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Date:
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:30:22 +1100
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Re: Popping Your Clogs
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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Deryk Barker wrote of Memory by Elaine Page:

>Ravel's Bolero speeded up, according to one source.

Reminds me Ravel once heard Toscanini conduct Bolero, and when AT asked
him his opinion, said he thought it too fast.  AT said that if played more
slowly, it would be boring.  Ravel replied, "It's *meant* to be boring."

Richard Pennycuick
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