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Philatelic document - Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

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Description

Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure, near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, on March 7, 1875. He inherited his father's mathematical meticulousness and inventive spirit engineer, while his Basque mother imbued him with Hispanic culture and culture and song. At the Paris Conservatoire (1889-1905), Ravel studied piano, harmony and and composition with Bériot, Gedalge and Fauré. Very personal, his first works (Pavane pour une infante défunte, Jeux d'eau, Quatuor à cordes) did not prevent him from failing five times at the competition for the Prix de Rome, which in 1905 triggered the scandal the scandal that became known as the "Ravel Affair". Miroirs, Gaspard de la nuit, his Valses nobles Valses nobles et sentimentales, Histoires naturelles and L'Heure espagnole distinguished him by the originality of their language, their verve and their power of expression. His orchestral genius is evident in the Rapsodie espagnole his orchestral genius blossomed in Daphnis et Chloé, premiered by the Ballets Russes in 1912 at the Châtelet. A volunteer soldier, he drove military trucks near Verdun in 1916. His Tombeau de Couperin was written as a tribute to friends who had died for France. The Sonate pour violon et violoncelle was written in memory of Claude Debussy. Ravel, who had opposed the banning of Germanic works the Légion d'honneur in 1920, in the midst of composing La Valse. in the midst of composing La Valse. Settling in Montfort-l'Amaury, Ravel enjoyed success with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925), for which Colette wrote the libretto, and, above all Boléro, commissioned by Ida Rubinstein and premiered at the Paris Opéra (1928). In 1932, his Piano Concerto was dedicated to Marguerite Long, the Concerto pour la main gauche to the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein. Stricken by a neurological disease, Ravel was unable to compose from 1934. He died in Paris on December 28, 1937, and is buried in the Levallois-Perret cemetery. The visual of the philatelic document features a photograph of Maurice Ravel in front of his piano. Above, a reproduction of Maurice Ravel's house in Montfort-L'Amaury. The date stamp features Maurice Ravel's monogram, which he affixed to his letters.

Legal information

Timbre-poste (héliogravure) : création Stéphane Manel et mise en page Aurélie Baras, d'après photographie (c) Boris Lipnitzi / Roger-Viollet et signature de Maurice Ravel. Document philatélique : création Stéphane Manel et mise en page Aurélie Baras, d'après photographie de Maurice Ravel (c) Boris Lipnitzi / Roger-Viollet et photographie de la maison de Maurice Ravel (c) Monsieur Manuel Cornejo. Timbre à date : création Aurélie Baras, d'après monogramme de Maurice Ravel (c) musée de Maurice Ravel. Texte : Monsieur Manuel Cornejo.

Information

Commercialisation start date

March 10, 2025

Commercialisation end date

March 31, 2026

Adherence type

None

Printing technique

Intaglio

Number per sheet

1

Permanent value

No

Face value

-

Philatelic charter family

(not applicable)

Official release date

March 10, 2025

Stamp format

210 x 297 mm

author

MANEL Stéphane

Product number

2125506