Bolero

See also: Bolero (homonymy)

The bolero is a Danse of Bal and Théâtre at three times, appeared in Spain at the 17th century. In 1780, the Main to dance of Charles III Sebastián Lorenzo Cerezo codifies it and gives him its noble letters with the scene, thus taking part in the birth of the academic dance Spanish, the “escuela will bolera”.

The vogue of the bolero becomes such as in 1795 Juan Jasinto Rodríguez de Calderón writes Bolerologia O quadro of mow escuelas LED bayle bolero, bruise quales eran into 1794 there 1795, the corte of España , in which it fustigates the multiplication of the schools of bolero and their tendency to neglect the propriety.

The etymological origin of the bolero remains dubious: for aucuns the word refers to the hat or with the waistcoat which the Andalous carried, for others it appoints the dancer of bolas (balls), but the most probable origin appears to be the nickname of “ Volero ” (the flying dancer) which one gave to Sebastián Cerezo.

The cuban bolero

The bolero Cuba in appears at the end of the 19th century, in the Province of Directs, like binary alternative and syncopated of the Spanish bolero, marked by the Clave . With Tristeza , made up in 1883 by Jose Sanchez, it is adopted then by the Mexicains, then by all the Latin America. Influenced by the music of American variety, the cuban bolero gradually changes steps close to the its or Danzón.

The Danse of living room called rumba born with the the United States is danced in fact (in spite of its name) on boleros.

The bolero and music

The bolero was used in 1937 by Django Reinhardt in its famous part entitled Boléro . This composition was inspired by that of Ravel, from which Django Reinhardt developed a rhythmic technique of particular Guitare.

The Mexican bolero most famous is undoubtedly Besame Mucho , composed by Consuelo Velasquez in 1941, and interpreted inter alia by Joséphine Baker, the Beatles, Plácido Domingo, Diana Krall, João Gilberto, Cesaria Evora, Rosa Passos…

Once adapted in French by Francis Blanche in 1945, Dalida, Celine Dion, Arielle Dombasle, Michel Petrucciani, Marc Lavoine, Commercial Guy, Lili Boniche… took it again.

Some boleros:

Among the famous interpreters, there was Maria Dolores Pradera, Luis Miguel, Nana Mouskouri, Nat King Cole, Los Panchos, Tito Rodriguez, Ibrahim Ferrer, Daniel Santos, Julio Jaramillo, Gloria Estefan (some titles such as Como me duele perderte )…

In Dominican Republic in the Années 1960 appeared the Bachata, a Musical genre rather near to the bolero.

The repertory of the Tuna (groups folkoric of Spanish students) comprises many boleros.

Many boleros were adapted in Salsa romántica .

The bolero of the traditional type-setters

This Musical genre inspired by many type-setters of Classical music:
  • Two Blind men of Tolède , bolero on Spanish topics, of Etienne Nicolas Méhul (1806)
  • Bolero for two guitars and Bolero for three votes of woman and piano , Fernando Sor
  • Bolero of the opera the Festival of the close village , of François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1816)
  • Vendôme in Spain , bolero of Daniel-François-Spirit Auber for symphony orchestra (1823)
  • Bolero in major C for piano, opus 19, of Frederic Chopin (1833 )
  • Air When I have your age , drawn from Benvenuto Cellini (act I n° 2) of Hector Berlioz (1838)
  • Air Merce, dilette amiche , drawn from the sicilian Vêpres (act V) of Giuseppe Verdi (1855)
  • Boléro of the Great Serenade for guitar, opus 30, from Napoleon Coste (1856)
  • Tirana went spagnola , extracted the Péchés of old age of Gioachino Rossini (1864)
  • Spanish dance (tempo di bolero) , of the Lake of the swans of Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski (1876)
  • historical Scenes, Tempo di bolero , continuation for orchestra opus 25 n° 3, of Jean Sibelius (1912)
  • Bolero for violin and piano , opus 16 n° 2, of Moritz Moszkowski (1913)
  • Bolero of Ravel (1928)
  • …

External bond

  • Escuela will bolera
  • Boléro on Streetswings Dance History Archives (streetswing.com)

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