Boléro

Also known as Bolero

thumb|right|Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, first part thumb|right|Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, 1930 12" shellac disc label

Key facts

Musical composition.name: Boléro
Musical composition.type: Orchestral music
Musical composition.composer: Maurice Ravel
Musical composition.image: Ida Rubinstein 1922c.jpg
Musical composition.image_upright: 1.1
Musical composition.caption: Ida Rubinstein, who commissioned Boléro, in 1922
Musical composition.client: Ida Rubinstein
Musical composition.scoring: orchestra
Musical composition.premiere_conductor: Walther Straram
Musical composition.premiere_location: Paris Opéra

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Image: Boléro de Ravel, Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux, 1935.jpg

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Commons category: Boléro
inception: 1928-01-01
publication date: 1929-01-01
name in kana: ボレロ
title: Boléro
opus number: 81
native label: Bolero

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Composition
Premiere and early performances
Toscanini
Early popularity
Music
Structure
Tempo and duration
Reception
In popular culture
Public domain
References
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thumb|right|Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, first part thumb|right|Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, 1930 12" shellac disc label

Boléro is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. It is one of Ravel's most famous compositions. It was also one of his last completed works before illness diminished his ability to write music.