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Events on Thursday 22 November 1928 1
1928Ravel's Bolero premieresBallet score debuts at the Paris OperaMaurice Ravel's Bolero premiered at the Paris Opera as a ballet commissioned by Ida Rubinstein. The piece builds a single repeated melody over an unchanging snare-drum rhythm. It became one of the most frequently performed orchestral works of the century.