Rapsodie Espagnole, Mother Goose Suite, and Pavane for a Dead Princess in Full Score

by Maurice Ravel

Book Overview

With the premiere in 1908 of Rapsodie Espagnole, Ravel's first entirely orchestral composition, the French composer achieved renown as a highly original and imaginative composer. In 1911, he recast the Mother Goose Suite, his extremely successful music for piano four-hands, as an orchestral work. Based on five fairy tales -- among them "Sleeping Beauty," "Tom Thumb," and "Beauty and the Beast" -- this collection of children's pieces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486418995
• ISBN13: 9780486418995
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 12.3"