\n\tBurnett James describes how in the 1920s Ravel was\n<\/p>\n
\n\tpreoccupied with decorating "Le Belvédère" [his house] and in laying out the garden with many small exotic plants and miniature Japanese trees. To see that house and garden today is to experience a feeling of direct contact with Ravel. He deliberately made it an accurate reflection of himself, a tangible extension of his personality and character. To see it and absorb its atmosphere is to come closer to understanding what he meant when he retorted, on hearing a repetition of the charge that his music was "artificial": "Has it never occurred to them that I may be artificial by nature?"\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\tJames, Burnett (1983) Ravel: His Live and Times<\/i>. Kent: Midas Books, p.92-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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