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by Georg Predota March 7th, 2025 Tags: Ravel

Ravel at 150: A Legacy of Innovation 150 years ago, on 7 March 1875, the small village of Ciboure in the Basque region of France saw the birth of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Son of a Swiss engineer and a Basque

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All Of The Month Love Inspiration Anecdotes Interviews

1937 Posts

The Dangerous Garden of the Sea
Arnold Bax’s The Garden of Fand

Ring Bells! Sing Songs!: The Musical I

“In a Chinese Temple Garden”
Exotic Mood Pictures by Albert Ketèlbey

Blowing the Budget
Giacomo Meyerbeer

Wedding behind Bars
Giovanni Paisiello and Cecilia Pallini

Brian Field’s Three Passions for Our Tortured Planet Draws Global Participation, Driving Climate Change Advocacy, Policy Change

The Double Lie: Beethoven’s Octet in E Flat Major

The Russian Violin Concerto
Inspired and Dedicated to Leopold Auer

Mozart in London III

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (1908-11)

Franz Liszt and His Circle of Friends II

The Conductor Gets it In The End:
Deception and the Korngold Cello Concerto

Frédéric Chopin: Arranging the poet of the piano

Musical Double Takes II by Charles-Valentin Alkan, Johann Nepomuk Hummel & More

Aaron Copland’s Most Famous Pieces and His American Sound

Tango Beyond Piazzolla – III. Osvaldo Pugliese

Louis Spohr and Dorette Scheidler
Magic for Violin and Harp

Electronics and La Marseillaise

The Voice as Pure Instrument

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