Ballets of Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel, as composer and scenario writer, collaborated with some of the greatest ballet directors, choreographers, designers and dancers of his time, including Diaghilev, Ida Rubinstein, Benois and Nijinsky. In this book, the first study dedicated to Ravel''s ballets, Deborah Mawer explores these relationships and argues that ballet music should not be regarded in isolation from its associat...