AKA Maurice Joseph Ravel

Born: 7-Mar-1875
Birthplace: Ciboure, France
Died: 28-Dec-1937
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cimetière de Levallois-Perret, Paris, France

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Composer

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Bolero

Entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14, Ravel tried five times to win the Prix de Rome, failing. Composing in a "neoclassical" style, he is best known for Bolero (1928), which he claimed was "seventeen minutes of orchestral fabric without music." Among his other important works include Daphnis and Chloé (ballet first performed 1912), Gaspard de La Nuit (1908), L'enfant et les Sortileges (1925) and Rhapsodie Espagnol (1907). He died in 1937 soon after brain surgery to cure his aphasia. Many years after his death, his works still earn considerable royalties.

    Conservatory: Paris Conservatoire

    Brain Surgery exploratory craniotomy (1937)
    Coma
    Swiss Ancestry Paternal
    Basque Ancestry Maternal

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