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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Mr. Selick asked: OMG, Have you listened to Martha Argerich's interpretation of Ondine???!!!!! IT'S DIVINE. IT'S MARVELLOUS. She is the godess of the piano. GOD, I HAD TO SHARE IT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGuvtwTy6M&mode=related&search=Ravel%20Argerich%20Gaspard%20Ondine%20Scarbo%20Gibet%20Valse%20piano%20classicalcruise travel
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Mr. Selick asked: I don't care about anything literal at this point. So instead of asking me to define the term, open a Wikipedia page (not a very reliable source, but very available) and answer the question PLEASE.
I know it's hard, but choose only 10, and a suite is not ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Mr. Selick asked: I have to prepare a speech en francais and I want to write it on Ravel. Obviously, I need three areas of focus and then three examples for each. I can't simply figure out how to organize my speech. I though of writing about his life, music ...
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Mr. Selick asked: On page 5 of Une Barque Sur l'ocean by Ravel, there is this measure where the left hand plays argeggios and the right hand plays something like a trill ( thirty-second notes). The rhythm is VERY incoherent at this point and Ravel simply switches from triplets to ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Mr. Selick asked: Oiseaux Tristes by Ravel. I am looking for something not really personally interpreted. I want to check stuff and if the person's take is too personal, I might get parts of it wrong, or at least my touch won't be as original. THANKS IN ADVANCE.travel forum
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Jeux Nouvelles asked: By what I have read, many consider the Ondine movement from Gaspard de la nuit transcendentally more difficult than Jeux d'eau(both pieces by Ravel), despite the fact that the pieces contain many of the same technical difficulties. In your opinion, what makes Ondine more difficult to ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Ejay asked: tarantella by Liszt, 3rd movement appasionata by beethoven, La campanella by Liszt, Islamey by balakirev, Scarbo by ravel....travel manager
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Mr. Selick asked: with this statement? Why? Or why not?
"Ravel's pieces are the most beautiful paintings ever heard."group travel
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
Ravielsen asked: I mean there's techno Boléro, electronic Boléro, rock Boléro, and many other really messed up versions. Ravel always knew exactly how he wanted his music to sound. He even got mad at Toscanini for playing it too fast. What would he think of all this? ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Lara Jane L asked: Hi, I come from Germany and I have a "musical" question:
Well, first about me: I'm in my last year in school (in Germany it's the 13th school year) and in three months I'll do my A-level.
Tomorrow and friday there will be a "probational exam" where we ...
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