Most have heard the famous opening of Mussorgsky/Ravel’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” with its regal brass chorale used in films, TV, video games, and even as WWE entrance music. This year, we mark ...

The other night found me working once again on the lovely Minuet from Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin. This is a neo-classical work by the great French composer. There is a beautiful melody part that I ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When Maurice Ravel visited Northeast Ohio in 1928, not everything went according to plan. The French composer had a reputation for being far more brilliant on paper than in person.

Who was Mother Goose, anyway? Lisa Simeone leads you to the answer, as we hear Ma Mere L'Oye — Mother Goose — by Maurice Ravel. This is the suite drawn from the ballet, played by the Music of the West ...

Four cellists play together on one instrument in a video from Wiener Cello Ensemble 5+1. In the video, the group performs Maurice Ravel's Bolero, with four men all placing their bows on a single cello ...

MAURICE RAVEL, COMPOSER OF THE “BOLERO” AND OTHER WORLD-FAMOUS MUSICAL WORKS DIED HERE TODAY. THE RENOWNED JEWISH COMPOSER WAS 62. HIS DEATH OCCURRED AFTER A TWO-WEEK ILLNESS WHICH FOLLOWED A SERIOUS ...