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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2014 10:26:10 GMT -5
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Post by karlhenning on Mar 7, 2014 15:12:45 GMT -5
The wonderful Sonata for violin and cello
Cheers, ~Karl
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2014 16:32:19 GMT -5
That's a great performance of Ravel Karl.
Here's his "most famous" work?
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Post by karlhenning on Mar 8, 2014 10:11:27 GMT -5
Here's his "most famous" work? Yes, the stories attached to the Boléro are legion (and most of them may be true).
One: Ravel's complaint that all of the attention was focused on the Boléro, to the neglect of (let's face it) far meatier pieces (not that I say a word against the Boléro, mind you!):Two: There is a story from a performance of the piece. One lady in the audience after a while was heard to mutter a bit sharply under her breath, "He's mad! Mad!" Seated a couple of rows behind the indignant lady, Ravel smiled -- for she understood the piece.
Three: The Boléro was one of the first pieces to be recorded onto the new medium of shellac discs, though of course at that time, short a piece though it is, it spanned four sides. Ravel was touched to note that his neighbor had bought a copy!
Over time, Ravel noticed an oddity in his neighbor's listening pattern, though. And so one day, when he was at his neighbor's for tea, he delicately remarked, "I am so pleased that you have been listening to my recording. I've noticed, though, that you only listen to side one all the time."
"Oh, I played all four sides the first I brought it home, but all the sides are the same."
Cheers, ~Karl
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