Maurice Ravel

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Timeline	1875 - Born in France (Family moves to Paris) 1889 - Enters Paris Conservatory 1898 - Studies with Faure, first public performance 1903 - Quartet for strings 1908 - Mother Goose Suite 1912 - Daphnis et Chloe 1914 - Served in WWI as diver, later discharged due to illness. 1920 - lA Valse 1922 - Orchestrated Musorgsky's pictures at an exhibition 1928 - Bolero 1931 - Concerto in G for piano and Concerto for Left Hand 1934 - Contracts rare brain disease 1937 - Dies
Additional details	- Early music influenced by "impressionism" of Debussy but more traditional in form - More brilliant color and dynamic form than Debussy - Tonality, meter funtion, harmony more clear than Debussy - Prefers modal writing to whole tone - Turns to Neo-Classicism in later works - Slow meticulous composer, pain staiking attention to detail - Influenced by Les Six
Important works	String Quartet Daphnis et Chloe (ballet) L'enfant et les sortileges (opera) Mother Goose Suite La Valse Piano Concert in G Piano Concerto for Left Hand

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