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The Boléro — Ravel’s orchestral ballet, created in 1928 for Ida Rubinstein
Two themes, each stated nine times with no variation but the orchestration, over a rhythm that never stops: commissioned by a dancer for a ballet, and its author’s most played work, which he held to be an orchestral experiment rather than music. (Editorial synthesis)
The Boléro was first performed in 1928. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Boléro was published in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded author of the Boléro: Maurice Ravel.
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