Bolero Redux
A couple of weeks ago there was a refreshing thread here on romantic classical music; Ravel's Bolero was high on a lot of personal lists - or is that Liszts...
Here's the latest bit of silly cultural de- and reconstruction, which I heard on Morning Edition. [Scroll down the page to the following description; click on the speaker symbol for Real Audio playback]:
Ravel's Illness
NPR's Joe Palca reports on composer Maurice Ravel's brain. Doctors are arguing over whether his dementia was a sort of inspiration behind the repetitive, hypnotic orchestration of his masterpiece, Bolero. (3:42)
Enjoy..
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