Maurice Ravel - Bolero

Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel (1875--1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition.

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[Sena-iiel]

Bolero actually summarizes human life. Life is actually full of routines and repetitions. But if we can, we can color our monotonous lives by adding new sounds and breaths to them every new day, every new month. We can gradually improve the quality of our lives and make it amazing like Bolero.

[sopapoman]

This guy wrote a single motive, dragged it for 15 minutes and called it a day. Truly a genius.

[DKnight]

Fun fact: Boléro was going to be the title theme for the 1986 original NES classic video game: The Legend of Zelda, but the developers realized the composition had not yet entered the public domain, so series composer and legend Koji Kondo spent all night to rearrange the existing field theme into the now iconic title theme.

[FL]

0:00 Snare Ostinato Intro
0:10 A1 Flute Solo
0:56 A2 B-flat Clarinet Solo
1:42 B1 Bassoon Solo
2:29 B2 E-flat Clarinet Solo
3:16 A1 Oboe d'Amour Solo
4:03 A2 (muted) Trumpet Solo + Flute
4:50 B1 Tenor Saxophone Solo
5:37 B2 Soprano Saxophone Solo
6:25 A1 French Horn Solo + Piccolos and Celesta
7:11 A2 Oboe, Oboe a'Amour, English Horn, and Clarinets
7:58 B1 Tenor Trombone Solo
8:46 B2 Tenor Saxophone, English Horn, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes and Piccolo
9:34 A1 Violins, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes and Piccolo
10:20 A2 Violins, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo
11:07 B1 Violins/Violins+Violas, Trumpet/French Horn, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo
11:54 B2 Violins, Violas, Cellos, Trombone, Saxophones, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo
12:41 A Violins, Trumpets, Saxophones, Flutes, Piccolo
13:28 B Violins, Trumpets, Trombone, Saxophones, Flutes, and Piccolo

[lune]

I just watched a documentary on the Bolero and someone said that if Ravel was alive today, he'd be making techno music. The man basically invented loops.

[cafinario]

I don't care if Ravel hate it himself, I love it!!! It has the pace, the crescendo, and the exact duration I need to clean my fucking bathroom.

[dnllyxl]

My grandpa used to put on this song everytime I went to their place and I used to dance with my grandma in the kitchen to this, while she cooked. She passed away two days ago and she was the last of our grandparents to leave us. Oh, the joy to know someone loved you in such an unconditional way, uncomparable feeling. I am so lucky to have memories with all my grandparents. I will cherish them forever.

[romanbrasoveanu]

I cannot tell you how much I resent you for putting an ad in the middle of this piece. It defeats the whole point of listening

[antbeecatdog]

Can you imagine how difficult it had to be for the snare drummer? Never misses a beat ……………

[zookeethehunter]

Hello unknown person scrolling through the comments! You've got excellent taste in music!

[jayjaywatt]

This song was played for the funeral of my grandfather yesterday. He was born in 1927 and lived for 94 years. He loved this piece of music like many of you. Love you all :)

[TheMilitantHorse]

We played this in high school once, and everyone hated it. I honestly felt it was one of the best things I've actually played.

[tse]

i dunno why, but i can imagine ants in a line carrying sugar on their back while listening to this.

[philthydimes]

he wrote this piece as he was suffering frontal lobe dementia. he thought he was going mad, he couldnt move past the 8 bar loop, no matter how hard he tried. that is the reason the song over 36 bars adds instruments and increases in volume. he had no other way to make the song sound complete. during one of its famous performances, a lady started shouting "maurice you are mad". in which he replied, "you my dear are the only one who understands this music"

[rgkpiton]

This song is played in Vama Veche, Romania in every day of summer at Stuf beach around the time sun is rising.
This song marks the time to go home after a night full of joy and dance on the sand 😍
Imagine the silent moment, the song in the background and everybody watching the sun goes up little by little..
The sentiment is..wow!

[debdicarlo]

Mom loved this piece so we're having it played at her Celebration of Life. She played it all the time when we were kids. Rest in peace Mom. Miss you.

[matthewhopkins]

I was about 12 or 13 and our French classroom was next to the music room, one day part way through a French lesson a piece of music came on next door, this, the whole class including the teacher just stopped what they were doing and sat enthralled until it was over. We had never heard it before and did not know what it was but O M G we were transported to another dimension. As soon as it was over our teacher went next door to find out what it was, came back and wrote it on the blackboard. That was 60 years ago and ever time I hear it I'm back in that classroom trying to learn French.

[vancecalvin]

My Dad Loved this
I Miss You
God Bless You, Dad

[rubendiazrodriguez]

Start small, finish big. Never stop, change, evolve, come back, go forth and let the world see how incredible you can be.

[blackforest]

This was my father's favorite composition. He passed away one week ago, and I'm just reminiscing what great taste he had. An absolute masterpiece <3