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Alfred Publishing 06430782 Ravel Reader: Correspondence Articles InterviewsConsidered the greatest French composer since Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel played a decisive role in the history of modern French music that is still examined by students exploring the roots of twentiethcentury musical style. An internationally recognized authority on the life and works of Ravel editor Arbie Orenstein captures the essence of this enigmatic man through the musician s own words both written and spoken in an outstanding compilation of articles by Ravel (who was a brilliant critic) reviews interviews and some 350 lettersmost of which are published here for the first time in Englishfrom Cocteau Colette de Falla Richard Strauss Stravinsky and other major figures of the time. A Ravel Reader joins Orenstein s classic Ravel: Man and Musician (now in its third Dover printing) hailed by critics as amp;quot;a prodigious work of scholarship.amp;quot; Unabridged republication of the work originally published by Columbia University Press New York in 1990. 9 appendices. Bibliography. Index. 16 plates. (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 704 pp.) Contributors: By Arbie OrensteinSeries: Dover EditionFormat: BookCategory: Textbook General ... Read More »
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