Ravel

Maurice Ravel was a French composer of the early twentieth century, known for orchestral works like Boléro and Daphnis et Chloé.

His name appears in music discussions and concert programs: We're playing Ravel tonight. (Lowercase ravel means to tangle or untangle.)

composer

Debussy

French impressionist composer

Stravinsky · orchestration · Basque · French · modernist · Maurice · Spanish · ballet · dance · movement

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Opposites
textile/thread action

Ravelunravel

Separate intertwined strands

untangle · disentangle · unknot · unsnarl · smooth

complexity/entanglement (figurative)

Ravelunravel

Separate intertwined strands

clarify · simplify · untangle · disentangle · straighten out

musical composers (french/impressionist)

RavelWagner

German Romantic opera composer

Schoenberg · Brahms · Stravinsky · Beethoven · Bruckner

Phrases
Family

unravel, unraveled, unravels, raveled, raveling, unraveller

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