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For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy.

Maurice Ravel

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Maurice Ravel
Age: 62 †
Born: 1875
Born: March 7
Died: 1937
Died: December 28
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