Word: boleros
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Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole (Victor, 2 records, $1.50 ea.). As in the popular Bolero, Ravel again demonstrates his mastery of Spanish exotics...
...sixth weeks; Conductor Willem van Hoogstraten of the Portland (Ore.) Symphony Orchestra, the first three and last two. First-nighters last week flocked to hear, not Wagner, not Strauss, not Tchaikovsky, though their names bulked large as old favorites, but French Maurice Ravel's cumulative, dynamic symphonic sensation, Bolero...
Last week in Manhattan a homely, dumpy, indomitable old lady marched on the stage in S. L. ("Roxy") Rothafel's huge cinema theatre, grinned a wide grin, then sang in a voice which was still great "Danny Boy," Arditi's "Bolero" and Brahms' "Cradle Song." The old lady was 69 and a great-grandmother but she repeated her vaudeville turn four times a day on seven successive days with an added appearance on Saturday and Sunday. She was, of course, Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink who for four years past has been saying farewell to her public...
...Ravel's Bolero by Serge Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony (Victor, 2 records, $2 each)?A highly charged reading of the season's symphonic sensation in Paris, Manhattan and Boston. The records, with Satie's placid Gymnopedie on the back of the second, are already best sellers...
...Waltz. "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" Strauss Salut d'Amour Elgar Fantasia, "The Valkyrie" Wagner Suite, "Sleeping Beauty", Tchaikovsky a. Introduction. The Fairy of the Lilacs b. Puss in Boots and the White Cat c. Valse Violin Solo a. Lotus Land Scott-Kreisler b. Rondo Mozart-Kriesler (Julin Theodorowiez) Bolero Moszkovski Finlandia, Symphonic Poem Sibelius Ballet Music from "The Cid" Massenet a. Castillane b. Andalouse c. Aragonaise Serenade, "Los Millions d'Arlequin Drigo Third Slavonic Dance Dvorak