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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

“I drink, therefore I am”
Modest Mussorgsky

Johann Sebastian Bach: Laß Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198 (Ode of Mourning)

“If music be the food of love, play on.”
Shakespeare and Music X – Richard III

The Organist and the “Virgin Queen”

At The Beginning: Mahler’s Symphony No. 1

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Lured out of retirement by a Chinese genius
Olivier Messiaen and Chen Qigang

Darius Milhaud’s Flying Doctor Scaramouche

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No.2

Bach Babies in Music
Leopold Augustus Bach (1718-1719)

The Inspiration of Imagination – Fictional Characters in Music

The Meta-Opera [Composer] of Modern Life
A Conversation with Michael Ching

Parisian Sexuality.
Francis Poulenc and Friends

The Holiday Sound – The Moderns, sort of

Composer’s Pianos: Piano Innovation

Hildegard von Bingen: Nun more versatile!

Mahler beyond the Couch

“Say Cheese!” Stanzi Mozart

Diamond to Dust
“La Belle Otero”

Souvenir de Tchaikovsky
Chamber Music for Body and Soul

Dancers in Training in 1589

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