The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers: Ravel

by James Burnett

Overview

Ir has been said that no music amplifies the french ideals of precision and good taste better than the work of Maurice Ravel, yet his background could scarecly have been more cosmopolitan. The son of a Swiss father and a Basque mother, he was born near St. Jean de Luz in 1875; he died in Paris at the age of sixty-two. His primary inspiration, and in consequence the character of his best music, came from art and life. He was exceptionally sensitive to the new current of thought and the aesthetic changes in the Arts following the First World War. Indeed, the music of Ravel is an accuarate reflection of the man himself. This lavishly illustrated book which sets the work and achievements of Ravel in the context of the events of his time, will appeal to the general music lover and also to the serious student.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857124357
Publisher:	Omnibus Press
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Series:	The Illustrated Lives
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	12 MB
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