Ravel's Bolero — a sinuous and sexy composition with 'no music in it'
- Written by Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University
Dancer Ida Rubenstein performs in the original production of Boléro, 1928.Wikimedia Commons, CC BYIt seems safe to assume a musical “masterpiece” would show compositional magnificence and garner universal acclaim — yet Maurice Ravel’s Boléro (1928) is conspicuously lacking in the first.
Maurice Ravel in 1912.Wik...




