Joseph-Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects, says Wikipedia.
In 1928 Ravel composed his most famous and controversial orchestral work, Boléro, originally called Fandango. Ravel called it “an experiment in a very special and limited direction”.[77] He stated his idea for the piece, “I am going to try to repeat it a number of times on different orchestral levels but without any development.”[78] He conceived of it as an accompaniment to a ballet and not as an orchestral piece as, in his own opinion, “it has no music in it”, and was somewhat taken aback by its popular success.[78]
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