Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a French composer of classical music best known for his innovative piano pieces and orchestral works like Bolero and Daphnis et Chloé. Sometimes called an 'impressionist' composer, much was made of a practically non-existent rivalry with Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Ravel's work is most renowned for its complex yet sophisticated and precise orchestration.
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1875 - 1937Life of the French composer Maurice Ravel.
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7 Mar 1875Maurice Ravel is born in Ciboure in southwest France.
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1889Maurice Ravel enters the Paris Conservatoire.
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1899Maurice Ravel composes his piano work Pavane pour une infante défunte.
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1901Maurice Ravel composes his innovative piano work Jeux d’eau (Fountains).
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1903Muarice Ravel's orchestral song-cycle Shéhérazade is first performed.
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1908Maurice Ravel composes his orchestral piece Rapsodie espagnole.
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1909Maurice Ravel composes his one-act comic opera L’heure espagnole (The Spanish Hour).
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1912Maurice Ravel completes his ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Later made into an orchestral suite.
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1917Maurice Ravel composes his Le tombeau de Couperin (The Grave of Couperin) piano suite.
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1920Maurice Ravel composes his La valse.
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1921Maurice Ravel buys a villa, La Belvedere, just outside Paris in Montfort-l’Amaury.
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1925Maurice Ravel composes his opera L’enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Magic Spells).
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1928Maurice Ravel composes his innovative orchestral piece Bolero.
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1931Maurice Ravel writes his two piano concertos.
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28 Dec 1937Maurice Ravel dies in Paris.
