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Maurice Ravel - Bolero

published by my15minutes

4 months 2 weeks ago • 928 views

tags: ravel, classical, music, animation, evolution, progression, extinction, repeat

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haven't seen this since i was 15.
twenty years later, i'm reminded of it by a guy who really knows his opera:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Oh-What-a-World-Rufus-Wainwright-is-awesomely-over-the-top

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Bolero is all about sex.

written by HaricotVert

| 4 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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When I was x years old they played this at a movie theater before the feature. It really stuck with me for some reason and I didn't think I'd see it again. Thanks for the Sift!

written by Enzoblue | 4 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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"To the general public, Ravel is probably best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music."

great quote. from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

written by guessandcheck

| 4 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I can't hear this music without thinking of Bo Derek and Dudley Moore.

written by Trancecoach

| 4 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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>> ^HaricotVert:
> Bolero is all about sex.

what isn't?

>> ^Enzoblue:
> Thanks for the Sift!

cool! yw!

>> ^guessandcheck:
> great quote. from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

yeah.

i remember my dad telling me that Ravel had widely admitted that it was a rush job, and not his most imaginative work.
but hey. it's catchy.

>> ^Trancecoach:
> I can't hear this music without thinking of Bo Derek and Dudley Moore.

bless Blake Edwards' gin-soaked old heart.

written by my15minutes

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bolero was written to the rhythm of a windmill turning nearby.
written on his piano, so i assume he couldn't help but write it to that rhythm if the sound of it was penetrating the walls of the room where his piano was...

written by Johnald_Chaffinch