Books
Ravel A Novel Jean Echenoz Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale New Press: 192 pp., $21.95 HERE is a portrait of a musical genius in the last 10 years of his life: “a slate-gray suit beneath his short, chocolate-brown overcoat, not bad either, although old-fashioned and perhaps a touch lightweight for the season.
June 24, 2007
Entertainment & Arts
In the specialized arena of chamber music, string players and pianists have long held a virtual monopoly.
Oct. 24, 1990
If a young musician should stop Nikita Magaloff on a New York street and ask him how to get to Carnegie Hall, the pianist would refrain from offering the standard line: “Practice!”
Oct. 16, 1985
Jazz vocalist to appear with husband, and accompanist, John Dankworth.
March 12, 1998
The Los Angeles Philharmonic understandably made much of the connection between George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel prior to Thursday night’s program of their music at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
March 29, 2019
The digital play ‘UnRavelled,’ free to view through June 30, explores the mysteries of creativity through the composer and a ‘Bolero’-obsessed artist.
March 13, 2021
RAVEL: “Daphnis et Chloe.” DIAMOND: “Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel.”
Aug. 11, 1991
Some contemporary composers have said he had the finest ear that ever existed, but a California doctor thinks that Maurice Ravel, perhaps best known for “Bolero,” also had Alzheimer’s disease.
Jan. 1, 1985
The author makes his assertions in ‘Stravinsky: Discoveries and Memories.’ Some scholars refute his conclusions.
July 18, 2013
MAURICE RAVEL, A Life; By Benjamin Ivry; Welcome Rain Publishers: 230 pp., $24.95
Jan. 7, 2001