For a limited time only! Get the original Intro Package for only $49.95! You save $29.95! Includes: 1. The Book (shipped separately) 2. Three (3) color-coded scores (PDF download) 3. MP3 audio performance conducted by Sir Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Field (digital download) 4. Bonus set of PDF study scores you can mark up. (PDF download) Alexander Publishing’s How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite is a breakthrough in orchestration instruction. For the first time ever, an American publishing company has completely re-engraved the classic work with the condensed piano part at page bottom in an oversized A4 format.
For fast referencing, each bar is numbered at the bottom of the page (original rehearsal marks are also included).
By including the piano part at page bottom, students of counterpoint will see specific devices that Ravel used, where, and how he orchestrated them. Jazz musicians and composers will also see how Ravel composed and orchestrated using altered DOM7 chords, mixolydian chord scales, and triads with the added 9th.
Preceding each movement is the complete short story that movement was based on. Now you can look at Mother Goose Suite to better understand the dramatic composition and scoring techniques that went into each work. By comparing back to the original story, you gain a better understanding of Ravel’s approach. Following each movement is a brief orchestration analysis based on the Eight Keys To Learning Professional Orchestration as taught in the Professional Orchestration Series.
How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite goes beyond traditional analysis by including two literary works by Poe which greatly impacted Ravel, The Poetic Principle and The Philosophy of Composition.
Also included is a brief on Ravel’s method of working which goes a long way to taking the mystery out of orchestral scoring.
Simply put, there has never been a practical analysis like this before.
Table of Contents
Introduction
How Ravel Worked
The Eight Keys to Learning Professional Orchestration
Story: The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Score: Pavane for the Sleeping Princess in the Woods
Practical Analysis: Pavane for the Sleeping Princess in the Woods
Story: Little Tom Thumb
Score: Little Tom Thumb
Practical Analysis: Little Tom Thumb
Story: The Green Serpent
Score: Little Ugly, Empress of the Pagodas
Practical Analysis: Little Ugly, Princess of the Pagodas
Story: Beauty and the Beast
Score: Dialogue Between Beauty & The Beast
Practical Analysis: Dialogue Between Beauty & The Beast
Story: The Fairy Garden
Score: The Fairy Garden
Practical Analysis: The Fairy Garden
Putting to Work What You've Learned
The Philosophy of Composition
The Poetic Principle
PDF SAMPLE PAGES
CONTENTS PAGE
INTRODUCTION
MUSIC SCORE (Lo Res)
REVIEW:
All I can say is fantastic! My students, and I were completely enthralled by the analysis you provided, as well as the score with the included piano part. Two of the students are jazz majors and were very excited about how Ravel was approaching harmonization from a chord/scale jazz harmony perspective. They really started to make a connection with Ravel's approach and what they have been learning in arranging class for big band; especially the jazz harmonization and line writing aspect of the score.
The piano part at the bottom of the score is a great teaching tool for orchestration students. All of my students stated that they would like to see more scores presented in this format. They all felt that they were gaining a better understanding on how Ravel approached orchestrating this movement because of the piano part that was included in the score.
The next time I teach my orchestration class, this will be required reading for all of my students, it is that good. I love the new approach.
Dr. Rik Pfenninger
Plymouth State University Also available as a downloadable PDF E-Book CLICK HERE
FREE! Watch the complete Mother Goose Suite performed on video as conducted by Ramon Tebar at the Alexander Publishing Online Library - Professional Mentor Videos.
Watch a Video of Pavanne, the first movement, conducted by Ramon Tebar
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