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Antonín Dvořák and Maurice Ravel were alive at the same time.

Antonín Dvořák was 34 years old when Maurice Ravel was born. They overlap by 29 years, which is one generation of the 63 years Antonín Dvořák spans.

The world between Antonín Dvořák and Maurice Ravel

1841–1937 one continuous scale
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Antonín Dvořáklived 1841 to 1904

Maurice Ravellived 1875 to 1937

Explained below1875 to 1904

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Antonín Dvořák

Czech composer (1841–1904). Lived 1841 to 1904.

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What happened while their lives overlapped?

Ravel grew from a newborn into a composer while Dvořák was still alive. One surviving Dvořák sketch can be dated only to 1876 or 1877; later milestones have exact year evidence.

1875 to 1904: 29 years. This is the stretch of time when both were alive.

This expands the highlighted stretch of the timeline above. Each event sits at its date: a dot is a known date, a diamond an approximate one, and a bar a range of possible years.

  1. An unfinished quartet sketch survives

    A one-page sketch preserves Dvořák’s unrealised idea for a string quartet in C major.

    Estimated date: 1876 to 1877. The surviving page is not fully dated, so the catalogue gives two possible years. It is 1 to 2 calendar years after the interval begins.

    Source: Academy of Classical Music, National Library of the Czech Republic

  2. Slavonic Dances is published

    Simrock publishes the first series for piano four hands. An orchestral version follows later that year.

    Source: Academy of Classical Music

  3. Ravel begins Conservatoire studies

    Ravel begins studying piano and harmony at the Paris Conservatoire.

    Source: Philharmonie de Paris

  4. The New World Symphony reaches its first audience

    The New York Philharmonic introduces Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony at Carnegie Hall, first at a public rehearsal and then in concert.

    Source: Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Hall

  5. Ravel completes Jeux d’eau

    Ravel finishes the piano piece Jeux d’eau. Its public premiere follows in 1902.

    Source: Philharmonie de Paris

Endpoint sources: Philharmonie de Paris; National Museum, Prague

What these are

Maurice Ravel

French composer (1875–1937)

Maurice Ravel was a conductor, a pianist and a composer who lived from 1875 to 1937, a span of 62 years. Recorded as a citizen of France. Known for Daphnis et Chloé, Boléro and Miroirs.

Photograph of Antonín Dvořák, bearded, in a jacket and a spotted bow tie

Antonín Dvořák

Czech composer (1841–1904)

Antonín Dvořák was a classical composer, an organist and a professor who lived from 1841 to 1904, a span of 63 years. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Bohemia and Cisleithania. Holder of the position of Member of the House of Lords (Austria). The fields of work on record are performing arts, music education and music composing. Known for Symphony No. 9, Stabat Mater and Saint Ludmila, Op. 71, B. 144.

Picture: Unknown photographer, 1882. Gallica / Bibliothèque nationale de France, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Image source and rights

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