Published on January 12, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.
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On June 28, 2024, the Nanterre High Court (TGI) delivered its verdict concerning the case of Bolero de Ravel, rejecting the heirs’ request. As a reminder, the Alexandre Benois and Maurice Ravel estates had filed a lawsuit since 2018 against Sacem (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers), in order to contest the entry of the Bolero in the public domain in France in 2016. After six years of proceedings, the composer’s rights holders attempted to have the score recognized as a collaborative work between Ravel and the decorator Alexandre Benois (1870-1960).
The claims were to have the painter Alexandre Benois and the choreographer Nijinska (both linked to the first performances of the work) added to the work’s declaration form. Bolero at the Paris Opera during the premiere in 1928) extending the rights to the score until 2039 or 2051.
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