Description
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects.
Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) is a musical work by French composer Maurice Ravel.
Ravel originally wrote Ma mère l’oye as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi and Jean, ages 6 and 7. Ravel dedicated this work for four hands to the children.
Contents:
- I. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant / Pavane of Sleeping Beauty
- II. Petit Poucet / Little Tom Thumb / Hop o’ My Thumb
- III. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes / Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas
- IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête / Conversation of Beauty and the Beast
- V. Le jardin féerique / The Fairy Garden
