Karl Miller wrote: >Ed Potter wrote: > >>Ravel - impressionist, post-impressionist, colourist or neo-classicist? >> >>I would be interested in your thoughts on this topic, whatever they may be. > >Impressionistic neo-classicist. > >[He, I was going to say that. Or perhaps neoclassical impressionist. >I'm not sure. -Dave] Does that mean Ravel gave the impression of being a neoclassicist, or that he DID impressions of neoclassicists? Actually, I would say that Ravel was a moderate eclectic (Unlike Bernstein, for example, who I would call a flamboyant eclectic). He used a variety of compositional styles as tools. The problem is, it makes him impossible to classify. I suppose you could call him a post- neoclassical-romantic-colorimpressionist, but that would be silly. Bob Lyman http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/7610/ http://www.artists-in-residence.com/users/radiance/