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    Ravel: 15 facts about the great composer

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    10. Pavane pour une infante défunte

    The Pavane pour une infante defunte was written as a piano piece for Princesse Edmond de Polignac, whose father was Isaac Singer, the famous sewing machine manufacturer. Ravel was at pains to point out that, despite the title, the piece is not a funeral lament but ‘rather an evocation of the pavane that might have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velazquez.’

    1. Image 1: Maurice Ravel composer
    2. Image 2: Joseph Ravel composer father
    3. Image 3: Erik Satie composer
    4. Image 4: Maurice Ravel
    5. Image 5: Gabriel Faure
    6. Image 6: Claude Debussy
    7. Image 7: Sheherezade
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    9. Image 9: Nijinsky Ravel
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