Boléro

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From '' Really Loud Noises ''
Label: Not On Label ‎– none
Format: CDr, Album
Country: US
Released: 2008

Tracklist
01. Devil in Witches' Hands
Bass Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Jim Henriques
Keyboards – David Graves
02. Bolero
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Keyboards – David Graves, Jim Henriques
Written-By – Maurice Ravel
03. Rim Forest
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Keyboards – David Graves
Keyboards, Bass [Synth] – Jim Henriques
04. Mountain Pass Blues
Bass Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Jim Henriques
Keyboards – David Graves
05. Chacooonne
Drums, Percussion – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Guitar, Keyboards – Jim Henriques
Keyboards – David Graves
Violin – Alisa Rose
06. Number Five
Bass Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Jim Henriques
Piano – David Graves
07. After Math
Bass Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Jim Henriques
Keyboards – David Graves
08. Jalapeno Swamp Gas
Bass [Synth] – David Graves
Drums – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Keyboards – Jim Henriques
09. Hard Break
Drums, Percussion – Rich Kallet
Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Keyboards, Bass [Synth] – David Graves
Keyboards, Drums, Percussion – Jim Henriques
10. Violet Sky/Karnival
Bass Guitar – Larry Jay Davis
Drums, Percussion – Rich Kallet
Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion – Jim Henriques
Keyboards – David Graves

Guitar, Keyboards – Jim Henriques
Guitar, Bass – Larry Jay Davis
Keyboards – David Graves
Drums, Percussion – Rich Kallet

Written-By – ScienceNV (tracks: 1, 3 to 10)

Recorded At – Fine Vermin (San Francisco)
Recorded At – Oakstone (Huntington Beach)

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

Boléro epitomises Ravel's preoccupation with restyling and reinventing dance movements. It was also one of the last pieces he composed before illness forced him into retirement. The two piano concertos and the Don Quichotte à Dulcinée song cycle were the only compositions that followed Boléro.

Composition

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."
This piece was initially called Fandango, but its title was soon changed to "Boléro".
According to Idries Shah the main melody is adapted from a tune composed for and used in Sufi training.

Premiere and early performances

The composition was a sensational success when it was 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. Ernest Ansermet had originally been engaged to conduct during the entire ballet season, but the musicians refused to play under him.

Boléro became Ravel's most famous composition, much to the surprise of the composer, who had predicted that most orchestras would refuse to play it.
It is usually played as a purely orchestral work, only rarely being staged as a ballet.
According to a possibly apocryphal story from the premiere performance, a woman was heard shouting that Ravel was mad. When told about this, Ravel is said to have remarked that she had understood the piece.

The piece was first published by the Parisian firm Durand in 1929. Arrangements of the piece were made for piano solo and piano duet (two people playing at one piano), and Ravel himself arranged a version for two pianos, published in 1930.

The first recording was made by Piero Coppola in Paris for The Gramophone Company on 8 January 1930. The recording session was attended by Ravel.
The following day, Ravel conducted the Lamoureux Orchestra in his own recording for Polydor.
That same year, further recordings were made by Serge Koussevitzky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Toscanini

Conductor Arturo Toscanini gave the American premiere of Boléro with the New York Philharmonic on 14 November 1929.
The performance was a great success, bringing "shouts and cheers from the audience" according to a New York Times review.

Song

Boléro

Performed by

(unknown)

Originally by

Orchestre des concerts Straram

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