Magician producing a variety of music with the piano

Ravel piano and

Magician producing a variety of music with the piano

Maurice Ravel, while attending the Paris Conservatoire from,
Announced the innovative and unique work, while controversial,
Was recognized early in its existence.
The piano work, especially pianist best friend,
His work actively Ricardo Vines
There was also the premiere was greatly Nigiwashi Gakudan Paris at the time.
Piano Transcriptions of Orchestral Works, many of themselves (or vice versa),
To occupy the position of the piano oeuvre is large.
Individual works of Ravel, and his upbringing and preferences
Can be seen as reflecting personality.


To cite some examples,
Was influenced by his mother was Hispanic
Is affected by the father (<song of the morning of the clown>), Spain was a hobby engineer,
Return to classic originated from interest in things mechanical
(<Gaspard of the Night>) (<Tomb of Couperin> <Sonachina>), strange hobby,
Impact of the war impact (<Tomb of Couperin>), jazz etc. (Piano Concerto).
As the song goes in contact with a variety of these,
That Ravel was a multi-faceted human beings really are suggesting.

Water play
Pictorial masterpiece that depicts vividly the movement of water

In Ravel's work was his young career,
Tableau superior force, pouring,
Aspects that express vividly the water jump.
17-year-old senior had been contemporaries and eye Raivu~aru
Is a masterpiece that is innovative and also considerable influence on Debussy.
This song is dedicated to Gabriel Faure was a teacher.


Faure had been taught at the Conservatoire,
Ravel and at that time there had been a student teacher and student relationship,
Had a major impact on the music of Ravel.
Faure was a person, which is said to have been of modest character, the
Ravel is not given a legitimate evaluation from Conservatory of Music,
Incident that could not be awarded the prestigious award of "Rome Prize"
When you become a social problem, and "... a gentle teacher that Faure"
We bumped into us that history of the Academy of Music and fierce enough to surprise the surrounding area.
Ravel, and even after the French composer to represent the same length,
Without forgetting lifelong indebted received from the young Sun,
Have left as well as work in later years, was likened to the sound of the spelling of the name name of Faure.