maurice ravel

     

In 1928 Ida Rubinstein commissioned him to write a ballet, so he created "Bolero"

Trivia about maurice ravel

  • This "Bolero" composer based his "Mother Goose" suite on fairy tales by Charles Perrault
  • "Gaspard De La Nuit" is a series of 3 piano pieces by this "Bolero" composer
  • When you listen to this French composer's "Mother Goose" suite, wear a "Bolero"
  • This "Bolero" composer's opera "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" features a singing squirrel
  • A naughty child's toys rebel against him in this "Bolero" composer's opera "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges"
  • He paradoxically described his "Bolero" as a piece for orchestra without music
  • Concepcion's lovers hide inside clocks in her husband's shop in "L'Heure Espagnole" by this "Bolero" composer
  • He was born in Ciboure, France, near the Spanish border; thus, the Spanish influence in such works as "Bolero"
  • A singing sofa & a chorus of frogs are featured in "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer
  • If you like singing furniture--& who doesn't?--you'll love "L'enfant et les sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer

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