Maurice Ravel

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French composer classical composer composer human

Maurice Ravel was a French composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, renowned for his masterful orchestration and works such as Boléro and Daphnis et Chloé.

Aliases (2)

Joseph Maurice Ravel ×1
Ravel ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French composer → classical composer → composer → human →
awardReceived	Légion d’honneur (refused) →
birthName	Joseph Maurice Ravel →
causeOfDeath	neurological disease →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1875-03-07 →
dateOfDeath	1937-12-28 →
educatedAt	Conservatoire de Paris →
ethnicGroup	French →
familyName	Ravel →
genre	ballet music → chamber music → opera → orchestral music → piano music → song cycle →
givenName	Joseph → Maurice →
influenced	Benjamin Britten → George Gershwin → Olivier Messiaen →
influencedBy	Claude Debussy → Gabriel Fauré →
knownFor	innovative harmony → masterful orchestration →
languageSpoken	French →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
militaryService	World War I →
movement	Impressionism → Neoclassicism in music → early modern music → late Romantic music →
name	Maurice Ravel →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableWork	Boléro → Daphnis et Chloé → Gaspard de la nuit → La Valse → Le Tombeau de Couperin → L’enfant et les sortilèges → L’heure espagnole → Miroirs → Pavane pour une infante défunte → Piano Concerto for the Left Hand → Piano Concerto in G major → Rapsodie espagnole → String Quartet in F major →
occupation	composer → conductor → pianist →
placeOfBirth	Ciboure → France → Nouvelle-Aquitaine → Pyrénées-Atlantiques →
placeOfDeath	France → Paris →
residence	Paris →
servedIn	French Army →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aaron Copland → Alexandre Desplat →	influencedBy
La Valse →	associatedComposer
Maurice Ravel ("Joseph Maurice Ravel") →	birthName
Ballets Russes →	collaboratedWith
La Valse →	composer
Tzigane →	composerOfSourceMusic
Maurice Ravel ("Ravel") →	familyName
Conservatoire de Paris →	hasAlumnus
Cimetière de Levallois-Perret →	hasNotableBurial
Claude Debussy →	influenced
Maurice Ravel →	name
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées →	notablePerformer
Grand Prix de Rome in music →	notableWinner
Ralph Vaughan Williams →	studiedUnder
Tzigane →	usesMusicBy