Mother Goose Suite

1. Mother Goose Suite Composed by Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

2. Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel • Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty in the forest • Tom Thumb • Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas • Conversation between Beauty and the Beast • The Enchanted Garden

3. Section Instrument Graphic (A, B, C) 1 Flute (low pitch) 2 Flute (high pitch) 3 Clarinet 4 Flute (low pitch) 5 Violins Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty in the forest A B C

4. 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 GA B D Eb F G A B C D Eb F G A B C D Eb F G Tom Thumb

5. Composing 1: Creating a chorus of birds Collared Dove Blackbird Chaffinch Link to bird songs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/birdsong.shtml

6. Short sound Repeated short sound Raspy sound

7. END START Tom’s Journey

8. Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas Unison melody with gongs 1. introduction Mainly xylophones and flutes 3. glockenspiels and brass answered by flutes Repeating solo woodwind melodies with some xylophone notes Solo flute and piccolo melodies

9. Learning how Javanese and Balinese gamelan influenced ‘Pagodas’ www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/makingtracks/gamelan.shtml http://www.sftsunami.org/bamboobali/hear_us.shtml

10. CM1 2 1 2 1 5 6 lanang . 1 2 . 1 . 2 1 CM2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 wadon 6 . 5 6 . 6 5 . CM1 1 6 1 6 1 5 CM2 1 1 6 6 1 1 6 6 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 Performing a Balinese rindik piece - Tempung ketan PENTATONIC SCALE: G A B D E 1 2 3 5 6 Core melody parts (kotekan parts start here) Kotekan parts (Extension) To hear whole piece click here

11. Composing a Dragon Dance Pentatonic scale: C D E G A Wings out-stretched Dra-gon Dra-gon Spi-tting out fire Scales on it’s back

12. Conversation between Beauty and the Beast Beauty The melody is played on clarinet The melody is played on contra-bassoon The music is flowing There is an Oom Cha accompaniment The melody is played at a low pitch A harp plays throughout this section The beginning of the melody is accompanied by 4 loud pizzicato notes A cymbal is heard twice Beast

13. Learning about the contra-bassoon A large, deep-toned instrument of the oboe family, also called double bassoon. Its tube, over 16 ft (5 m) long, is doubled upon itself four times. It was first made by Hans Schreiber of Berlin in 1620. http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide/bassoon.shtml

14. Composing a piece called Beauty and the Beast Compose a piece that uses a similar structure as Ravel’s Beauty and the Beast i.e.: • Music that describes Beauty • Music that describes the Beast • Music that describes the Beast changing into a handsome prince

15. BEAUTY BEAST Mood Pitch Dynamics Silence Tempo Timbre

16. The Enchanted Garden

17. The Enchanted Garden By Maurice Ravel

18. Sources of images: • Maurice Ravel: http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/ravel.html • Image of Mother Goose: http://eclipse.rutgers.edu/goose/what/0.aspx • Images of birds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/birdsong.shtml • Images of Tom Thumb: http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/TTImages.htm • Images of Pagodas: http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/p/pagoda.asp • Images of gamelan: http://www.sftsunami.org/bamboobali/music.shtml • Chinese dragon: http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/chinese-dragon.html • Contrabassoon: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=157 • Enchanted garden: http://www.kew.org/