Ravel

by Roger Nichols

Book Overview

This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from interviews with the composer's friends and associates. As well as describing the circumstances in which Ravel composed, the book explores new evidence to present radical views of the composer's background and upbringing, his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300187769
• ISBN13: 9780300187762
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"