Maurice Ravel :: Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)


 

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Ravel, Maurice
1875-1937
(b Ciboure, Basses-Pyrenees, 7 March 1875; d Paris, 28 Dec 1937). French composer of Swiss-Basque parentage
Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) <1908–1910; rev (orchd)
1911>
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Complete ballet; originally a 5-movement suite for piano 4-hands; orchestrated by the composer, with the addition of 2 movements and connecting material. Serenissima edition by Nancy M. Bradburd & Clinton F. Nieweg.
The
Prélude & Danse rouet with the 5 Pièces enfantines from Ma Mère l'Oye (next 2 entries) contain between them nearly all the music of the complete ballet; some connecting transitions are missing, and the order of movements is changed slightly.
1. Prélude
2. Danse du rouet et scène
3. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant
4. Les entretriens de la belle et de la bête
5. Petit poucet
6. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
7. Le jardin féerique







Additional info
Contents [continuous music with transitional passages]—1. Prélude; 2. Danse du rouet et scène (Dance of the Spinning Wheel & Scene); 3. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty); 4. Les entretriens de la belle et de la bête (Conversations of Beauty and the Beast); 5. Petit poucet (Tom Thumb); 6. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes (Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas); 7. Le jardin féerique (The Enchanted Garden)