Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye (Cinq Pièces Enfantine) Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite consists of five short pieces for children. Originally written for piano four hands in 1910, Ravel created the orchestral version the succeeding year. We have featured works by Ravel several times in this series, more … Read more
Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals Returning to the subject of children’s music, we have to include in our list of works The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). He has been described as a greater child prodigy than Mozart, but his mother resisted exposing … Read more
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf Several times in the course of writing this series (four years now) I have taken up a topic that I stick with for a few weeks, although I try to be sure each week’s entry can stand alone. Last week … Read more
Okay, we’re driving back to Texas from the Great Home School Convention in Greenville, South Carolina. We have our 2½ year old granddaughter Patti with us. She’s a superb traveler. Still, it was late, and we needed something to get her through that last 200 … Read more
