A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Art: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews - Softcover

Orenstein, Arbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486430782 ISBN 13: 9780486430782

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2003

Synopsis

Considered among the most original and influential composers of the 20th century, Maurice Ravel played a decisive role in the history of modern French music ― a role that continues to be examined by students exploring the roots of musical style in our time. An internationally recognized authority on the life and works of Ravel, editor Arbie Orenstein captures the essence of this enigmatic man through his own words, both written and spoken. This outstanding compilation of articles by Ravel (who was a brilliant critic) features reviews, interviews, and some 350 letters ― most of which are published here for the first time in English ― from Cocteau, Colette, de Falla, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, and other major figures of the era.
Reprint of the Columbia University Press, New York, 1990 edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Following his 1975 biography of French composer Ravel (1875-1937), Orenstein collects mostly his correspondence, but also music reviews and other articles he wrote, and a selection of 30 complete interviews conducted with him between 1911 and 1933. The 1990 cloth edition, published by Columbia University Press, has been corrected and lightly update

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486430782
• ISBN 13: 9780486430782
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 653