MAURICE RAVEL’S “Boléro” is a strange piece of music, consisting of two melodies repeated nine times each. Originally the score to a ballet, it is catchy and keeps running in the listener’s head long ...

When the Sarasota Orchestra performs Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” at its next Masterworks concert, principal percussionist Marcelina Suchocka will be getting herself into a zone. For nearly 15 straight ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents perennial favorite Ravel’s Boléro ...

Pvt. Ravel's Bolero, is a "filmic poem" and historical documentary about Maurice Ravel and his "Bolero" in WWI, years before he had composed it. Including facts and info about Ravel and WWI, it is ...

This Grade A music geek has written lyrics for the double bass part of Ravel’s Boléro – and they’re completely perfect. Poor double bassists: they get the rough end of the deal in Ravel’s orchestral ...

A French court ruled Friday that "Bolero", one of the world's best-known classical music pieces, was written by Maurice Ravel alone, a financial blow both to his descendants and those of the man they ...

Ravel’s Bolero was written by the composer in 1928. Yet, the piece gained new attention when it was prominently featured in the 1979 romantic comedy, “10” costarring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. We ...

Ravel's Bolero is music he was proud of, even though he called it "a piece for orchestra without music." Georges Pretre leads the North German Radio Symphony in concert in Hamburg, Germany.

As spring ends and summer begins, it is quite possible that love is in the air. If you’ve ever visited The San Diego Zoo at this time of year then you know that of which I speak. If you’ve not seen ...

In 1920, that’s how French composer Maurice Ravel described the ballet he hoped would be performed based on his new symphonic work titled “La valse poème chorégraphique” (choreographic or symphonic ...

Eight years ago, at a Philharmonic-Symphony concert in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, Arturo Toscanini introduced to the U. S. an unpretentious composition by a celebrated French composer. The piece was ...