Search Results: Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a French composer of classical music best known for his innovative piano pieces and orchestral works like Bolero and Daphnis et Chloé. Sometimes called an 'impressionist' composer, much was made of a practically...

A 1925 photograph of the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). (National Library, Paris)

A 1907 photograph by Pierre Petit of the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).

A 1928 photograph of the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Taken at his home, La Belvedere, Montfort-l'Amaury, France. (National Library, Paris)

The grave of the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) in the cemetery of Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris.

The villa La Belvedere, just outside Paris in Montfort-l’Amaury. It was lived in from 1921 by the composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 · London Symphony Orchestra · Claudio Abbado · Maurice Ravel Ravel: Boléro; Ma Mère l'Oye; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte ℗ 1986 Deutsche Grammophon...

The Schmalkaldic War (1546-1547) was fought between the Protestant Schmalkaldic League and the Catholic armies under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who, having failed to achieve religious unity of his subjects at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530...

Portrait of Talleyrand, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1808. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648, also known as The Dutch Revolt and Dutch War of Independence) was a military conflict between the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands and Spain, which then governed them, beginning in the reign of King...