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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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1937 Posts

Three Symphonies by a Modern American Master: Adolphus Hailstork

Behind the Curtain
Chopin’s Funeral Music

Gershwin’s Preludes

Enabling the Creative Process
Franz Berwald and Mathilde Scherer

Beethoven’s Lairs
“Altes Schwarzspanierhaus”

Dining With Music

Nielsen and the Four Temperaments

Classical Music and Wine
“Either Give Me More Wine or Leave Me Alone”

Schumann and his Circle of Friends II

The Kreutzer Sonata
Beethoven-Tolstoy-Janačék

Violin Masterworks Inspired by David Oistrakh

Ethel Smyth: String Quartet in E minor

Orchestral Music in a New Tuning

Movers and Shakers of the Music World
Domenico Corri (1746-1825)

At the Center of the Musical Universe
Franz Joseph Haydn

Beethoven’s Lairs
“Tiefer Graben 10”

By Life Tormented
Anton Arensky: 3 Vocal Quartets

Fairies and Butterflies in the Salon: Debussy’s Two Arabesques

Busoni’s Chinese Fable: Turandot Suite

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