Maurice Ravel's Creative Process

Orenstein, Arbie

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“…of neurasthenia,'' for which a one year rest cure in the country was prescribed. 25 During the war, Ravel lost the ability to compose and regained it only with effort by 1919, as is evident in another letter to Vaughan Williams in which he wrote…”

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“…..I was going to England next season, but I think it would be preferable to work, if I am still capable of it. 25 In addition to the trauma of war, Ravel lost his mother in 1917-a loss from which he did not recover. In the ensuing 16 years, he composed only 16 new works, which took longer to complete than in the past.…”

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“…There is evidence of a nervous breakdown before the war, as indicated by a 1912 letter to his pupil and friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams, in which he explained how the composition of Daphnis and Chloe left him “ in a pitiful state … of neurasthenia ,” for which a one year rest cure in the country was prescribed. 25 During the war, Ravel lost the ability to compose and regained it only with effort by 1919, as is evident in another letter to Vaughan Williams in which he wroteIt is now my morale that must be cared for, and I don’t know how to do it…….I was going to England next season, but I think it would be preferable to work, if I am still capable of it. 25 In addition to the trauma of war, Ravel lost his mother in 1917—a loss from which he did not recover.…”

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“…25 During the war, Ravel lost the ability to compose and regained it only with effort by 1919, as is evident in another letter to Vaughan Williams in which he wroteIt is now my morale that must be cared for, and I don’t know how to do it…….I was going to England next season, but I think it would be preferable to work, if I am still capable of it. 25 In addition to the trauma of war, Ravel lost his mother in 1917—a loss from which he did not recover. In the ensuing 16 years, he composed only 16 new works, which took longer to complete than in the past.…”

Section: The Lives and Careers Of Seven Composersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is now my morale that must be cared for, and I don’t know how to do it…….I was going to England next season, but I think it would be preferable to work, if I am still capable of it. 25…”

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The music of war: Seven World War 1 composers and their experience of combat

Davidson

2016

J Med Biogr

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The effect of World War 1 military service on composers has been neglected in comparison with poets and artists. This article describes the wartime service of Arthur Bliss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ivor Gurney, EJ Moeran, Gordon Jacob, Patrick Hadley, and Maurice Ravel. The relationship between experiences of combat and the psychological health of these men is examined, with consideration being given to predisposition and possible causative influences of military service on their later careers, examined from individual and societal perspectives.

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Section: Maurice Ravelmentioning

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