La Valse, un poème choréographique (a choreographic poem), is an orchestral work written by Maurice Ravel from February 1919 until 1920, and premiered in Paris on 12 December 1920. While the work has been described as a tribute to the waltz, it is in fact a less sentimental reflection of post-World War I Europe. The composer George Benjamin, in his analysis of La valse, summarized the ethos of the work as follows: "Whether or not it was intended as a metaphor for the predicament of European civilization in the aftermath of the Great War, its one-movement design plots the bi… read more
La Valse, un poème choréographique (a choreographic poem), is an orchestral work written by Maurice Ravel from February 1919 until 1920, and premiere… read more
La Valse, un poème choréographique (a choreographic poem), is an orchestral work written by Maurice Ravel from February 1919 until 1920, and premiered in Paris on 12 December 1920. While… read more
Maurice Ravel, in full Joseph-Maurice Ravel (7th March 1875 Ciboure, France–28th December, 1937, Paris), was a French composer of Swiss-Basque descent, noted for his musical craftsmanship and perfection of form and style in such works as Boléro (1928), Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899; Pavane for a Dead Princess), Rapsodie espagnole (1907), the ballet Daphnis et Chloé (first performed 1912), and the opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges (1925; The Child and the Enchantments). Ravel was born in a village near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, of a Swiss father and a Basque mother. His famil… read more
Maurice Ravel, in full Joseph-Maurice Ravel (7th March 1875 Ciboure, France–28th December, 1937, Paris), was a French composer of Swiss-Basque descent, noted for his musical craftsmanship a… read more
Maurice Ravel, in full Joseph-Maurice Ravel (7th March 1875 Ciboure, France–28th December, 1937, Paris), was a French composer of Swiss-Basque descent, noted for his musical craftsmanship and perfection of form and style in such works … read more