COMPOSER

Maurice Ravel

1875 - 1937

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Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Ravel is the 24th most popular composer (up from 31st in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from France (up from 111th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Composer.

Maurice Ravel is most famous for his orchestral works, including Bolero, the opera L'enfant et les sortilèges, and the ballet Daphnis et Chloé.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Maurice Ravel ranks 24 out of 1,451. Before him are Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Claudio Monteverdi. After him are Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy, Bedřich Smetana, Jacques Offenbach, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Maurice Ravel ranks 3. Before him are Carl Jung, and Thomas Mann. After him are Aleister Crowley, Vallabhbhai Patel, Syngman Rhee, Rainer Maria Rilke, Albert Schweitzer, D. W. Griffith, Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, and Jeanne Calment. Among people deceased in 1937, Maurice Ravel ranks 3. Before him are Ernest Rutherford, and Guglielmo Marconi. After him are Pierre de Coubertin, John D. Rockefeller, Alfred Adler, Antonio Gramsci, H. P. Lovecraft, Amelia Earhart, Erich Ludendorff, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Lou Andreas-Salomé.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Ravel ranks 65 out of 6,770. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), Louis XVII of France (1785), Gustave Eiffel (1832), and Cardinal Richelieu (1585). After him are Romain Rolland (1866), Charles Perrault (1628), Hector Berlioz (1803), Auguste Rodin (1840), Georges Bizet (1838), and Claude Debussy (1862).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Maurice Ravel ranks 2. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520). After him are Hector Berlioz (1803), Georges Bizet (1838), Claude Debussy (1862), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Charles Gounod (1818), Erik Satie (1866), Gabriel Fauré (1845), François Couperin (1668), and Jules Massenet (1842).

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