Ma mère l'Oye [SEP] instrumentation
Ma mère l'Oye
Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"; "Oye" is correctly capitalized, being a proper name) is a suite by French composer Maurice Ravel. The piece was originally written as a five-movement piano duet in 1910. In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work.
Piano versions.
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 (just
with four new interludes and adding two movements at the start, "Prélude" and "Danse du rouet et scène". The ballet premiered on 29 January 1912 at the Théâtre des Arts in Paris. The eleven numbers are:
Orchestrated version Instrumentation.
"Ma mère l'Oye" is scored for an orchestra with the following instruments:
- Woodwinds
- Brass
- Percussion
- Keyboards
- Strings
In popular culture.
- On his 1974 album, "So What" American guitarist Joe Walsh recorded