Joseph-Maurice Rahul Research Paper

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a 19th and early 20th century French composer of classical music. Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875, in Ciboure, France. His mother, Marie Delouart was Basque and father, Joseph Ravel was from Switzerland. At his third month, his family moved to Paris. His brother, Édouard Ravel was born in Paris after three years of their moving. There was no evidence of Ravel’s entering a school for his formal Education. However, acknowledging his passion in the early age, and his father being music and culture lover, his parents let him to focus on music at home. He started taking piano lessons at seven. In 1887, He went to Paris for lessons in piano and theory at age 12. In 1889, at his 14 he entered as a student in …show more content…
While studying he composed some of his fame works which are the Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899); in 1901 he composed a piece that was dedicated to Gabriel Fauré who was a French Romantic composer, organist, pianist and teacher. In 1903, he composed two pieces which are the Jeux d'eau a, the String Quartet, which is played in F major and follows four movements. In 1904, for the solo piano he composed The Sonatine, the Miroirs in 1905 and the Gaspard de la nuit in 1908. The orchestral pieces Rapsodie espagnole and Boléro. Ballet Daphnis et Chloé was his most popular work completed in 1912 which was commissioned from Sergei Diaghilev. In 1920, he completed La Valse, a piece of ballet and concert work. The most famous composition he did was Boléro which is a one-movement orchestral Ballet and was commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein. It was completed in 1928.
During 20th century, Maurice Ravel ranked was one of the marvelous music composers. He wrote in many forms, for piano, voice, opera, ballet, chamber ensembles and orchestra. His magic of instrumentation could be his most notable achievements. He followed his own path and believed in himself which made him