Ravel in a sentence

After transatlantic letters back and forth as to whether Ravel took students and how much he charged, Ravel looked at Gershwin's prior year earnings and sent a telegram to Gershwin jokingly saying he (Ravel) should study with Gershwin!

The Symphony’s tour will include works by Leonard Bernstein in celebration of his centennial, as well as Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (arranged by Ravel); and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3, featuring soloist Pinchas Zukerman.

Émile Decombes took over as Ravel's piano teacher in 1889; in the same year Ravel gave his earliest public performance.

Gershwin strongly encouraged Ravel to come to the United States for a tour, something Ravel had been reluctant to do.

I have heard of George Gershwin's works and I find them intriguing."sfn The orchestrations in Gershwin's symphonic works often seem similar to those of Ravel; likewise, Ravel's two piano concertos evince an influence of Gershwin.

Dudamel used Ravel’s exquisite interplay of instrumental timbres to enliven the moods of “Rapsodie Espagnole,” which opened the concert.

For better or worse, Ravel’s “Boléro,” with its churning swell of sound, has stirred the imagination of artists over time, among them the choreographer ice dancing team of Torvill and Dean.

Ravel, a former Federal Election Commission chair who faces Santa Clara County Supervisor for the District 15 senate seat, apologized last year for endorsing the campaign to keep Persky on the bench but told Fly this week she won’t give the money back.

Rooney recently revealed that even if his career has not turned out the way he wanted, Ravel Morrison definitely had the skills to be a superstar.

The event drew more than 500 carloads of people to a parking lot at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport to hear music by Mozart, Beethoven and Ravel.

The Postcards from Paris theme is the first in what will be a season of locational-inspired concerts, and stringing together works by the likes of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy is never going to lead to a dull performance.

But Ravel says she wants to win, and will have to work within the existing order to secure a place where she can try to change it.

Though government accountability will no doubt play a defining role in her campaign, Ravel says she decided to run for reasons far closer to home.

I continue to study, bebop, Hindemith, Ravel, Stravinsky and great twentieth century composers like Debussy.

In this work, Ravel paid tribute to Francois Couperin, an important composer at the court of Louis XIV.

After two months of planning Ravel made a four-month tour of North America in 1928, playing and conducting.

Amaducci et al, p. 75 Though no longer able to write music or perform, Ravel remained physically and socially active until his last months.

Among those compositions, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel 's works etc. are of the popularization in different instruments, such as in piano education.

Armstrong was deeply influenced by the blues, while Beiderbecke was influenced as much by modernist composers such as Debussy and Ravel as by his fellow jazzmen.

As a slow and painstaking worker, Ravel composed fewer pieces than many of his contemporaries.