MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
Whether the source of his inspiration chanced to be antiquity (Daphnis et Chloe), the Orient (Sheherazade), whether he was exploring the romantic universe (Valses nobles et sentimentales, La Valse), the imaginary world of phantoms or fairy tales (Gaspard de la Nuit, Ma Mere I'Oye), whether he attached himself to Spain (Pavane, Bolero, Rhapsodic,... I'Heure espagnole), to central Europe (Tzigane) or returned to timeless forms (sonatas, trios, quartets, concertos), Ravel retained his French character: thoroughbred, aristocratic, which made him, in the middle of the twentieth century, the very type of the classical musician
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