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In 1990, I came to Costa Rica to take Spanish classes. The first time I heard the music of the old boleros on the radio, they evoked a strange nostalgia in me, as if I had grown up with them and they ...
A boléro is a Spanish dance, characterised by strongly rhythmic qualities to the music, sharp turns and stamps of the dancers, and a dark flavour. The composer had found a single musical idea to twist ...
Jane Jones marks both the Winter Olympics and St. Valentine’s Day with a work which is associated with both occasions. Boléro, the most famous work by French composer Maurice Ravel, was written more ...