Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

French

Boléro, Le tombeau de Couperin, Daphnis et Chloé

• Ravel was a huge fan of Jazz and Blues music. He would watch musicians like bluesman W.C. Handy in parisian nightclubs.
• Ravel was notorious for being very self-critical. He was not impressed with some of his best works such as the fantastic Boléro.
• To Ravel, appearances mattered. He once delayed a concert half an hour because he forgot his evening shoes in the trunk of his car.