Ricardo Viñes (1876–1943) was a Spanish pianist famous because of debuting many works by Ravel and Debussy. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, and his famous 1922 orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. ... Claude Debussy Claude Achille Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918), composer of impressionistic classical music. ...

He was born in Lérida, Catalonia. He studied piano with Charles de Bériot at the Paris Conservatoire, and composition and harmony with Benjamin Godard and Albert Lavignac. He was influential with Ravel supplying him many readings and was a member of the group known as the Apaches. La Seu Vella, the Romanesque-Gothic old Cathedral of Lleida La Seu Vella Lleida (Catalan: Lleida, Spanish: Lérida) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Conservatoire de Paris, or Paris Conservatoire, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe. ... Benjamin Godard (Paris August 18, 1849 – January 10, 1895 at Cannes) was a French composer probably best known as a writer of salon music, much of which has become extremely popular. ... The Apaches (Les Apaches) was a group of French musicians, writers and artists which formed around 1900. ...

Viñes premiered works including Ravel's Menuet antique (1898), Jeux d'eau (1902), Pavane pour une infante défunte (1902), Miroirs (1906), and Gaspard de la nuit (1909). Menuet antique and the second movement of Miroirs, Oiseaux tristes (Sad birds), were dedicated to Viñes. Ravel felt it was fun to dedicate such an unpianistic work to a pianist, and he was just as critical of Viñes' playing as he was of anyone who had played his works despite their friendship. Viñes, being effeminate, and both he and Ravel being eternal bachelors, lead many to suspect that there was more to their friendship, although Viñes's ten year diary of their times together makes no confirmation or denial of this. Miroirs (Mirrors) is a solo piano work by Maurice Ravel written from 1904–1905. ... Gaspard de la nuit: Trois Poemes pour Piano dapres Aloysius Bertrand is a piece for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. ...

Viñes became known for presenting new music especially of French and Spanish origin although he had debuted Russian works as well. He premiered works by such composers as Erik Satie, Manuel de Falla, Déodat de Séverac and Isaac Albéniz. Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925 in Paris) was a French composer, performing pianist and publicist. ... Manuel de Falla y Matheu (November 23, 1876 – November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. ... Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz ( May 29, 1860 – May 19, 1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer, best known for his piano works that are based on Spanish folk music. ...

As a composer, the best known of his works are the Two Hommages, for Séverac and Satie. He was also published writing about Spanish music in Spanish and French publications. Viñes died in Barcelona in 1943. For many people, Spanish music is virtually synonymous with flamenco, an Andalucian-Gitano form of music. ...