On 13 Oct 2008 at 15:36, timothy key price wrote:

> In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4  
> notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not  
> repeated regularly enough? Still not sure how the term is applied or  
> correctly used and my music dictionary is not much help.
> Don't mean to beat this to death.

My answer would be:

Beethoven's 5th: No
Ravel's Bolero:  Yes

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