Ravel
To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
To fall into perplexity and confusion.
To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
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Ravel Quotations
And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
Buddy Rich
I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.
Maurice Ravel
My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
Madeleine Peyroux
Ravel Translations
ravel in Swedish is riva
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