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  • Musician
· French · 1875–1937

Maurice Ravel

The French composer who set Colette’s libretto for L’Enfant et les sortilèges, premiered in 1925.

Details

Lived
1875–1937
Born
1875
Died
1937
Nationality
French
Roles
Musician

People they knew

Documented connections — every one carries its source.

Illustrated portrait of Colette

Colette

  • Author
  • Journalist
  • Actor
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Collaborated with · 1917–1925

Colette wrote the libretto and Maurice Ravel composed the music for L’Enfant et les sortilèges, first performed in Monte Carlo in 1925.

— Paris Opera — L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Illustrated portrait of Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

  • Musician
  • Critic

Met

Younger contemporary, admirer, occasional friend and eventual rival. Ravel enthusiastically supported Pelléas, but their relationship cooled as critics compared them and personal tensions accumulated.

— Alex Ross, The Velvet Revolution of Claude Debussy (2018)

Who they drew from

Influence running inward — the writers and artists whose work fed theirs. Admiration is not acquaintance; these edges claim neither a meeting nor a friendship.

Illustrated portrait of Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

The influence was complicated and in some respects mutual, but Debussy's harmonic vocabulary and new approach to piano and orchestral color formed part of the environment in which Ravel developed. Ravel deeply admired Debussy even while insisting that their artistic personalities were fundamentally different.

— Claude Debussy: Biographie

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Every connection the graph holds for Maurice, with the evidence behind it.

Collaborated with · 1917–1925

Colette

Colette wrote the libretto and Maurice Ravel composed the music for L’Enfant et les sortilèges, first performed in Monte Carlo in 1925.

— Paris Opera — L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Influenced by

Claude Debussy

The influence was complicated and in some respects mutual, but Debussy's harmonic vocabulary and new approach to piano and orchestral color formed part of the environment in which Ravel developed. Ravel deeply admired Debussy even while insisting that their artistic personalities were fundamentally different.

— Claude Debussy: Biographie

Met

Claude Debussy

Younger contemporary, admirer, occasional friend and eventual rival. Ravel enthusiastically supported Pelléas, but their relationship cooled as critics compared them and personal tensions accumulated.

— Alex Ross, The Velvet Revolution of Claude Debussy (2018)