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Joshua Bell and Awadagin Pratt Perform Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane
Joshua Bell & Awadagin Pratt perform at White House.
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John-Paul Muir Performs Alborada del Gracioso by Ravel
John-Paul Muir of Auckland wins the 2006 National Young Performer of the Year Award for ‘Pianoforte’ performance….
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Classical Music for Funerals
…9. Maurice Ravel – Pavane for a Dead Princess Maurice Ravel‘s work “Pavane pour une infante défunte” is often chosen for funerals due to its melancholy tone, expressive melody, and…
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Listening Forward Without Letting Go
…twentieth century did not abandon beauty. It added to where beauty is found. Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” proves that a single melody, carefully breathed, can carry public grief. Ravel’s “Boléro”…
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Exploring Classical Music by Century- Five Works from Each Era
…listeners with its raw, primal energy. 2. Ravel’s Boléro Boléro by Maurice Ravel is a one-movement orchestral work that builds upon a simple, repetitive theme to create an enthralling crescendo…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
…he studied composition with Charles Villiers Stanford and Hubert Parry, two leading figures in British music at the time. He also studied orchestration with Ravel in Paris and was greatly…
