a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.
1. The remaining Impressionist composer was Ravel. a. His music was more popular than Debussy’s, eventually, thanks to the Bolero (1928). 2. Ravel’s music is particularly colorful and sensual.