Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The tempo indication in the score is Tempo di Bolero, moderato assai ("tempo of a bolero, very moderate"). In Ravel's copy of the score, the printed metronome mark of 76 per quarter is crossed out and 66 is substituted. [21] Later editions of the score suggest a tempo of 72. [21]
Bolero is a 1984 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Derek and starring Bo Derek. [4] The film centers on the protagonist's sexual awakening and her journey around the world to pursue an ideal first lover who will take her virginity.
Bolero is a Spanish dance in 3/4 time popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It originated from the seguidilla sometime between 1750 and 1772, [ 2 ] and it became very popular in Madrid, La Mancha, Andalusia and Murcia in the 1780s.
Bolero jacket, a short jacket with long sleeves, also known as a "shrug" Bolero (horse), a dressage horse and notable sire; Bolero, an Image Comics publication; Bolero, published by Ringier in Switzerland; Operation Bolero, codename for the World War II American troop buildup in the United Kingdom in preparation for D-Day
Les Uns et les Autres (English: The Ones and the Others) is a 1981 French film by Claude Lelouch.The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work, along with Un Homme et une Femme (A Man and a Woman).
The Bolero is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Allan Miller [2] and William Fertik. [3] It won an Oscar at the 46th Academy Awards in 1974 for Best Short Subject . [ 4 ]
Seguidillas boleras, or simply boleras, is a palo (style) of flamenco music based on the seguidilla poetic form and the Spanish dance known as bolero. [1] It is considered a member of the cante chico family of palos. [2] The term "boleras" was popularized around 1812–13 to designate female dancers who performed boleros.
The Latin or romantic ballad has its origin in the Latin American bolero in the 1950s (Lucho Gatica, Leo Marini), but also in the romantic song in Italian (Domenico Modugno) and French (Charles Aznavour, George Mustaki) in the 1960s and 1970s. In Mexico, the ballad recorded as such is "Sonata de Amor" (Sonata of Love) of Mario Álvarez in 1961.