Composer Quiz

Maurice Ravel FRA [1875-1937]
Group: Folk, Neoclassicism
Short description: Impressionism, modernism, spanish folklore, exoticism, archaism. Clockwork, industrial area, perfectionist. Known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Synthesist of disparate styles. Applied the aesthetics of the new French school of Chabrier, Satie, and particularly Debussy, rather than atonal Schoenberg. Compositions rely upon modal melodies (dorian, phrygian). Extended harmonies and intricate modulations. Writes in the style of other composers (Gounod, Chabrier, Haydn, Faure). Often masked the sections of his structure with transitions that disguised the beginnings of the motif. Student of Faure.

Played 29 of 29 tracks for this composer (total 1369 answers). Played blocks map:

01. - Bolero (14m)

06. Pavane pour une infante defunte (7m)

CD1/02.Rhapsodie espagnole - I. Prelude a la nuit. Tres modere (4m)

CD1/03.Rhapsodie espagnole - II. Malaguena. Assez vif (2m)

CD1/04.Rhapsodie espagnole - III. Habanera. Assez lent et dun rythme las (3m)

CD1/05.Rhapsodie espagnole - IV. Feria. Assez anime (6m)

CD3/10.La Valse (Choreographic poem for Orchestra) - Mouvement de valse viennoise (12m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/01.Gaspard de la nuit - I. Ondine (8m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/02.Gaspard de la nuit - II. Le Gibet (7m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/03.Gaspard de la nuit - III. Scarbo (11m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/04.Le Tombeau de Couperin - I. Prelude (3m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/05.Le Tombeau de Couperin - II. Fugue (4m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/06.Le Tombeau de Couperin - III. Forlane (6m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/07.Le Tombeau de Couperin - IV. Rigaudon (3m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/08.Le Tombeau de Couperin - V. Menuet (5m)

CD6 - Gaspard de la nuit Le Tombeau de Couperin etc/09.Le Tombeau de Couperin - VI. Toccata (5m)

Emerson String Quartet.Debussy.String Quartets/05 - Str Qrt Fmaj. - I. Allegro moderato (8m)

Emerson String Quartet.Debussy.String Quartets/06 - Str Qrt Fmaj. - II. Assez vif - Tres rythme (6m)

Emerson String Quartet.Debussy.String Quartets/07 - Str Qrt Fmaj. - III. Tres lent (9m)

Emerson String Quartet.Debussy.String Quartets/08 - Str Qrt Fmaj. - IV. Vif et agite (5m)

Ma mere lOye (suite) (18m)

Music for two Pianos (Coombs Scott)/07.Sheherazade (Ouverture de feerie) (13m)

LEnfant et les sortileges pt. 1 (10m)

Martha Argerich, Jeux deau (5m)

Miroirs (29m)

Daphnis et Chloe, Suite n2 (Seiji Ozawa) (15m)

Piano Concerto In G Major Argerich Dutoit Orchestre National De France Frankfurt 9 9 1990 (21m)

Tzigane - Perlman, Metha- New York Philharmonic (10m)

L Heure Espagnole (47m)

Last comments for this composer:

Rualark 2015-06-09 08:49:39	Saint-Saëns sounds more serious, sweeping or funny (Carnival of Animals). Ravel sounds more impressionistic, dissonant, avangard, rhythmic, spanish, exotic, energetic, archaic (Le Tombeau de Couperin). Only Saint-Saëns has organ, cello concerto. Only Ravel has solo piano, guitar, string quartet. (Ravel, Saint-Saëns)
Rualark 2015-05-05 22:41:39	Most difficult will be to distinguish Ravel and Debussy on this island. (See my description for Ravel/Debussy island). (JS Bach, Debussy, Ravel, Sibelius)
Rualark 2015-04-07 22:30:12	Delibes sounds light, graceful, elegant, closer to Tchaikovsky and even Mozart. Ravel sounds more impressionistic, dissonant, avangard, rhythmic, spanish, exotic, energetic, archaic. Only Ravel has piano (except for Delibes Bolero), string quartet, guitar, violin concerto in this game. (Delibes, Ravel)
Rualark 2015-03-30 21:54:01	Ravel sounds more rhythmic, spanish, exotic, energetic, archaic. Ravel can be more melodic and lyrical (Ma mere lOye). Debussy sounds more hazy, mistical, melodic. Ravel Miroirs, Daphnis et Chloe sound closer to Debussy. Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Lisle joyese, String quartet can sound closer to Ravel. Only Ravel has piano concerto in this game. (Debussy, Ravel)
Rualark 2015-03-29 15:42:04	Compare two french composers: romantic Bizet to impressionist Ravel, both using spanish melodies and rhythms. Bizet sounds more simple, delightful, sincere, melodic, realistic. Ravel is impressionist, but is keen for spanish folklore, exoticism, archaism. Only Ravel has piano, guitar, string quartet in this game. (Bizet, Ravel)
Rualark 2015-03-28 11:03:25	Compare two french composers: late romantic Fauré to his student Ravel (impressionism). Ravel is impressionist, but is keen for spanish folklore, exoticism, archaism. Fauré sounds repetitive, more strict. Only Fauré has piano sonata in this game. Only Ravel has string quartet, guitar, violin concerto in this game. (Fauré, Ravel)
Rualark 2015-02-09 22:51:11	Bartók = folklore+dissonances. Ravel = beautiful impressionism, modernism. Vocal works may be more difficult to compare, but statistically you are expected to hear Bartók vocal works more often. (Bartók, Ravel)
Rualark 2015-02-08 13:32:31	Bruckner - more serious, slow, polyphonic and dark. Ravel - piano, transparent, rhythmic. (Bruckner, Ravel)

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