{"product_id":"afw-01868693","title":"Bolero For Band","description":"Initially commissioned by Ida Rubenstein as a ballet work initially, Maurice Ravel's BOLERO has become his most popular and often-performed orchestra composition, which was a surprise to the composer who described it as “seventeen minutes of orchestra without any music.” With a structure that is simplicity itself, BOLERO uses two alternating melodies in what Ravel described as a “crescendo on commonplace melod[ies].” Mark Rogers' transcription of BOLERO is an entirely complete wind band version of the piece; omitting not a single note or exotic instrument, thereby transferring the brilliance of Ravel’s orchestral score to the symphonic wind band with as much fidelity to the original as possible. Ravel calls for a very large orchestra (triple woodwinds, saxophones, large brass section, harp, celesta and percussion). Consequently, this transcription of BOLERO contains a large amount of divisi writing. It goes without saying that this transcription will be most successfully performed by large symphonic wind band.","brand":"Southern Music Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50541471825999,"sku":"AFW-01868693","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/1271\/8671\/files\/AFW-01868693_6ca3031f-4f44-4ab7-8603-70654b2a8b57.jpg?v=1790700482","url":"https:\/\/amadeussheetmusic.com\/products\/afw-01868693","provider":"Amadeus Sheet Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}