Ravel's La Valse is a kind of "conceptual art" piece of music that plots the birth, life and death of a dance-form. But did the intervention of World War 1 affect it's ending?

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Research:

George Benjamin on La Valse:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/i241890

https://borisgiltburg.com/CMFA/ravels...

Glyn Maxwell: On Poetry:
https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Oberon-...


Music

Ravel: La Valse
   • Video  

Ravel: Bolero
   • Ravel: Boléro  – BBC Proms 2014  

Tchaikovksy Waltz from Sleeping Beauty:
   • Tchaikovsky, Waltz from Sleeping Beauty  

Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut Waltz
   • Johann Strauss - Wiener Blut, Waltz (...  

Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz
   • Video  

Die Fledermaus Overture:
   • Johann Strauss - Overture "Die Fleder...  

Ravel : Menuet Antique
   • M. Ravel, Menuet Antique. Orquesta Si...  

Landler:
   • Tanzgeiger  beim Dornbacher Pfarrheur...  

Walzer:
   • Lieserl Walzer mit der Strasser Harmo...  

Also check out Yuja Wang's amazing performance of the piano version:
   • Yuja Wang plays Ravel : La Valse [HD]  

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
   • Elgar - Introduction and Allegro - A ...