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Related: About this forumBolero - By Ravel - London Symphony Orchestra 🎻
Conductor, Valery Gergiev. Bolero is a one- movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubenstein. The piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition.
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- Boléro is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. It is one of Ravel's most famous compositions. It was also one of his last completed works before illness diminished his ability to write music. The work's creation was set in motion by a commission from the dancer Ida Rubinstein, who asked Ravel for an orchestral transcription of 6 pieces from Isaac Albéniz's set of piano pieces, Iberia.
While working on the transcription, Ravel was informed that Spanish conductor Enrique Fernández Arbós had already orchestrated the movements, and that copyright law prevented any other arrangement from being made. When Arbós heard of this, he said he would happily waive his rights and allow Ravel to orchestrate the pieces.
But Ravel decided to orchestrate one of his own works instead, then changed his mind and decided to compose a completely new piece based on the bolero, a Spanish dance musical form. ⚘
While on vacation at St Jean-de-Luz, Ravel went to the piano and played a melody with one finger to his friend Gustave Samazeuilh, saying, "Don't you think this theme has an insistent quality? I'm going to try and repeat it a number of times without any development, gradually increasing the orchestra as best I can." Idries Shah wrote that the main theme is adapted from a melody composed for and used in Sufi training.
The composition was a sensational success when it premiered at the Paris Opéra on 22 November 1928, with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska and designs and scenario by Alexandre Benois. The orchestra of the Opéra was conducted by Walther Straram. Originally, Ernest Ansermet had been engaged to conduct the entire ballet season, but the musicians refused to play under him. A scenario by Rubinstein and Nijinska was printed in the program for the premiere:... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro
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Bolero - By Ravel - London Symphony Orchestra 🎻 (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jan 2024
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3825-87867
(851 posts)1. Banned in Florida?
too sexy?
appalachiablue
(41,145 posts)2. Could be, but for real? Maybe too classy, complex
for some folks. I can't see Gov. White Boots as Valentino.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)3. WONDERFUL POST.....
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ONE STUART G.
appalachiablue
(41,145 posts)4. My pleasure Stuart G. Beautiful music like this
is a real lift, esp. in strange times I find.
303squadron
(545 posts)5. Some folks think Ravel's Bolero is really hot
But actually it's quite Phrygian!
Sorry, old music school joke.
appalachiablue
(41,145 posts)6. Shucks, I like it but why dont you post something
really fine, classical or whatever suits your expert taste. Not so, um.. exotic, gypsy, eastern, or 'hot.'
303squadron
(545 posts)11. Challenge accepted
Not hot! Check
Not eastern! Check
Not exotic or erotic! Check
And definitely not modal! Check
https://m.
BTW, I am NOT an "expert" in classical music. I am an expert in punnery as in, "What's your girlfriend 's name?" Deb you say?
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)7. GREAT POST. .....WONDERFUL MUSIC....(sorry, I had to say it twice
Last edited Thu Jan 18, 2024, 12:22 AM - Edit history (1)
appalachiablue
(41,145 posts)10. No problem et merci!
marble falls
(57,104 posts)8. Well worth playing loud.
appalachiablue
(41,145 posts)9. Absolutely, loud works for this masterpiece