Boléro (Ravel, Maurice)
| Title | Boléro |
| Alternative title | Bolero |
| Creators | Maurice Ravel, composer |
| Opus | M.81 |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | C major |
| Composed | 1928 |
| First published | 1929 |
| Dedication | Ida Rubinstein |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Boleros |
| Period | Early 20th century |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | mixed chorus and piano | Colette Mourey |
| View | Complete | 4 pianos | Jacques Drillon |
| View | Complete | — | Colette Mourey |
| View | Complete | voice and piano | Colette Mourey |
| View | Complete | 2 pianos | — |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | — |
| View | Complete | piano | Lucien Garban |
| View | Complete | guitar | Colette Mourey |
| View | Complete | violin | — |
| View | Selections | violin, double bass and piano | Teo Vincent IV |
| View | Selections | violin and viola | Armin Behr |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Philadelphia Orchestra (orchestra) | Eugene Ormandy, conductor | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Orchestre national de France (orchestra) | Constantin Silvestri, conductor | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) | Walter Goehr, conductor | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Detroit Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) | Paul Paray, conductor | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Synthesized | — | Teo Vincent IV, performer | For Violin, Double Bass and Piano (Vincent IV) | Synthesized recording |
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