Ravel: The soul beneath the veneer

Jon Tolansky
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Although Maurice Ravel was famously reticent about the meaning of his works during his lifetime, Jon Tolansky attempts to unpick some of the elusive connotations behind the self-effacing composer’s most well-loved works as we mark 150 years since his birth

© Wikimedia Commons/Bibliothèque nationale de France
© Wikimedia Commons/Bibliothèque nationale de France

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