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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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Unsung Concertos
Franz Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 32

Paul Wittgenstein
The Lefty Concertos

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
The Virulent Cow

Music with Messages

Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Ode to Napoleon: Byron and Schoenberg

Mozart and The Deluded Bridegroom

A rousing start!
The musical education of C.P.E. Bach

Mother and Maiden
Variations of “I Sing of a Maiden” in Classical Music

Messaien’s Light and Water Show

Claude Debussy and His Circle of Friends

Happy New Year from Franz Schubert and the Nonsense Society

Frédéric Chopin and Maria Wodzińska
Funeral March for the Heart

German Adventures I
Liszt and Charlotte von Hagn

The Inspirational Ensemble from Pierrot Lunaire

John Cage and his Magic Mushrooms

Louis Vierne: Dying on the Job

Minors of the Majors
Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor

Danubian Debauchery I
Johann Strauss and Maria Anna Streim

Composers of the Zodiac
The Tropic of Libra

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