staging by Suzanne Farrell and a new name, “Errante,” or wandering.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024
The other great composers of Western music lived during other periods: Bach and Handel were Baroque era composers, for example; Brahms and Wagner, Romantic53 ; and Ravel and Debussy, Impressionist.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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