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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

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Muses and Musings
Therese or Heinrich? Franz Schubert and the Grob Children

Muses and Musings
Salon Marie Trélat

Masterworks Dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin

Fairy Tales and Metaphors
Elisabetta Brusa’s Favole

Composers in the Courtroom
Lully versus Guichard

Hugh Dixon’s Songs of Mystic Jade

Paul Wittgenstein
All in One Hand

Orchestral Pipe Dreams
Symphonic Works with Organ

Bach’s Corona Cantata BWV 28
“Praise God, This Year Is Coming to an End”

Dedicated to Ysaÿe
“Ysaÿe Plays the Fiddle as the Birds Sing”

The Non-Meeting of Two Masters: Schoenberg’s Book of the Hanging Garden

Johann Sebastian Bach and His Circle of Friends II

Changing the Unattainable: Nielsen’s Pan and Syrinx

Tango Beyond Piazzolla
I. Introduction

Voices of the Shanghai Conservatory I

Movers and Shakers of Music World
Hallelujah! Orchestrating a Financial Portfolio

Interview With Gina Ismene Chitty
Multicultural Background Australian Composer and Artist

Destination London

Albert Roussel and Blanche Preisach
Exotic Honeymoon

Living with the Mozarts!

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