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Reviewed on July 1, 2025 | Arts & Humanities
Kilpatrick (Royal Acad. of Music, London; French Art Song: History of a New Music, 1870–1914) presents a new title in Reaktion's "Critical Lives" series, focusing on composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Of mixed Basque and Swiss ancestry, Ravel grew up in Paris and experienced harrowing conditions as a driver in World War I. He surmounted early rejections by the musical establishment to gain worldwide renown for his perennial favorite Boléro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
