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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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Journeys to Fantastical Places: Offenbach’s Féerie Operas

Rach goes to the Movies

A distinct division of Labor
Bohuslav Martinů and Charlotte Quennehen

Max Reger
“In music, I owe everything to J.S. Bach”

Claude Debussy: La Flûte de Pan/ Syrinx
Melodrama and Flute Solo

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The Tropic of Virgo

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Peanuts Gallery

BBC Proms 2015
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Op. 28

Franz Berwald: If the shoe fits, wear it!

Bohuslav Martinů: In search of his musical voice

Movers and Shakers of Music World
The God among Impresarios: Alessandro Lanari (1787-1852)

Mapping the Musical Genome
The Mason Family

Mozart’s Musical Journey
3 January 1781: Idomeneo

Composer’s Pianos: Halévy and Bizet

Muse and Musings
Inspired by the marvelous horse face!

Two Hearts, One Soul
Zoltán Kodály and Emma Gruber

108 Desires of Purcell

X-mas in Disguise

“Flower of Jasmine, so fair!”

Violin Concerto of Renewed Passion
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Yosif Kotek II

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