Maurice Ravel - Bolero 

This guy wrote a single motive, dragged it for 15 minutes and called it a day. Truly a genius.

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.

Can you imagine how difficult it had to be for the snare drummer? Never misses a beat ……………

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.

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.

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.

i dunno why, but i can imagine ants in a line carrying sugar on their back while listening to this.

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.

Hello unknown person scrolling through the comments! You've got excellent taste in music!

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.

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 :)

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

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.

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!

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.

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 ❤

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 ❤️

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

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

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!

People: You can`t make a music using just 1 loop Bolero: hold my glass

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 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.

The flute and the snare are so perfectly in time together

My Dad Loved this I Miss You God Bless You, Dad

Legend says the snare player never moved his wrists again.

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. ❤️

Start small, finish big. Never stop, change, evolve, come back, go forth and let the world see how incredible you can be.

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.

well that escalated slowly...

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.

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.

This melody is like an unrelenting force. It's coming and you can't stop it.

You can just imagine an infinity of little stories to go with the song. I love it when music lets your imagination flow.

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 !

This is great music for studying. The more you read, the more intense the music gets, the more things naturally click together

Here in Brazil we admire Maurice Ravel. His music elevates us and makes the world a better place.

Everybody talk about how to troll the snare drum. But no one talk about the flute that matching with the snare

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

This master piece is a conversation among all the instruments involved.

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.

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.

Doesn’t this piece just give you goosebumps all over?!!!!

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...

One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. How it builds up to perfect end is mindblowing.

Thank you Digimon for showing me this. I will never forget that scene.

This is so beautiful, a refreshing interlude in the madness and chaos of today. I came here looking for solace and found it.

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!

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...

ravel was a genius. i've loved this piece for over 40 years now. it never disappoints.

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,

Il faut que le monde entier écoute cela (noir,jaune,blanc, bronzé.....) Seul avec soit même. Un bonheur émotionnel.

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

My dad introduced me to this as a kid. Still wonderful to hear 50 years later.

I'm listenning to this while trying to kill a mosquito that got into my room and it's hilarious

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.

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

I like how this theme never gets old throughout the entire piece.

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!

This piece can put you into a trance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

My father would play this and ask us to imagine a caravan of camels and circus performers coming across the desert towards us. Magical.

Grade 10 students studying here be like 👀💗

I can't stop listening to it. I am tired of every other music since I have finally found Bolero.

If you are here After the Olympics WE understand each other :) si toi aussi tu. Es là après la cérémonie des JO on se comprend. Très belle scène , chorégraphie 🤩❤ vive l'art vive la France

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.

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.

That never endless snare drum made it feel so much like an army getting together for a massive battle

This is one of my favorite classical pieces. Ravel was a genius.

I always associated this piece of music with arousal and curiosity. The repeating iterations display the tenacity and growing intensity.

My 1st.time, listening a kind of music like this, relieved my pain suffering depression. My heart & soul started to feel again the meaning of life. I will never forget this experience, thanks to you, Mr. Maurice ❤️.

I've had this song stuck in my head for 4 straight days

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 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.

"Hey Maurice!" "What?" "Cheeeese!" *snap* "Haha. Another surprise photo. Very funny guys."

Je ne peux pas m'empêcher d'avoir les larmes au yeux en écoutant ce chef-d'œuvre . Un virtuose !

После прослушивание этой музыки хочется совершать поступки, и достигать вершин. Это произведение очень подходит духу приключений и преодолению всех препятствий!

The expansion of the Universe in music

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.

Who's also here just because you friggin' love this piece of art?

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.

You can feel the crescendo so much that it swells inside you like fire.

This Song is just a testament that good music never dies! It's a perfect piece to meditate to and become one with 🥰🧘🏻‍♀️

The favorite musical piece of my beloved Mother!!! Thanks Mom!!!!!!

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 love how this is essentially the same motive for 15 minutes, but we're vibing harder as the piece proggresses.

This is one of those pieces that are just masterpieces. So simple yet so complicated at the same time.

This is a true masterpiece.

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.

Masterpiece. You never get tired of it.

I used to listen to this a lot when trippin on acid... really amazing when the colors come outta the speakers..

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

I listened to this over and over again at age 3. Ravel is still my soul mate.

This is one of my favorite pieces ever

Had a nice time listening to this today. Halfway through, I started unironically, albeit halfmindedly, waving my hand to the beat. Near the end, I was moving my arms like a drunk conductor. I really don't usually listen to classical music like this, if at all, but when I do, I usually enjoy it wholeheartedly.

This is the perfect song to loop for 10 hours