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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

Films Adapted from Dostoevsky Novels
“The Gambler”

Italianize Yourself
From Jacob Liebmann Beer to Giacomo Meyerbeer

Camargo Guarnieri: Chôro and Concerto

Fireman Shostakovich

Unsung Concertos
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 49

In Tennis, Love means Nothing!

A Conversation With Shanghai Opera House Composer- Yiguo Yan

Making a Difference: Speaking with Odaline de la Martínez

Michael Balfe: Grandma in the Closet

Louis Marchand and Marie Angélique Denis
A Toxic Affair

The Lost Child: Bridge’s Lament

Bashing the Boo and Charming the Clouds
The musical world of Harry Partch

Music for Children: Austria and Hungary

Unsung Concertos
Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor

The Maid of Orléans
Arthur Honegger: Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

The Korngold Suite for Wittgenstein
A Klimt in Music

Franz Schubert and the Countess

Bite me!
Heinrich Marschner and his Vampire

Franz Schubert and Luigi Lablache
The Italian Connection

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