The Resume

(March 7, 1875-December 28, 1937)
Best known for his orchestral work ‘Bolèro (1928)’
Wrote ‘Sheherezade (1903),’ ‘Valses nobles et sentimentales (1912)’ ‘Daphnis and Chloe (1912)’ and ‘Le Tombeau de Couperin (1919)’
Wrote in an ‘Impressionistic’ style

Why he might be annoying:

He was a mama’s boy.
He was short.
He was a drunken rabble-rouser as a student.
When he didn’t win a music prize at college, he dropped out.
He had sex with many prostitutes.

Why he might not be annoying:

He could laugh at himself.
He didn’t think American composers should simply imitate European ones.
When George Gershwin said he wanted to study with him, Ravel said: ‘Why should you be a second-rate Ravel when you can be a first-rate Gershwin?’
He liked jazz and folk music.
He survived a car crash that caused severe brain damage.
He had experimental surgery to correct it, but the operation failed.
Duke Ellington was a big fan.
His ‘Bolèro’ inspired a sexy movie with Bo Derek.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 4727)
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 23)
• College Drop Outs
• Film Composers
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Died in 1937 (Ranked: 62)
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Have Skin Cancer [Melanoma]
• Jazz Artists
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Male
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1992)
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Pretty Boys
• Profiles 15001-15250 (Ranked: 15087)
• Whores and Johns
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]
• World War I Ambulance Drivers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 68 Votes: 42.65% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 78 Votes: 64.10% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 101 Votes: 55.45% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 39 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 50 Votes: 46.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 95 Votes: 58.95% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 138 Votes: 51.45% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 135 Votes: 51.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 126 Votes: 46.83% Annoying