Batignolles in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Maurice Ravel

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

1. Maurice Ravel Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Maurice Ravel
Compositeur
(1875-1937)
Vécut ici de 1901 a 1904
et y composa les Jeux d'Eau, le Quatuor, la Sonatine (1^er mvt.)

(English translation:)
Maurice Ravel
Composer
(1875-1937)
Lived here from 1901 to 1904 and while here composed Jeux d'Eau, Quator, and Sonatine (1st movement).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.

Location. 48° 53.263′ N, 2° 18.705′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Batignolles. It is on Boulevard Pereire, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 19 Boulevard Pereire, Paris, Île-de-France 75017, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker:

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École Rue de Sassure Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Albert Roussel (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La château de Monceau (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Lycée Carnot Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. half a kilometer away); Elena Theodorini and l’Académie Lyrique Roumaine (approx. half a kilometer away); Maxime Fabert (approx. half a kilometer away); Joseph Denais (approx. half a kilometer away); Mstislav Rostropovich (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

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Also see . . .
1. Maurice Ravel (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: 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. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.

A slow and painstaking worker, Ravel composed fewer pieces than many of his contemporaries. Among his works to enter
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

2. Maurice Ravel Marker - wide view
the repertoire are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas and eight song cycles; he wrote no symphonies or church music. Many of his works exist in two versions: first, a piano score and later an orchestration. Some of his piano music, such as Gaspard de la nuit (1908), is exceptionally difficult to play, and his complex orchestral works such as Daphnis et Chloé (1912) require skilful balance in performance.

Ravel was among the first composers to recognise the potential of recording to bring their music to a wider public. From the 1920s, despite limited technique as a pianist or conductor, he took part in recordings of several of his works; others were made under his supervision.

(Submitted on March 30, 2024.)

2. Sviatoslav Richter - Ravel - Jeux d'eau (YouTube, 4:41). (Submitted on March 30, 2024.)

Maurice Ravel Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

3. Maurice Ravel Marker - wider view

Maurice Ravel image. Click for full size.

courtesy of the New York Public Library, circa 1920

4. Maurice Ravel

Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 30, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 30, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.