Ravel /

This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from interviews with the composer's friends and associates. As well as des...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nichols, Roger
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Ravel, Maurice, > 1875-1937.
Composers > France > Biography.
Compositeurs > France > Biographies.
Composers.
France.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1875/1902 : a dandy blossoms
  • 1902/1905 : testing the establishment
  • 1905/1908 : mirrors, birds, and the supernatural
  • 1908/1911 : a bold operatic conception
  • 1911/1914 : nobility and sentiment
  • 1914/1920 : patriotism and loss
  • 1920/1925 : waltzing towards a love regained
  • 1925/1928 : jazz, America and the joy of monotony
  • 1928/1937 : two concertos and a long farewell
  • Postlude : the pirate and the clockmaker.

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