Born: 7 March 1875 · Died: 28 December 1937 · Age at death: 62
How old was Maurice Ravel when he died?
Maurice Ravel died aged 62. He was born on 7 March 1875 and died on 28 December 1937.
French composer of Boléro, Daphnis and Chloé and the much-played orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Did you know?During the First World War, he served as a truck driver at the front after being rejected as a pilot due to his age.
Quick facts
Date of birth7 March 1875
Date of death28 December 1937
Age at death62
Cause of deathNeurological disorder
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceCiboure, France
Occupationconductor, pianist, composer
Editor's Take:
Maurice Ravel wrote some of the most precisely crafted music of the 20th century. He grew up in Paris, the son of a Swiss engineer and a Basque mother, and studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He failed repeatedly to win the Prix de Rome, and the last refusal became a public scandal. His piano works, including Pavane for a Dead Princess and Gaspard de la nuit, showed dazzling colour and control. He was a master orchestrator, and his arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is the version most often played. His ballet Daphnis and Chloé and his two piano concertos remain concert favourites. Boléro, written in 1928, became one of the most famous pieces of classical music. A brain disorder silenced him in his final years.
Key Milestones
1899: Composes Pavane for a Dead Princess
1912: Daphnis and Chloé premieres in Paris
1922: Orchestrates Pictures at an Exhibition
1928: Boléro premieres at the Paris Opéra
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term.
Maurice Ravel's birthday is March 7. He was born on March 7, 1875 in Ciboure, France.
How old was Maurice Ravel when he died?
Maurice Ravel died on December 28, 1937, aged 62.
Who shares a birthday with Maurice Ravel?
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