Bolero: Piano: Instrumental Work

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is often considered after the death of Debussy in 1918 to be the leading French composer of the 1920’s and 30’s. Earlier in his career he had caused consternation in the highly conservative pre-war French musical establishment with his unmistakable and highly original style.His most famous work is his Bolero which marks the pinnacle of his compositional career. Commissioned as a single-movement orchestral ballet in 1928 by Ida Rubenstein Ravel himself is said to have commented on it by saying: 'I've written only one masterpiece...Unfortunate ly there's no music init.'Bolero has been re-arranged many times most notably for Torvill and Dean in their world-record ice skating routine. This arrangement is for solo Piano.

Maurice Ravel's ever popular Bolero transcribed for Clarinet And Piano by Patrice Fouillaud.

The Real Latin Piano authored by Kiki Sanchez teaches how to play the most important Latin rhythms on the Piano such as: Salsa Cumbia Gaujira Timba Cumbia Bolero and other styles. In addition the book explains clearly how to perform Latin Piano grooves on clave 2-3 and 3-2 as well as showing the traditional Salsa arranging structure and how to perform Piano montuno's using American Jazz Harmonies.Sanchez's vision is to expand your musical abilities and have a better understanding about how to play several Latin rhythms on the Piano. These will not only help you with your Piano abilities but will enrich your musical knowledge as a producer arranger and educator. In this book Kiki introduces a montuno from his native Peru called the Peruvian Festejo. As an educator Kiki has been working with Pati Vargas on the Latin America Musical Journey teaching music and the different cultures of Latin America in several public schools and colleges in the South Florida area.The CD that accompanies the book includes 50 audio tracks 114 mp3 files and 114 MIDI files

A stunning arrangement of this piece made famous by Torvil and Dean when they skated to it to win their winter olympic Gold.