Maurice Ravel

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Joseph-Maurice Ravel (7th March 1875–28th December 1937) was a French composer and pianist.

His piano music, chamber music, and orchestral works have become staples in the repertoire. Ravel’s piano compositions, such as Miroirs and Gaspard de la nuit are virtuosic, and his orchestrations, such as in Daphnis et Chloë and his orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, are notable for the effective use of tonal color and variety of sound and instrumentation. To the general public he is probably best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, which he considered a trivial work and once described as “a piece for orchestra without music”.
His most amazing piece La Valse can only be described as a demented waltz and is rarely performed live, however it is one of the most awesome pieces of classical music ever written.
Ravel was highly modest about his talent, he described himself as having only a minor talent which he worked hard to utilise, never truly attaining greatness!

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ImmortalPride wrote:
yesterday morning

Daphnis et Chloé is excellent.

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Nisstyre56 wrote:
Sunday evening

http://www.last.fm/group/NO+MORE+ON+TOUR+JOKES

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Miyryana wrote:
13 days ago

"on tour", again... xd

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oldmancallaghan wrote:
25 days ago

i love la valse, yes he talked down about belero. this guy is the fucking man. some think he may have been gay. he little romance in his life. i sort of think that's where this sort of loneliness in his work.

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MCC5 wrote:
last month

Maurice is so handsome.

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Mesua wrote:
last month

His most amazing piece La Valse can only be described as a demented waltz and is rarely performed live, however it is one of the most awesome pieces of classical music ever written. <-- lol omg whoever edited that in is amazing.

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Ryogakun wrote:
last month

didn't he hate his bolero?

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aliespirituzomg wrote:
last month

Oh my fucking God this is so beautiful :3

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Kcramsib wrote:
last month

Anoter "zombie" on tour...

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Adjar-one wrote:
September 2009

i wish i could give maurice tender kisses .. ow and the bolero is blehhh

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FallenInFear wrote:
September 2009

wtf on tour?? lol. oh and great music by the way

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Parisblues wrote:
September 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/Maurice+Ravel/_/Tzigane

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anque90 wrote:
September 2009

bolero - - -love love love love love it !!

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diegobmachado wrote:
September 2009

marcha

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WattoTheJazzman wrote:
September 2009

Awwww... come on people, Debussy is winning! Listen to more Ravel! [Disclaimer: I actually love Debussy. I just love Ravel a little bit more =) ]

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Mr_Beagle wrote:
August 2009

One of the few people that I'd like to meet in the afterlife.

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calmev wrote:
August 2009

on tour? haha :D

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Lindajing wrote:
August 2009

Boléro is like...his one hit wonder. v_v Sad that most people don't listen to more of his wonderful music.

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zunari wrote:
August 2009

I love his string quartet, the second movement looks like a Zelda tune...

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buzbus wrote:
August 2009

One of the biggest impressionist, I adore his visions of .......

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