Ostinato
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In music, an ostinato is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
Ghanaian gyil
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Boléro
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Boléro is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. It is one of Ravel's most famous compositions. It was also one of his last completed works before illness diminished his abi
Ostinato
…English plural forms, the latter reflecting the word's Italian etymology. Well-known ostinato-based pieces include classical compositions such as Ravel's Boléro and the Carol of the Bells, and popular songs such as John Lennon's "Mind Games" (1973), Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder's "I Feel Love" (1977), Henry…
Ida Rubinstein, who commissioned Boléro, in 1922
Ravel's Boléro, Lamoureux Orchestra, directed by Ravel himself, 1930 12" shellac disc label