Jane Jones marks both the Winter Olympics and St. Valentine’s Day with a work which is associated with both occasions. Boléro, the most famous work by French composer Maurice Ravel, was written more ...

The artist’s self-image is often defined by opposition. That opposition can take the form of censorship, or perhaps a rival master. Art enthusiasts may think of the rivalries between Ghiberti and ...

Claimants, backed by composer’s estate, lose claim of co-authorship, described as ‘historical fiction’ A French court has ruled that Boléro, one of the best-known works of classical music in the world ...

From the classical archive, 22 October 1928: a review of a performance in London by the composer and pianist who ‘transcends his limitations’ London, Sunday Mr Gordon Bryan was fortunate in having ...

It gave him a cut that needed several stitches, but it also left Ravel feeling shaken. Friends soon noticed changes — spelling mistakes in letters and an inability to write down music. For five years ...

The most exquisite of all French composers; Maurice Ravel was a sensualist-perfectionist without parallel. Why is it that Ravel’s pieces often sound so different from one another? Ravel was one of the ...

Maurice Ravel was among the most significant and influential composers of the early twentieth century. Even though he’s sometimes linked with Claude Debussy as an exemplar of musical impressionism, ...

Here's a question for you. If you had to name classical music's most recognisable piece, what would it be? For many, the answer would be Maurice Ravel's Boléro, which is pretty appropriate, for it was ...

Perfection, c’est travail, said Maurice Ravel. Pride in his own small and perfectly formed achievement, and a conviction that perfection is a supreme quality of art, lie behind those three words. But ...

I sunk my teeth into Olivia Rodrigo’s new single “Vampire” this weekend to distract myself from the Supreme Court’s latest decisions. Many artworks spend a lifetime unseen, sitting in storage ...