Ravel: Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose Suite)

Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose Suite) is typical of Ravel’s style with its modal melodies, use of dance forms and rhythmic precision. For this suite, Ravel selected favorite French fairy tales with references to fantasy, dreams and legends of childhood, and provided simple and delicate settings for piano duet (one piano, four hands). Although featuring childhood themes, Ma mère l’oye is at the late intermediate to early advanced level. This teaching/performance edition contains the suite in its entirety and is based on the first edition published by Durand in 1910. Editors Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster have included expert fingering suggestions and hand redistributions for technical ease, and have suggested ways to perform grace notes and glissandi in footnotes. The primo and secondo parts are on separate pages with measure numbers in both parts for easy reference. Late intermediate to early advanced.

Additional Information

SKU#: 00-22554
UPC: 038081226811
ISBN-10: 0739034162
ISBN-13: 9780739034163
Series: Alfred Masterwork Edition
Secondary Category: Piano Duet (1 Piano, 4 Hands)
Format: Book
Page Count: 40
Contributors: By Maurice Ravel / ed. Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster
Level: Late Intermediate – (6)
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