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French composer (1875 - 1937), [[Small Reference Pools|best known for his Bolero]], despite his considering it a minor piece of work and joking that it had "no music in it".
He's a cornerstone in the Impressionist movement of music, along with his fellow composer, [[Claude Debussy]]. Though both of them never considered themselves as Impressionists, and were actually offended by the label. Nevertheless, his music is considered to contain very colourful tones and sounds, flows very freely, and is very atmospheric, like a piece of Impressionist painting. He also wrote other pieces that are considered best as Neo-Classical.<ref>Classical music which follow traditional structure, but has modern harmonic elements in it</ref>
Notable pieces include ''Jeux d'eau'', ''Pavane pour une infante défunte'', ''Le Tombeau de Couperin'',<ref>A neo-classical example</ref>
He was a fairly reticent individual, like his music. Interestingly known to have no (known) romantic or sexual relationships, much to the composer's chagrin and loneliness, although he was surrounded by a rather large circle of faithful friends and followers, who would later support his last 4 years when he was affected by a neurological illness that prevented him from playing or writing any other music. After a failed operation, he died after falling into a coma. His death was greatly and unanimously grieved in the artistic circle - a year after his death, the ''Revue Musicale'' published a special edition containing around a hundred articles paying homage to the late composer.
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