Ravel, Joseph-maurice; Honegger, Arthur's lyrics & chords

Joseph-Maurice Ravel (born March 7, 1875 in Ciboure, France; died December 28, 1937 in Paris) was a French composer and pianist, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber-music and orchestral works have become staples of repertoire. Ravel's piano compositions, such as Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, are virtuosic, and his orchestrations, as in Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, are notable for their effective use of tonal color and variety of ...read more