Ravel in 1925 Joseph Maurice Ravel ( French:; 7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with along with his elder contemporary, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.
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Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the Conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity, incorporating elements of, and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. He made some orchestral arrangements of other composers' music, of which his 1922 version of 's is the best known. As a slow and painstaking worker, Ravel composed fewer pieces than many of his contemporaries.
Among his works to enter the repertoire are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas, and eight song cycles; he wrote no symphonies and only one religious work ('Kaddish' ). Many of his works exist in two versions: a first, piano score and a later orchestration. Some of his piano music, such as (1908), is exceptionally difficult to play, and his complex orchestral works such as (1912) require skilful balance in performance. Ravel was among the first composers to recognise the potential of recording to bring their music to a wider public. From the 1920s, despite limited technique as a pianist or conductor, he took part in recordings of several of his works; others were made under his supervision.