Jane Jones marks both the Winter Olympics and St. Valentine’s Day with a work which is associated with both occasions. Boléro, the most famous work by French composer Maurice Ravel, was written more ...

Looking back on the spectacular figure skating routine that went down in Olympics history and brought the music of Ravel to the masses. On Valentine’s Day in 1984, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean ...

Ravel's Bolero is a composition that rose from the depths of nonchalant dismissal by Ravel's contemporaries to being one of the few truly recognizable melodies in classical music. Sadly, you rarely ...

A French court was set to rule Friday on whether Bolero, one of the best-known classical music pieces in the world, was written by Maurice Ravel alone – a decision with big financial stakes. Ravel ...

Claimants, backed by composer’s estate, lose claim of co-authorship, described as ‘historical fiction’ A French court has ruled that Boléro, one of the best-known works of classical music in the world ...

Tom Service explores Ravel's Bolero – a classical chart-topper, concert-hall-filler and the soundtrack to Torvill and Dean's Olympic skating glory. Show more Tom Service explores Ravel's Bolero – a ...

Almost 90 years after it was first performed in Paris, the copyright ran out on Sunday on one of the most popular and unique pieces of classical music, Ravel’s Bolero. “We are accustomed to say that a ...