Bolero actually summarizes human life. Life is actually full of routines and repetitions. But if we can, we can color our monotonous lives by adding new sounds and breaths to them every new day, every new month. We can gradually improve the quality of our lives and make it amazing like Bolero.
at the time of bolero writing this song he was suffering from an illness which killed him as the spindle neurones in his brain unravelled and the illness caused him to heavily focus on repetition especially in the later stages of the disease. the song was a commission from a Russian dancer who i think was in a circus haven’t looked at the article for a year though, so unsure.
@@coreyfinn2554 Actually, I don't know much about Ravel's life. I just discovered the song and that's how it made me feel. But now I'd like to investigate what you said. I'll read articles and news about it. Thank you for giving me this information. (I wrote using the translation hope there is no mistake :)
Fun fact: Boléro was going to be the title theme for the 1986 original NES classic video game: The Legend of Zelda, but the developers realized the composition had not yet entered the public domain, so series composer and legend Koji Kondo spent all night to rearrange the existing field theme into the now iconic title theme.
@Vengaboys ELLINGTON Why do you lie about dumb shit to strangers? Go accomplish something. I mean that sincerely. Go accomplish one thing that can be part of a chain of accomplishments. Cook scrambled eggs, then move up to an omelette. Accomplishments, big or small, all build self-esteem and soon you won't want to impress anyone but by actions. I believe in you.
0:00 Snare Ostinato Intro 0:10 A1 Flute Solo 0:56 A2 B-flat Clarinet Solo 1:42 B1 Bassoon Solo 2:29 B2 E-flat Clarinet Solo 3:16 A1 Oboe d'Amour Solo 4:03 A2 (muted) Trumpet Solo + Flute 4:50 B1 Tenor Saxophone Solo 5:37 B2 Soprano Saxophone Solo 6:25 A1 French Horn Solo + Piccolos and Celesta 7:11 A2 Oboe, Oboe a'Amour, English Horn, and Clarinets 7:58 B1 Tenor Trombone Solo 8:46 B2 Tenor Saxophone, English Horn, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes and Piccolo 9:34 A1 Violins, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes and Piccolo 10:20 A2 Violins, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo 11:07 B1 Violins/Violins+Violas, Trumpet/French Horn, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo 11:54 B2 Violins, Violas, Cellos, Trombone, Saxophones, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo 12:41 A Violins, Trumpets, Saxophones, Flutes, Piccolo 13:28 B Violins, Trumpets, Trombone, Saxophones, Flutes, and Piccolo
My grandpa used to put on this song everytime I went to their place and I used to dance with my grandma in the kitchen to this, while she cooked. She passed away two days ago and she was the last of our grandparents to leave us. Oh, the joy to know someone loved you in such an unconditional way, uncomparable feeling. I am so lucky to have memories with all my grandparents. I will cherish them forever.
@@LeFrez yes they do. You can choose precisely where to put the ads. In fact, there is an option in the studio to deactivate ads mid-roll. As creators on RUclips, we speak from experience.
I used to percussion in a youth orchestra and we set the beat right after the conductor and you had to time things PERFECTLY. I still get goosebumps thinking back to being on the large drums and the large crescendo at the end was the part you always waited for! Nothing but respect to the drummer in this piece, the dude has both the most low-key but also important part in the whole song.
@@haziqiman1317 I remember one piece I did in a youth orchestra involved me playing a washboard as a "steam train" and let me just say that at the end of that song my arm literally felt like it was going to fall off, and we had practiced for weeks leading up to the concert. It was gnarly!
This is because he was slowly going insane. He couldn't think of anything else other than this melody, literally, he couldn't think of anything else. Sometimes insanity makes the greatest Art.
This song is played in Vama Veche, Romania in every day of summer at Stuf beach around the time sun is rising. This song marks the time to go home after a night full of joy and dance on the sand 😍 Imagine the silent moment, the song in the background and everybody watching the sun goes up little by little.. The sentiment is..wow!
The thing I like the most about this song isn’t the repetition. It’s the fact that every musician gets their moment of glory. Nobody is left behind. Who was this performed by?
This masterpiece make my little daughter fall asleep. Once you'll grow up and you'll read this comment, my lovely daughter, just remember your father and your grandma, who first played Bolero to make you fall asleep. Hope, when this day will come, we will be all there to enjoy ❤️
My son fell asleep listening to this when he was 3 he is now 54 and still listens to it..he was mesmerized by it when he was young..he said it was camels crossing the desert
This song was played for the funeral of my grandfather yesterday. He was born in 1927 and lived for 94 years. He loved this piece of music like many of you. Love you all :)
@@RaulMeatFactory1975 somebody talks about how their grandfather just died, and you choose to pick on something so inconsequential to the overall message. People like you are actively causing the death of classical music. You are making it such a hostile and snarky place.
@TheMilitantHorse, I sense we are kindred spirits. Re high schoolers hating playing it--I remind myself that children should be seen, but not heard. The internet has forgotten this ancient wisdom and in its case, existential truth. Subadults, present company excepted, have no real clue what they like or is good until they mature. Paz y salud.
Sorry to hear that, but I'm glad you enjoyed playing it. I think some people dislike it because of the repetition, but I completely disagree. This is my favorite music piece of all time. Hope you get to play it again in the future.
Im a painter and I typically work at night when there are no more sounds of everyday life. My routine is getting my paint brushes, oils, cigarettes and put on Bolero on repeat. My mind usually starts to wonder off into the night creating stories of living a different time all while this piece is playing in the background. I literally venture off into the unknown and its all because of this piece.
The smokes are going to kill you. Make a plan to live without them. Too many of my family and associates have had their lives destroyed and finally ended by them.
I am so sorry you have lost your father, but every time you hear Bolero you will be able to share that masterpiece in memories! It is our favorite too.
I can't believe I listened to this for 15 minutes. SERIOUSLY, EACH SECOND JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. I SALUTE RAVEL FOR MAKING SUCH A WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE
You know Ravel listened to this in his head for months... years... Not once every few days, this is what he heard in his head almost all day every day from around the first time it came to him, until the day his brain finally died.
I was about 12 or 13 and our French classroom was next to the music room, one day part way through a French lesson a piece of music came on next door, this, the whole class including the teacher just stopped what they were doing and sat enthralled until it was over. We had never heard it before and did not know what it was but O M G we were transported to another dimension. As soon as it was over our teacher went next door to find out what it was, came back and wrote it on the blackboard. That was 60 years ago and ever time I hear it I'm back in that classroom trying to learn French.
I just watched a documentary on the Bolero and someone said that if Ravel was alive today, he'd be making techno music. The man basically invented loops.
Look into Bach and his the meaning of Cannons and Fugues and you’ll see the concept of loops was pioneered much earlier. Although I much prefer Ravel :)
What I love is that Bolero isn't really a musical piece, it is more of a hypnotic demonstration. It's delightfully simple in structure, predominantly set in the C major key save for the finale, and no dramatic change in tempo or rhythm, yet it's a mishmash of instruments that would be an absolute nightmare to put together. Yet if it's done right, you can point out each instrument clearly. It really drives home how each instrument not only has a distinct voice, but a meaning. Nothing here is undervalued, they play to their strengths. From as soft as the celesta twinkling alongside the piccolo, to the jazzy and loud trombone melody solo, Ravel demonstrated that he completely understood and appreciated his instruments, and thus, he was a true master. Oh, it's also nice to listen to.
I remember when I was 5-6 years old ( now I'm 22 ) my grandpa had a collection of classical music in cd format and Bolero appeared in one of those , I had a strong attraction to this one first time I heard it , every time we went out in the car I always asked him to put this theme and my grandpa always talking to me about this kind of music and history (I can barely remember those conversations , but he did) , very wise man my grandpa , very good memories from childhood , he is still alive and we still talk about music , history , painters and a lot more with the only difference that I'm able now to have some drinks , and a good wine is always there in our conversations , very glad to have that man by my side.
@Alexandru Popa In my opinion, you can look at in several ways, but from mine you look at it as a nice journey (and obviously it is mental journey) that could lead to the paroxism of life... Success, Ejaculation, or Death... It doesn't really matter as long as everyone can feei something with it
My uncle had the old glass 78's I believe they were called. I was 10 yo in 1968 when he used to play it for us all. Uncle Bob left this world a long time ago, but here I am listening at 66yo. And still mesmerized🌅.
I associate this musical masterpiece with this time of year. LOVE to listen to it while watching the leaves turn colors right through Thanksgiving (USA) especially. Ain't that weird ?
he wrote this piece as he was suffering frontal lobe dementia. he thought he was going mad, he couldnt move past the 8 bar loop, no matter how hard he tried. that is the reason the song over 36 bars adds instruments and increases in volume. he had no other way to make the song sound complete. during one of its famous performances, a lady started shouting "maurice you are mad". in which he replied, "you my dear are the only one who understands this music"
Ravel did suffer from neurodegeneration, but the symptoms appeared clearly around 1933. The bolero was composed in 1927 as an exercice, built on an ostinato. The piece became famous despite the fact that he considered it a simple experimentation, but in any case his mind was totally sane when he composed it.
Bolero started out as a ballet score commissioned by dancer Ida Rubinstein. Her troupe danced the composition's first performance at the Paris Opera in 1928. It was an instant hit. Ravel, whose roots were in the Basque country on the French-Spanish border, originally called the piece Fandango. As romantic as it may seem, Ravel said the pulsing, rhythmic composition was inspired by one of the factories he had visited with his father, who was an engineer. He keeps adding instruments, keeps changing the orchestration. But he doesn't change the tune, harmony, or the rhythm. Nothing changes except the orchestration and the volume. Yet although Ravel considered Bolero one of his least important works, it has always been his most popular.
I first heard this as a 7 year old on a wind up gramaphone ! now at 70 i still listen to this inspiring music, albeit on far better equipment, times do change but fortunately Bolero does not !
I first heard this as a nine year old, with my Grandfather and my Mom, and then in 84 when Torvill and Dean danced to it in Serbia a year later, I'll be 50 in July, it always brought tears to my Mom's eyes, now it does the same for me...
This is actually my perfect piece for studying. It's something exciting for the background that motivates me and at the same time there isn't a much going on with the melody so i can concentrate. Beautiful.
I like it for quiet work bit only for the first few minutes, once the build up...builds up, it's no longer background music for me. Glad to see someone enjoys it that way too. :)
Same actually. I can lose myself to the rhythm and through that, focus on what's in front of me and what I need to do. As if it's orderly formatting my thoughts with each beat. I love this song.
После прослушивание этой музыки хочется совершать поступки, и достигать вершин. Это произведение очень подходит духу приключений и преодолению всех препятствий!
You haven't lived until you've rode a spinning bike to this. An old instructor of mine often used this as the final track of the class and turned off the lights. The build to the end combined with the gradual increase of resistance on the bike and someone shouting at you to haul ass to the imaginary finish line is utterly perfect.
14 minutes and 49 seconds of pure heaven. I remember listening to this in year 5 in class (10 years old) and it's stuck with me ever since. I'm 38 now and still love it. Work of art ✨️
I went here bc my teacher said that we need to listen to Bolero for homework. If I didn't listen to her I think I would never hear how amazing this actually is!
I remember that my parents took my sister and me to classical concerts several times. And I remember one of them had Bolero in it. We were sitting all the way at the front, near the actual orchestra. I must have been something like 10 or 12 or so. It was magnificent. But what I most remember is the sheer pressure that the orchestra produced as the number progresses. A physical feeling you can feel running through your body as it reaches it's crescendo. I will never forget that memory.
A fun bit of trivia: This song was originally supposed to be the title theme for the original Legend of Zelda! However, Koji Kondo-the composer of The Legend of Zelda's music- discovered that the song was not yet public domain. He instead was forced to create the one we know and love, and did it in less then a single day. Honestly, Though i prefer the one we got, it would have interesting to hear this played on an nes!
@@Kman1523 actually the copyright is different in Japan, and it went to the public domain only about a month after the game was released. They just couldn't delay the game as it was a launch title.
My POV : 24 years old, unemployed, bearing the pressure from family, sad, stressed, disappointed and feeling low, finding my solace in this beautiful progressive classical music masterpiece making me forget of all the negative feelings in life, giving me a positive perspective to life. Thank you Maurice Ravel for this. I needed this. this tune. It's beautiful. ❤️
You will be fine, Whole life ahead of you. Been there at that age, Now double that age and there again! But this time I saved for a rainy day, My advice is once you get back up put a little money away each week, So that if it happens again you will be ok. ;)
Eu também admiro muito. Ouvi pela primeira vez, aos 7 anos levada por meu falecido pai,um sargento da PMMG. A Orquestra sinfônica da PMMG, a executou. Nunca a esqueci.
French composer and pianist, one of the representives of impressionism.Although most of his works are songs and piano works, his most famous are his orchestral works, especially the Bolèro.One of the best composers of all time to me...
My first encounter with this song was when I was a kid watching Digimon. I remember asking my mom what was that music because for me watching two big monsters fighting with the song in the background was magnificent. Such a beautiful song. Makes me cry everytime and me after 18 years, my internal kid still remembers the two monsters fighting each other. What bad and good is, what life is...
yep i only discoverd that this is a real song after i watched a review of digimon adventure last evolution before that i thought it was a original digimon soundtrack haha but i loving it if i hear it i always think about digimon and my childhood
on it's first performance, it is said that half the audience left before the movement had reached its mid point. Those who stayed dug their fingers into their hands to the point that they started to draw blood. At the modulation (14:09), some are said to have fainted. This piece was ahead of its time by 50 years or more. Its trance structure has inspired producers of contemporary music from minimal Jazz to psytrance. It's been emulated in film scores to for dramatic suspense. I've known about it for 50 years and it still brings tears to my eyes,
To me, this music sends me a clear message. In our rather repetitive lives which make us feel like going around in circles, still there is definite development day by day as we keep on going, and in the end, triumph. So we shall not give up.
At 57 yrs. I think about my father in the living room sitting in the recliner in the den and me sitting next to him and feeling awesome. We heard this on the family lp player before wifi cable and mobile phones. My mom sitting by his side as well. I will never forget. We had it good life is still awesome
My husband was a fantastic music buff. He described this masterpiece as the March of the Romans marching to war. I’ve always pictured it so. Dramatic,soulful and the ecstasy of the heart.
When I was living in Dallas, TX many years ago, I remember this piece being frequently played on the classical music station WRR 101.1 FM. Every time it was played I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by the genius of this composition, especially with its use of different instruments to intensify the cadence as it progressed. Truly a masterpiece. Merci Maestro Pavel and thank you WRR.
I played this in orchestra in college, I was a pianist so they gave me the part of the celesta (keyboard that does the harry potter theme that you barely hear at 6:24 ) you literally have 1 page of music that's it, it lasts 40 seconds and you have to sit there doing nothing the rest of the time. Damn you Maurice Still worth it though to be a part of that
As a drummer, 'yes'...the snare is the nuts n' bolts of this wonderful piece. But a ton of credit has to go to each and every instrument mirroring the triplets - note for note - for much of the second half. Powerful. Momentum set to music.
imo the whole piece is as glorious as it is dehumanizing. from the snare to every instruments that follow after it. I can just imagine the mental anxiety and fatigue of the snare for setting the rhythm. Then the anxiety of everyone else that has to get into that rhythm at specific time and note. Because this whole piece is rigid like a battalion of soldiers, you just can't mess it up.
As a drummer this is the song we could say that we all marched to the beat of the same drum. The most difficult part was for the wind instruments to play the very same triplets note for note(as mentioned in an earlier comment). It is saddening that the classics are lost to these past couple generations because I really think they helped keep creativity alive, and they killed boredom, and made Bugs Bunny or Tom and Jerry look good💖🙏😇😻🎶💖
This masterpiece is in my heart since my 8 years old(I'm 39 and 11 months now) ,when my dad put his vinyl for me. I feel peace, happiness, and melancholy at the same time everytime I'm listening to it. This is what the power of music is...
Boléro is a form of dance and music that originated in 18th-century Spain, first developed as the dance. Bolero is intended to be a slow, danceable love song, given that romantic love is the main theme of bolero music.
This music is hypnotic (probably from the repetitiveness) and beautiful. Makes you want to move to it in a fluid way like the ocean or flag in the breeze. One of my favorites.
I love the slow build up of intensity with the methodical drumming keeping the pace. Makes me envision a wintry landscape melting away and yielding to spring. Rivulets begin to turn into streams, flowers open to greet the sun, animals come out of their burros. Life and color return to the monochromatic landscape.
In his book, "This Is Your Brain on Music," Daniel Levitin (in a section discussing how the brain's music system functions at least somewhat separately from its language system) says, "When portions of his left cortex deteriorated, the composer Ravel selectively lost his sense of pitch while retaining his sense of timbre, a deficit that inspired his writing of 'Bolero,' a piece that emphasizes variations in timbre" (p. 127).
In 1980, on the 80th birthday of legendary conductor Eugene Ormandy,on the 80th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra I sat first row center balcony at the legendary Bridges Auditorium in Clairmont, California and saw this wonderful composition performed to the utmost perfection...memory stays embedded in my heart and soul to this day.
As a kid I had special lessons at school in order to appreciate classical music more. This was the last piece of music I heard in those lessons and I've loved it ever since.
My grandfather was a math teacher. He passed away on january 10th 2023. Whenever I played piano he just said for me to stop because his head hurt. afte he passed away I asked my mom what his favourite piano piece was. And she told this one is. Rest in piece.
I remember hearing this when I was a kid watching Digimon I remember Tai being in some boat spinning in circles and this ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE played...back in 1999, I was 6. It never left my mind...I found it a few years back. It has such a peculiar rhythm and melody I just knew I wanted more. It would play in my mind over the years...until I decided to try and find it....magical.
I always associated this song with Japan, and I didn't understand why. And now that you mention it, it was because it sounded in Digimon. Love it, those times were precious.
*this was originally going to be the theme for the legend of Zelda. But due to the copyright not being released till a month after their launch date. They had to over night change it to the Zelda tune we know and love today! Source: Zelda encyclopedia (archives page 221)*
No, Bolero was going to be on the title screen when you first turn the game on. The Zelda main theme was already composed and a slower version of the overworld music was arranged in 1 day to replace Bolero.
First time listening to this masterpiece, it's brilliant. I don't know what part affected my listening experience more: The ad in the middle or the quite impulsive, anti climactic ending.
@@jibbajabba4712 Not everyone is rich or has a computer with AdBlock. Some of us have Android phones with only fake AdBlock apps available in the Play Store... ರ╭╮ರ
I first heard Ravel's Bolero when I was 14. I was mesmerized and still get goosebumps when I hear it! What a magnificent composer! Thank you for giving me your gift to cherish.
I believe I was twelve, or almost twelve, when I first heard it in a music lesson. Needless to say, I took the CD and played it on my DVD player many nights to fall asleep 😅 After a while the loud ending didn't even disturb my rest 😂
Очень качественное оркестровое исполнение! Хотелось бы увидеть в танце, этот шедевр! Услада для ушей и глаз, восторг и всплеск эмоций! Музыка, слышна издалека, нарастает, как океаническая волна, накрывая своим обширным покрывалом всё вокруг и втягивает в водоворот, разжигая эмоции и чувства!!! До полного аппогея и кажется ей не будет конца...... Ритм, ритм, ритм, ритм!!!...... Вауууу!!! 👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗 На разрыв!!! До полного растворения!
This is my favorite piece of all time. I'm a manager, and I included this track on the store hours playlist (which is mostly pop it whatever everyone listens to) haha Some of my staff didn't realize they were subconsciously falling in love with this piece until they realized they would hum it on their own ahaha
nice work! Its always dissapointing that masterpieces like this are not very well known outside the classical world. Play more classical music and more people will enjoy it?
Thank you mom for bringing me up with Colonel Tom Parker and the New London Orchestra. I love classical music now and this is one of my favourite classical pieces, together with Debussy's Claire de Lune. Give them a high five up there..
Since I was a kid I always pictured an army in my mind. Not some particular army, a phantasy army rather. A rider in armor rocking back and forth in his sadle in unison with the music. Then the camera gradually pans out the louder the music gets and we see more and more of the army riding towards him and finally reaching a city that they will besiege. (I loved Excalibur and Conan the barbarian, also Homerus inspired movies)
I am all speechless by this beautiful music. I have been sitting here on my computer for 5 hours just listening. I do not get tired. I just wish I could play those instruments the same way. I know I am dreaming. I like dreaming.
Sin duda el Bolero de Ravel será una de las piezas maestras obligatorias en la música. Su crecendo mientras repite adicionando instrumentos es el adorno estético que compone haciendo brecha en el caos.
Quand Maurice Ravel a composé ce morceau de musique il ne s'imaginait probablement pas que des années après on se souviendrait toujours de lui et que son œuvre serait encore jouée très souvent partout dans le monde.
Grave , quand j etais gamin je regardais " il etait une fois l homme " . Les producteurs ont choisit La Toccata de J.S. Bach comme musique du generique et l ont mis dans les oreilles de toute une generation d enfants , ca tient du genie ^^
My dad introduced us to this piece when we were young as well. He procured a vinyl 78 while he was in the Army Air Corp in early 1940 over in North Africa. He used to play it on his Victrola for his buddies. One day, while this song was playing, a guy Dad had never seen before came dancing into his room (my dad was a 2nd Lieutenant, so he had his own room). The guy had a knife in his teeth and danced all around my dad's room, then left. My dad never saw him again!
Reading the stories of people who's parent, grandparents, etc , warms my heart. My elderly father was walking through the room the other day and just said "Bolero." In that moment, we found something else in common, and I'll be forever grateful for that.
C'est une merveille de chef d'oeuvre, qui va en crescendo. Je l'écoute sans m'en lasser. J'adore la precision des notes de chaQue instrument. Sublime. Merci MR RAVEL. RIP
Ravel on Bolero: "It constitutes an experiment in a very special and limited direction, and should not be suspected of aiming at achieving anything different from, or anything more than, it actually does achieve. Before its first performance, I issued a warning to the effect that what I had written was a piece lasting seventeen minutes and consisting wholly of "orchestral tissue without music" - of one very long, gradual crescendo. There are no contrasts, and practically no invention except the plan and the manner of execution."
This song always takes me back to my childhood. Sitting in the den of my grandparent's house on Christmas day, my most treasured toy gripped firmly in hand as the adults talked around me. I wouldn't go back, but I treasure the memory.
The word is "Frisson" - the sensation when your scalp tingles and all your hair stands up. Your brain is recognizing the pattern from the beginning, but by the end it's so powerfully presented that even as a familiar thing it's -profound-.
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Bolero actually summarizes human life. Life is actually full of routines and repetitions. But if we can, we can color our monotonous lives by adding new sounds and breaths to them every new day, every new month. We can gradually improve the quality of our lives and make it amazing like Bolero.
at the time of bolero writing this song he was suffering from an illness which killed him as the spindle neurones in his brain unravelled and the illness caused him to heavily focus on repetition especially in the later stages of the disease. the song was a commission from a Russian dancer who i think was in a circus haven’t looked at the article for a year though, so unsure.
@@coreyfinn2554 Actually, I don't know much about Ravel's life. I just discovered the song and that's how it made me feel. But now I'd like to investigate what you said. I'll read articles and news about it. Thank you for giving me this information. (I wrote using the translation hope there is no mistake :)
@@coreyfinn2554 ultimate party pooper lmfaoooo
@@coreyfinn2554 It was commissioned by a Russian Ballerina, Ida Rubinstein and premiered in 1928 as a stand alone piece...
Bolero is torture.
Fun fact: Boléro was going to be the title theme for the 1986 original NES classic video game: The Legend of Zelda, but the developers realized the composition had not yet entered the public domain, so series composer and legend Koji Kondo spent all night to rearrange the existing field theme into the now iconic title theme.
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wait whats the song name? That's acc crazy, never knew
@@anontob The songs name is 'Ram Ranch 7' which can easily be found right here on youtube.
@Vengaboys ELLINGTON
Why do you lie about dumb shit to strangers? Go accomplish something. I mean that sincerely. Go accomplish one thing that can be part of a chain of accomplishments. Cook scrambled eggs, then move up to an omelette.
Accomplishments, big or small, all build self-esteem and soon you won't want to impress anyone but by actions. I believe in you.
@@maize5 why are you so fucking upset over a joke
0:00 Snare Ostinato Intro
0:10 A1 Flute Solo
0:56 A2 B-flat Clarinet Solo
1:42 B1 Bassoon Solo
2:29 B2 E-flat Clarinet Solo
3:16 A1 Oboe d'Amour Solo
4:03 A2 (muted) Trumpet Solo + Flute
4:50 B1 Tenor Saxophone Solo
5:37 B2 Soprano Saxophone Solo
6:25 A1 French Horn Solo + Piccolos and Celesta
7:11 A2 Oboe, Oboe a'Amour, English Horn, and Clarinets
7:58 B1 Tenor Trombone Solo
8:46 B2 Tenor Saxophone, English Horn, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes and Piccolo
9:34 A1 Violins, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes and Piccolo
10:20 A2 Violins, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo
11:07 B1 Violins/Violins+Violas, Trumpet/French Horn, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo
11:54 B2 Violins, Violas, Cellos, Trombone, Saxophones, Clarinets, Oboes, Flutes, and Piccolo
12:41 A Violins, Trumpets, Saxophones, Flutes, Piccolo
13:28 B Violins, Trumpets, Trombone, Saxophones, Flutes, and Piccolo
Tobe
tempo allegro number 8, 00:00-14:49
Thank you
Great comment. Thank you !
Truly magical when those layers come in together. I get emotional, such a great piece
My grandpa used to put on this song everytime I went to their place and I used to dance with my grandma in the kitchen to this, while she cooked. She passed away two days ago and she was the last of our grandparents to leave us. Oh, the joy to know someone loved you in such an unconditional way, uncomparable feeling. I am so lucky to have memories with all my grandparents. I will cherish them forever.
😂such a nice story, sorry for your loss. same month i lost my grandmother as well.
I'm glad you had the opportunity to have known such lovely people. May they rest in peace, and their memory live on in you.
My condolences
Beautiful story
Very sweet.
I cannot tell you how much I resent you for putting an ad in the middle of this piece. It defeats the whole point of listening
That sounds terrible, having installed adblock on chrome the thought didn't come to mind that there would be an ad in this video of all
The person who uploads the video doesn't get to choose if or when ads are placed. So please don't blame them :-)
Haha I got it too. Right at 5:30. Really horrible experience considering how peaceful the music is and how loud they make the ads.
You missed the opportunity to AD-lib Bolero.
@@LeFrez yes they do. You can choose precisely where to put the ads. In fact, there is an option in the studio to deactivate ads mid-roll. As creators on RUclips, we speak from experience.
Can you imagine how difficult it had to be for the snare drummer? Never misses a beat ……………
Bro's wrists are prolly drained out from repeating the same thing for 15 mins straight😂 Although pretty sure theyre trained for that kinda stuff
@@haziqiman1317 oh yeah, they basically train themselves to endure it
Watch Andre Reiu. The drummer is right out front
Never missed a beat
I used to percussion in a youth orchestra and we set the beat right after the conductor and you had to time things PERFECTLY. I still get goosebumps thinking back to being on the large drums and the large crescendo at the end was the part you always waited for! Nothing but respect to the drummer in this piece, the dude has both the most low-key but also important part in the whole song.
@@haziqiman1317 I remember one piece I did in a youth orchestra involved me playing a washboard as a "steam train" and let me just say that at the end of that song my arm literally felt like it was going to fall off, and we had practiced for weeks leading up to the concert. It was gnarly!
This guy wrote a single motive, dragged it for 15 minutes and called it a day. Truly a genius.
This is because he was slowly going insane. He couldn't think of anything else other than this melody, literally, he couldn't think of anything else.
Sometimes insanity makes the greatest Art.
@@carlogaytan7010 Holy shit, man !
@@carlogaytan7010 *cough* vincent van gogh *cough* you know the dutch painter who cut off his own ear
@@MorgothBauglire yes😂
You are Lucky he dragged it for 15 mim, imagine if he did it for 2 hours.
This song is played in Vama Veche, Romania in every day of summer at Stuf beach around the time sun is rising.
This song marks the time to go home after a night full of joy and dance on the sand 😍
Imagine the silent moment, the song in the background and everybody watching the sun goes up little by little..
The sentiment is..wow!
❤️
Alors qu'en pensez-vous de cette musique envoûtante ?
@@carolecharland9255 J'aime beaucoup, c'est une belle création
Romania, the most beautiful country on earth.
I was looking for this comment. Such a fresh feeling with the sunrise and this song on the background ❤
The thing I like the most about this song isn’t the repetition. It’s the fact that every musician gets their moment of glory. Nobody is left behind. Who was this performed by?
London Symphonic Orchestra
@@Keanureevesofficialpage1 London Symphony Orchestra
@@thefrankonion I knew the minute I tapped the comment sign it was wrong! thanks anyway! Susie
your mother
@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS She is a good horn player.
This masterpiece make my little daughter fall asleep. Once you'll grow up and you'll read this comment, my lovely daughter, just remember your father and your grandma, who first played Bolero to make you fall asleep.
Hope, when this day will come, we will be all there to enjoy ❤️
Did you play it all the way through?
I slap my children until they fall asleep
@@johnchuck3047 A little whiskey never hurt anyone either
My son fell asleep listening to this when he was 3 he is now 54 and still listens to it..he was mesmerized by it when he was young..he said it was camels crossing the desert
@@elaineduffyluedtke482 Did he listen to the whole thing?
This song was played for the funeral of my grandfather yesterday. He was born in 1927 and lived for 94 years. He loved this piece of music like many of you. Love you all :)
It's not a song.
@@RaulMeatFactory1975 somebody talks about how their grandfather just died, and you choose to pick on something so inconsequential to the overall message.
People like you are actively causing the death of classical music. You are making it such a hostile and snarky place.
@@ForestTurtle hey hey my my
@@ForestTurtle you are right!!
@@ForestTurtle But the point stands, it's a piece, not a song
We played this in high school once, and everyone hated it. I honestly felt it was one of the best things I've actually played.
Probably due to repetitiveness
Jugar..? Como se juega?
Hay un juego??
De esta bella obra de Arte...
Saludos desde Ecuador....
@TheMilitantHorse, I sense we are kindred spirits. Re high schoolers hating playing it--I remind myself that children should be seen, but not heard. The internet has forgotten this ancient wisdom and in its case, existential truth. Subadults, present company excepted, have no real clue what they like or is good until they mature. Paz y salud.
Sorry to hear that, but I'm glad you enjoyed playing it. I think some people dislike it because of the repetition, but I completely disagree. This is my favorite music piece of all time. Hope you get to play it again in the future.
100% agree. Best song I played in high school.
Im a painter and I typically work at night when there are no more sounds of everyday life. My routine is getting my paint brushes, oils, cigarettes and put on Bolero on repeat. My mind usually starts to wonder off into the night creating stories of living a different time all while this piece is playing in the background. I literally venture off into the unknown and its all because of this piece.
That's awesome and wonderful!!!
Jean-Michel Basquiat was known to place this when he was painting at the prince street gallery.
The smokes are going to kill you. Make a plan to live without them. Too many of my family and associates have had their lives destroyed and finally ended by them.
Ode to the common man.
Grande Armando ni caso a los haters
This was my father's favorite composition. He passed away one week ago, and I'm just reminiscing what great taste he had. An absolute masterpiece
I am so sorry you have lost your father, but every time you hear Bolero you will be able to share that masterpiece in memories! It is our favorite too.
oof
@@susans9617 Thanks a lot, that's sweet
Terrific way to remember him. Sorry for your loss
My dad used to play and play it as a boy!
I can't believe I listened to this for 15 minutes. SERIOUSLY, EACH SECOND JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. I SALUTE RAVEL FOR MAKING SUCH A WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE
I can't listen to a 'modern' song that's over 4 minutes but I'll listen to this over and over and over again and never get sick of it!
You know Ravel listened to this in his head for months... years...
Not once every few days, this is what he heard in his head almost all day every day from around the first time it came to him, until the day his brain finally died.
Did you then enjoy the adsense distupting Ravel's Bolero too, or do you think they are part of the concept?
@@bmcd4 same
Check Emerson, Lake & Palmer.. As Well
Start small, finish big. Never stop, change, evolve, come back, go forth and let the world see how incredible you can be.
Exacto ❤
❤
Mom loved this piece so we're having it played at her Celebration of Life. She played it all the time when we were kids. Rest in peace Mom. Miss you.
I'm sorry for your lost, Rest in peace 🙏🏻
So did my mom. I grew up loving it.
I was about 12 or 13 and our French classroom was next to the music room, one day part way through a French lesson a piece of music came on next door, this, the whole class including the teacher just stopped what they were doing and sat enthralled until it was over. We had never heard it before and did not know what it was but O M G we were transported to another dimension. As soon as it was over our teacher went next door to find out what it was, came back and wrote it on the blackboard. That was 60 years ago and ever time I hear it I'm back in that classroom trying to learn French.
matthew hopkins that is such a nice story, sir. Music is really one of the most meaningful things in life to me. Take care. ✨
Sound is a Great Adventure for the
Mind.! Soothing...Relaxing...
Greatest Masterpiece 🕊️
I've never listen To 🎼🎶🎶
Torvill and Dean anyone?
Et vous avez réussi à apprendre le français ? :)
Press X for doubt
I just watched a documentary on the Bolero and someone said that if Ravel was alive today, he'd be making techno music. The man basically invented loops.
Interesting!Could you tell the name of this documentary you watched?
@@phenomenal-flop yeah I wanna konw too
what documetary i wanna watch it too
Quite far fetched though...
Look into Bach and his the meaning of Cannons and Fugues and you’ll see the concept of loops was pioneered much earlier. Although I much prefer Ravel :)
It's always wonderful when they play the piece in full on the radio.
JUST heard it in full on XFM in all it's full glory. Didn't mind the traffic one bit listening to this!
Omg yes! I also love falling asleep at the wheel!
What I love is that Bolero isn't really a musical piece, it is more of a hypnotic demonstration. It's delightfully simple in structure, predominantly set in the C major key save for the finale, and no dramatic change in tempo or rhythm, yet it's a mishmash of instruments that would be an absolute nightmare to put together. Yet if it's done right, you can point out each instrument clearly.
It really drives home how each instrument not only has a distinct voice, but a meaning. Nothing here is undervalued, they play to their strengths. From as soft as the celesta twinkling alongside the piccolo, to the jazzy and loud trombone melody solo, Ravel demonstrated that he completely understood and appreciated his instruments, and thus, he was a true master.
Oh, it's also nice to listen to.
It's an orchestral warm up.
what ever that means , !!!!! I am here just because your last statement. Nice to listen to.
If ever there was anything to do around the home I put my earphones on and play this piece of music and just get on with it
As Ravel said 'it's my masterpeice, but there's no music in it,'
Mesmerizing
well that escalated slowly...
LOL
Daniel S that’s what I adore about it !
Quicklain't
Ok, sir. You have just made my day 😂
you've got wits on stilts man
I remember when I was 5-6 years old ( now I'm 22 ) my grandpa had a collection of classical music in cd format and Bolero appeared in one of those , I had a strong attraction to this one first time I heard it , every time we went out in the car I always asked him to put this theme and my grandpa always talking to me about this kind of music and history (I can barely remember those conversations , but he did) , very wise man my grandpa , very good memories from childhood , he is still alive and we still talk about music , history , painters and a lot more with the only difference that I'm able now to have some drinks , and a good wine is always there in our conversations , very glad to have that man by my side.
Take care of your grandpa.
@Alexandru Popa In my opinion, you can look at in several ways, but from mine you look at it as a nice journey (and obviously it is mental journey) that could lead to the paroxism of life... Success, Ejaculation, or Death... It doesn't really matter as long as everyone can feei something with it
your lucky
@@brunosertier4792, easy does it bruno..all your psuedo-intellectual B.S.aside just listen enjoy and ejaculate....
My uncle had the old glass 78's I believe they were called.
I was 10 yo in 1968 when he used to play it for us all. Uncle Bob left this world a long time ago, but here I am listening at 66yo. And still mesmerized🌅.
Its October 2024. No matter how many times I listen to this, I never get tired of it .....
I associate this musical masterpiece with this time of year. LOVE to listen to it while watching the leaves turn colors right through Thanksgiving (USA) especially. Ain't that weird ?
I don't care if Ravel hate it himself, I love it!!! It has the pace, the crescendo, and the exact duration I need to clean my fucking bathroom.
love this progressiv crescendo thing. if you know more tracks like this, let me know. greetings
+recordintense Echelon's Song.
+recordintense edvard grieg, in the hall of the mountain king.
+Gustavo Al Guy, give some warning! I almost choked on my iced tea...
+Gustavo Al With this music, not cleaning, but even pooping must be epic!
he wrote this piece as he was suffering frontal lobe dementia. he thought he was going mad, he couldnt move past the 8 bar loop, no matter how hard he tried. that is the reason the song over 36 bars adds instruments and increases in volume. he had no other way to make the song sound complete. during one of its famous performances, a lady started shouting "maurice you are mad". in which he replied, "you my dear are the only one who understands this music"
Wow if true (as I have not yet verified for myself and then believe it's true) than it is quite amazing.
DFandV
Not sure if this helps but you should listen to
Radiolab’s episode unraveling bolero.
They talk about it.
Ravel did suffer from neurodegeneration, but the symptoms appeared clearly around 1933. The bolero was composed in 1927 as an exercice, built on an ostinato. The piece became famous despite the fact that he considered it a simple experimentation, but in any case his mind was totally sane when he composed it.
Fr?
Oui?
Bolero started out as a ballet score commissioned by dancer Ida Rubinstein. Her troupe danced the composition's first performance at the Paris Opera in 1928. It was an instant hit.
Ravel, whose roots were in the Basque country on the French-Spanish border, originally called the piece Fandango. As romantic as it may seem, Ravel said the pulsing, rhythmic composition was inspired by one of the factories he had visited with his father, who was an engineer.
He keeps adding instruments, keeps changing the orchestration. But he doesn't change the tune, harmony, or the rhythm. Nothing changes except the orchestration and the volume.
Yet although Ravel considered Bolero one of his least important works, it has always been his most popular.
Also this is Baisean folk dance - dannaba.
That last bit hurts true. It would seem it is seldom the piece one wants heard that reaches the hearth of the audience.
@@xunk16 Baise is the province in southern Jordan.
and Ravel didn't understand that popularity. He said "They like it, but there is no music in it".
Well he has said that Bolero is his only masterpiece, it’s just that it’s only “orchestral tissue with no music”
The flute and the snare are so perfectly in time together
All of the instruments are, but I commented this while listening to the very beginning
This melody is like an unrelenting force. It's coming and you can't stop it.
A hot girl said something similar to me yesterday night ;)
Oh its coming, we just dont know when
FUS, RO DAH!!!
It hits you like lydia gets launched off cliffs
@@VanLupen damn you I was going to say that 😂
I first heard this as a 7 year old on a wind up gramaphone ! now at 70 i still listen to this inspiring music, albeit on far better equipment, times do change but fortunately Bolero does not !
I first heard this as a nine year old, with my Grandfather and my Mom, and then in 84 when Torvill and Dean danced to it in Serbia a year later, I'll be 50 in July, it always brought tears to my Mom's eyes, now it does the same for me...
Yes!!!! That timeless beat on the timpani!
Makes me real happy to read thoughtful comments like these :)
That's very lovely!
Oh, I wish you were my grandpa
This is actually my perfect piece for studying. It's something exciting for the background that motivates me and at the same time there isn't a much going on with the melody so i can concentrate. Beautiful.
Lovely this music is a Genus plan and I love every melody 🎵
I like it for quiet work bit only for the first few minutes, once the build up...builds up, it's no longer background music for me. Glad to see someone enjoys it that way too. :)
I was thinking the same thing
@@amerigobaldovino5786 ❤
Same actually. I can lose myself to the rhythm and through that, focus on what's in front of me and what I need to do. As if it's orderly formatting my thoughts with each beat. I love this song.
После прослушивание этой музыки хочется совершать поступки, и достигать вершин. Это произведение очень подходит духу приключений и преодолению всех препятствий!
You haven't lived until you've rode a spinning bike to this. An old instructor of mine often used this as the final track of the class and turned off the lights. The build to the end combined with the gradual increase of resistance on the bike and someone shouting at you to haul ass to the imaginary finish line is utterly perfect.
14 minutes and 49 seconds of pure heaven. I remember listening to this in year 5 in class (10 years old) and it's stuck with me ever since. I'm 38 now and still love it. Work of art ✨️
Bad-Ass...
I went here bc my teacher said that we need to listen to Bolero for homework. If I didn't listen to her I think I would never hear how amazing this actually is!
Me too
Same thing happened to me, it’s been 3 years and I’m still here
man u get such cool homework all i get is linear algebra and weird integrals
@@aziz99 Thats math not music lol
my teacher also
The focus in this piece lies on the extreme development of increasing sound and energy. Truly a masterpiece. Reducing things is also part of art!
I remember that my parents took my sister and me to classical concerts several times. And I remember one of them had Bolero in it. We were sitting all the way at the front, near the actual orchestra. I must have been something like 10 or 12 or so. It was magnificent. But what I most remember is the sheer pressure that the orchestra produced as the number progresses. A physical feeling you can feel running through your body as it reaches it's crescendo. I will never forget that memory.
I'd LOVE to see this played live!
I was struck by your proper grammar in your opening sentence, but then disappointed towards the end when you used it's as a possessive 😶
@@toddinthemiddle Why? What did you just prove?
Nobody asked it
"A physical feeling you can feel running through your body as it reaches its crescendo"
Hippity Hoppity
This quote
Is now
My property🤭
You can just imagine an infinity of little stories to go with the song. I love it when music lets your imagination flow.
So true!!
ich hatte verknotete beine.
A fun bit of trivia:
This song was originally supposed to be the title theme for the original Legend of Zelda! However, Koji Kondo-the composer of The Legend of Zelda's music- discovered that the song was not yet public domain. He instead was forced to create the one we know and love, and did it in less then a single day. Honestly, Though i prefer the one we got, it would have interesting to hear this played on an nes!
he would of be able to use this song on 1998 if he wanted , because by law a song turns public in 70 years max. unless someone else had the rights
@@Kman1523 actually the copyright is different in Japan, and it went to the public domain only about a month after the game was released. They just couldn't delay the game as it was a launch title.
It also appear in Cell to Singularity too!
@@Kman1523 It depends on the country. It's still copyrighted in the USA which is bloody stupid.
@@k-leb4671 Which makes perfect sense as Maurice Ravel was a famous american composer as we all know.
**DUH**
My dad introduced this piece to me when I was around 10 years old. Now I'm 36, still sounds as magical as I heard it back then. Miss you Dad ❤
My POV : 24 years old, unemployed, bearing the pressure from family, sad, stressed, disappointed and feeling low, finding my solace in this beautiful progressive classical music masterpiece making me forget of all the negative feelings in life, giving me a positive perspective to life.
Thank you Maurice Ravel for this. I needed this. this tune. It's beautiful. ❤️
Things will get better my man, Take care of yourself.
You will be fine, Whole life ahead of you.
Been there at that age, Now double that age and there again!
But this time I saved for a rainy day, My advice is once you get back up put a little money away each week, So that if it happens again you will be ok. ;)
are you talking about me?
Estou aqui , no Brasil, sentindo o mesmo. Força para todos nós!
25 here and the same. HIGH FIVE!
Here in Brazil we admire Maurice Ravel. His music elevates us and makes the world a better place.
Infelizmente, apenas os que tem o bom gosto musical. A maior camada do Brasil ouve Funk, Anita, entre outras ofensas ao nosso ouvido.
Eu também admiro muito. Ouvi pela primeira vez, aos 7 anos levada por meu falecido pai,um sargento da PMMG. A Orquestra sinfônica da PMMG, a executou. Nunca a esqueci.
@@lucasmaia6868 verdade. É uma pena que os jovens não compreendam essa belíssima obra.
@@rosemarysilva5697 Apesar de tudo, sempre fico feliz quando encontro pessoas que sabem admirar essas grandes obras.
Salve BR
Good luck to all the grade 10 students doing an assignment!
I’m just here for the tunes, but y’all are doing important stuff, so I hope you succeed!
You're so sweet! Thank you ☺️❣️
Appreciate the good luck! :))
What is the reaction in the bolero?
Thank you so much 🥰 We appreciate it 😚
Wow, thank youuu
French composer and pianist, one of the representives of impressionism.Although most of his works are songs and piano works, his most famous are his orchestral works, especially the Bolèro.One of the best composers of all time to me...
J'approuve !
Basque, he was basque. His first language was euskara, not french. And he was proud of it.
Yeap, he was Basque
My first encounter with this song was when I was a kid watching Digimon. I remember asking my mom what was that music because for me watching two big monsters fighting with the song in the background was magnificent. Such a beautiful song. Makes me cry everytime and me after 18 years, my internal kid still remembers the two monsters fighting each other. What bad and good is, what life is...
yep i only discoverd that this is a real song after i watched a review of digimon adventure last evolution before that i thought it was a original digimon soundtrack haha but i loving it if i hear it i always think about digimon and my childhood
I'm here after Digimon Adventure too.
I have seen this song used a lot by the Japanese in many animations.
Digimon Adventure 2, the underwater scene with Submarinemon. God the nostalgia
Same. The Digimon adventure scene with this music was spectacular
Me too
My Dad Loved this
I Miss You
God Bless You, Dad
HAIL DAD
my father who showed me this, I'm feeling so blessed to can listen this song. God bless your father 🙏
my father also played this often miss you dad
My grandfather also loved this song. God bless our fathers and granpas!
My grandma as well, dammit, well I'm gonna join her someday...
on it's first performance, it is said that half the audience left before the movement had reached its mid point. Those who stayed dug their fingers into their hands to the point that they started to draw blood. At the modulation (14:09), some are said to have fainted. This piece was ahead of its time by 50 years or more. Its trance structure has inspired producers of contemporary music from minimal Jazz to psytrance. It's been emulated in film scores to for dramatic suspense.
I've known about it for 50 years and it still brings tears to my eyes,
Thank you
Que maravilha!
"it is said" lmao
fucking bullshit
it's been emulated in film scores because it is the quality of film scores: shit.
To me, this music sends me a clear message. In our rather repetitive lives which make us feel like going around in circles, still there is definite development day by day as we keep on going, and in the end, triumph. So we shall not give up.
At 57 yrs. I think about my father in the living room sitting in the recliner in the den and me sitting next to him and feeling awesome. We heard this on the family lp player before wifi cable and mobile phones. My mom sitting by his side as well. I will never forget.
We had it good life is still awesome
I was not there, but as a spectator, I can see how picturesque that must have been.
Yes is of the best
Cherish it 🕊️
if you ever heard this live. it will forever be part of you. it just opens the skies and heavens as you can never imagine
I think I'd cry my eyes out from the sheer beauty of it.
I just did, an hour ago...at "philharmonie de Paris" and I can't get rid of it, I had to come here and listen to it again
I just did, an hour ago...at "philharmonie de Paris" and I can't get rid of it, I had to come here and listen to it again
I fell asleep
i did. in philharmonic of Sacramento. It was amazing.
Every piece of music has that one catchy part that sticks with you. This whole thing is just that part looping over and over but evolving.
My husband was a fantastic music buff. He described this masterpiece as the March of the Romans marching to war. I’ve always pictured it so. Dramatic,soulful and the ecstasy of the heart.
Thanx
Hello unknown person scrolling through the comments! You've got excellent taste in music!
thank you. it s been a long time since i had a nice comment from another well cultured stranger
@@aloof_cardinal appreciate it bro. Have a nice day! 😊
Thanks! :)
Zookee, you the man!
Salve, frate!
There is just something so relaxing about this piece. It's almost like I could put this on repeat for a long time and never get tired of it.
it is on repeat
~ Check Out the 10 Hour Version ~
Basqiate
@@vasileiospetalidis3840 came for this comment
Everybody talk about how to troll the snare drum. But no one talk about the flute that matching with the snare
Omg you're right
Damn I didn't even notice until I read this
you flutes and your complaints
I say Oriental. Have you played flute?!?!?!???!!?
What about the bass?
When I was living in Dallas, TX many years ago, I remember this piece being frequently played on the classical music station WRR 101.1 FM. Every time it was played I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by the genius of this composition, especially with its use of different instruments to intensify the cadence as it progressed. Truly a masterpiece. Merci Maestro Pavel and thank you WRR.
I played this in orchestra in college, I was a pianist so they gave me the part of the celesta (keyboard that does the harry potter theme that you barely hear at 6:24 ) you literally have 1 page of music that's it, it lasts 40 seconds and you have to sit there doing nothing the rest of the time. Damn you Maurice
Still worth it though to be a part of that
man, must've been a once in a lifetime experience
I only know it because of Dance of the sugar plume fairy
As a drummer, 'yes'...the snare is the nuts n' bolts of this wonderful piece. But a ton of credit has to go to each and every instrument mirroring the triplets - note for note - for much of the second half. Powerful. Momentum set to music.
imo the whole piece is as glorious as it is dehumanizing. from the snare to every instruments that follow after it.
I can just imagine the mental anxiety and fatigue of the snare for setting the rhythm. Then the anxiety of everyone else that has to get into that rhythm at specific time and note. Because this whole piece is rigid like a battalion of soldiers, you just can't mess it up.
That rythm is so difficult to reproduce
As a drummer this is the song we could say that we all marched to the beat of the same drum. The most difficult part was for the wind instruments to play the very same triplets note for note(as mentioned in an earlier comment). It is saddening that the classics are lost to these past couple generations because I really think they helped keep creativity alive, and they killed boredom, and made Bugs Bunny or Tom and Jerry look good💖🙏😇😻🎶💖
There are at least three drums. First a pure march drum, then a classic snare, then the big drums and perhaps even an extra snare.
It's so cool !
This is so beautiful, a refreshing interlude in the madness and chaos of today. I came here looking for solace and found it.
Funnily enough created by a man going mad in his own right.
Me too.
Il faut que le monde entier écoute cela (noir,jaune,blanc, bronzé.....)
Seul avec soit même.
Un bonheur émotionnel.
I agree completely my friend....
Legend says the snare player never moved his wrists again.
Legend Zelda
No, he just got a tendinitis and became a shaman.
He busted a vein
a nut
a wrist
This piece of music is iconic in the U.K. as Torvill and Dean used it for their amazing gold winning performance at the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984.
I remember that! That’s why for me Bolero is ice dance music, lol!
Yes! They were brilliant!😍
@ Bolero is Torvill and Dean!!
I was wondering if anyone else would think of Torvill & Dean
I remember! Figure skating always reminds me of Ravel
This masterpiece is in my heart since my 8 years old(I'm 39 and 11 months now) ,when my dad put his vinyl for me.
I feel peace, happiness, and melancholy at the same time everytime I'm listening to it.
This is what the power of music is...
Same here, but at 7 years old 💛💛💛💛💛
I was 5 or 6 when my father put the vinil to play for me. I am 39 now and he is no longer with us for 11 years...
Boléro is a form of dance and music that originated in 18th-century Spain, first developed as the dance. Bolero is intended to be a slow, danceable love song, given that romantic love is the main theme of bolero music.
One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. How it builds up to perfect end is mindblowing.
This music is hypnotic (probably from the repetitiveness) and beautiful. Makes you want to move to it in a fluid way like the ocean or flag in the breeze. One of my favorites.
c est geant et j en ai des frissont a chaque fois
I so agree with the fluidness part!
This is originally from a ballet. I suggest you see this piece performed if you haven't already
I love the slow build up of intensity with the methodical drumming keeping the pace. Makes me envision a wintry landscape melting away and yielding to spring. Rivulets begin to turn into streams, flowers open to greet the sun, animals come out of their burros. Life and color return to the monochromatic landscape.
You said it. I have the same feeling too.
...
out of their donkeys?
yes, that should have been boroughs.
+Kurtis Erikson burrows
+Kurtis Erikson lol, that would be disturbing if animals came out of their burros, haha!
This master piece is a conversation among all the instruments involved.
Très bien une pièce de musique mieux les guerre mundiales qu'a connu l'europe
Que c' est grandiose!
Then the snare drum is talking nonstop over everyone else
In his book, "This Is Your Brain on Music," Daniel Levitin (in a section discussing how the brain's music system functions at least somewhat separately from its language system) says, "When portions of his left cortex deteriorated, the composer Ravel selectively lost his sense of pitch while retaining his sense of timbre, a deficit that inspired his writing of 'Bolero,' a piece that emphasizes variations in timbre" (p. 127).
Very interesting! I'll have to check that book out
This piece demonstrates an exquisite sense of pitch and melody.
I always associated this piece of music with arousal and curiosity. The repeating iterations display the tenacity and growing intensity.
In 1980, on the 80th birthday of legendary conductor Eugene Ormandy,on the 80th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra I sat first row center balcony at the legendary Bridges Auditorium in Clairmont, California and saw this wonderful composition performed to the utmost perfection...memory stays embedded in my heart and soul to this day.
I like how this theme never gets old throughout the entire piece.
Instead of "theme" I read "meme" and I agreed completly
It's genius really, one of the things this song showcases is the importance and effect of volume and timbre.
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Dynamics make wonders.
As a kid I had special lessons at school in order to appreciate classical music more.
This was the last piece of music I heard in those lessons and I've loved it ever since.
That never endless snare drum made it feel so much like an army getting together for a massive battle
so so true
Ah, back in the days were army fought in lines.
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Roman legions
Spanish civil war
My grandfather was a math teacher. He passed away on january 10th 2023. Whenever I played piano he just said for me to stop because his head hurt. afte he passed away I asked my mom what his favourite piano piece was. And she told this one is. Rest in piece.
I remember hearing this when I was a kid watching Digimon I remember Tai being in some boat spinning in circles and this ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE played...back in 1999, I was 6. It never left my mind...I found it a few years back.
It has such a peculiar rhythm and melody I just knew I wanted more. It would play in my mind over the years...until I decided to try and find it....magical.
I heard it first in legend of galactic heroes. One of their movies I think
I always associated this song with Japan, and I didn't understand why. And now that you mention it, it was because it sounded in Digimon. Love it, those times were precious.
Fff fffgreeter
@@rodo6795 They even used the song in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
The original OVA where they first meet the digimon also uses Bolero. I love that OVA
*this was originally going to be the theme for the legend of Zelda. But due to the copyright not being released till a month after their launch date. They had to over night change it to the Zelda tune we know and love today! Source: Zelda encyclopedia (archives page 221)*
It's finally in the public domain, put this in a game Miyamoto San
No, Bolero was going to be on the title screen when you first turn the game on. The Zelda main theme was already composed and a slower version of the overworld music was arranged in 1 day to replace Bolero.
Wow
That didnt stop Hirokazu Tanaka from later using the drum part of this song for Kid Icarus (level one, for the record)
*we need this song for the new zelda game as a mod*
I can't believe you philistines would put ads in the middle of such a masterpiece. Shame on you.
First time listening to this masterpiece, it's brilliant. I don't know what part affected my listening experience more: The ad in the middle or the quite impulsive, anti climactic ending.
@Metallica_Newsted 2003 Isn't this in the public domain?
@@jibbajabba4712 Not everyone is rich or has a computer with AdBlock.
Some of us have Android phones with only fake AdBlock apps available in the Play Store... ರ╭╮ರ
That's commerialism!!!!!!!!!
@@UnusualPete use another browser from f-droid :)
Maurice Ravel, un fameux compositeur très sensible ! Nous, Français, nous savourons avec fierté !
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ravel was a genius. i've loved this piece for over 40 years now. it never disappoints.
I first heard Ravel's Bolero when I was 14. I was mesmerized and still get goosebumps when I hear it! What a magnificent composer! Thank you for giving me your gift to cherish.
I believe I was twelve, or almost twelve, when I first heard it in a music lesson. Needless to say, I took the CD and played it on my DVD player many nights to fall asleep 😅 After a while the loud ending didn't even disturb my rest 😂
Очень качественное оркестровое исполнение! Хотелось бы увидеть в танце, этот шедевр! Услада для ушей и глаз, восторг и всплеск эмоций! Музыка, слышна издалека, нарастает, как океаническая волна, накрывая своим обширным покрывалом всё вокруг и втягивает в водоворот, разжигая эмоции и чувства!!! До полного аппогея и кажется ей не будет конца...... Ритм, ритм, ритм, ритм!!!...... Вауууу!!! 👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗 На разрыв!!! До полного растворения!
This is great music for studying. The more you read, the more intense the music gets, the more things naturally click together
I'll try it.I have writer's block!
@@Ms2blackcats automatic writing is a pretty effective cure for writers block
Think I know what automatic writing is. Had a house guest blocking any energy ! even emoji's blocked!
This is my favorite piece of all time. I'm a manager, and I included this track on the store hours playlist (which is mostly pop it whatever everyone listens to) haha Some of my staff didn't realize they were subconsciously falling in love with this piece until they realized they would hum it on their own ahaha
nice work! Its always dissapointing that masterpieces like this are not very well known outside the classical world. Play more classical music and more people will enjoy it?
@@Killerbee4712 it has to be done!
Its okay im the manager...
Thank you mom for bringing me up with Colonel Tom Parker and the New London Orchestra. I love classical music now and this is one of my favourite classical pieces, together with Debussy's Claire de Lune. Give them a high five up there..
To me. It seems like a Roman army, marching off to war. Mixed with memories of what their leaving behind , family, friends, etc.
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Since I was a kid I always pictured an army in my mind. Not some particular army, a phantasy army rather. A rider in armor rocking back and forth in his sadle in unison with the music. Then the camera gradually pans out the louder the music gets and we see more and more of the army riding towards him and finally reaching a city that they will besiege. (I loved Excalibur and Conan the barbarian, also Homerus inspired movies)
Omg, same
I am all speechless by this beautiful music. I have been sitting here on my computer for 5 hours just listening. I do not get tired. I just wish I could play those instruments the same way. I know I am dreaming. I like dreaming.
"I know I am dreaming. I like dreaming." So do I, my friend.
bolero is like an army marching towards me , the closer they get the more intense it gets. 😅
Not just an army, but vikings !!!!
Sin duda el Bolero de Ravel será una de las piezas maestras obligatorias en la música. Su crecendo mientras repite adicionando instrumentos es el adorno estético que compone haciendo brecha en el caos.
Quand Maurice Ravel a composé ce morceau de musique il ne s'imaginait probablement pas que des années après on se souviendrait toujours de lui et que son œuvre serait encore jouée très souvent partout dans le monde.
Yeah
Un compositeur HORS du commun.
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c’est vraiment j’imagine aussi après cette œuvre a connu un succès principalement grâce au rythme le boléro
Grave , quand j etais gamin je regardais " il etait une fois l homme " . Les producteurs ont choisit La Toccata de J.S. Bach comme musique du generique et l ont mis dans les oreilles de toute une generation d enfants , ca tient du genie ^^
the monotony of our lives.
what a great influence on my musical tastes this song has... I'm 15 years old and I love it.
Same bro, same.......
My dad introduced me to this as a kid. Still wonderful to hear 50 years later.
My dad introduced us to this piece when we were young as well. He procured a vinyl 78 while he was in the Army Air Corp in early 1940 over in North Africa. He used to play it on his Victrola for his buddies. One day, while this song was playing, a guy Dad had never seen before came dancing into his room (my dad was a 2nd Lieutenant, so he had his own room). The guy had a knife in his teeth and danced all around my dad's room, then left. My dad never saw him again!
God Bless You, Kevin...Greetings from the UK
Reading the stories of people who's parent, grandparents, etc , warms my heart. My elderly father was walking through the room the other day and just said "Bolero." In that moment, we found something else in common, and I'll be forever grateful for that.
C'est une merveille de chef d'oeuvre, qui va en crescendo. Je l'écoute sans m'en lasser. J'adore la precision des notes de chaQue instrument. Sublime. Merci MR RAVEL. RIP
A chaque fois que je l’ écoute je découvre quelque chose, c’ est une musique envoûtante, mystérieuse......un chef-d’œuvre...
Ravel on Bolero:
"It constitutes an experiment in a very special and limited direction, and should not be suspected of aiming at achieving anything different from, or anything more than, it actually does achieve. Before its first performance, I issued a warning to the effect that what I had written was a piece lasting seventeen minutes and consisting wholly of "orchestral tissue without music" - of one very long, gradual crescendo. There are no contrasts, and practically no invention except the plan and the manner of execution."
Thank you for posting this, you hit the nail right on the head. A long, gradual crescendo.
seventeen minutes? So it is more slow
Absolute madman
I'd love to play the timpani part, sounds fun :D
@@random-jj7ix Timpani players are maniacs.
This song always takes me back to my childhood. Sitting in the den of my grandparent's house on Christmas day, my most treasured toy gripped firmly in hand as the adults talked around me. I wouldn't go back, but I treasure the memory.
He didn't need to do anything else...This masterpiece should be world heritage.
Doesn’t this piece just give you goosebumps all over?!!!!
yeah same thing with other classical music
The word is "Frisson" - the sensation when your scalp tingles and all your hair stands up. Your brain is recognizing the pattern from the beginning, but by the end it's so powerfully presented that even as a familiar thing it's -profound-.
No
This is one of those pieces that are just masterpieces. So simple yet so complicated at the same time.
Not once was the tempo increased, only the volume.
It was, otherwise it would've lasted 18 minutes, not 15.
Yes it is
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This is one of my favorite classical pieces. Ravel was a genius.
he was most likely mentally ill and was slowly going insane. His mind was obsessed with repeating patterns, like this music.