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RE: LOL! Regardless, it's still a fascinating, hypnotic piece. . . ;-)

Posted by desertorganist on September 28, 2020 at 13:20:31:

When I hear Bolero, I keep thinking, "Surely Ravel had friends who were organists!" because of some of his effects in this piece. The iteration of the C major tune starting at two measures after rehearsal mark 8 bring the distinctive sound of the organ Cornet into the orchestra. In the organ, it's made up of flute pipes, sounding unison, an octave higher, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. It's one of the most-used solo combinations in organ music, especially in French music. All the pitches are there in Ravel, in their correct relationship. The next iteration, two after 9, gives us clarinets in octaves (an unusual sound, oboe, oboe d'amore, and cor anglais, making up a five-rank mixture (unison, octave, and fifth-sounding pipes). If Ravel had been an organist, he would have been a master at registration.