Ravel - Mother Goose - Five Children's Pieces for Trombone and Piano Quintets My Bonny Lass

My Bonny Lass

or the four can be performed as a whole

Sauer's new arrangement has used all of Saint-Saen's music and he has scored it for eight Trombones with an optional 9th part on Contra Bass Trombone

This lovely 4-minute arrangement by Ralph Sauer is appropriate for moderately advanced performers

Biddlecome’s edition is very well thought out and should be a staple for any serious young performer of the Trombone

Ravel - Mother Goose - Five Children's Pieces for Trombone and Piano Quintets My Bonny LassRavel's Mother Goose was composed in 1908 as a suite of five piano duets for the children of his friends, the Godebski's. They are based on the well known story first published in 1697. In 1911 Ravel arranged them in a longer format for a ballet orchestra. The music has a magical childlike quality to it of innocence and simplicity. The titles of the five movement suite are: 1. Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty in the forest 2. Little Tom Thumb 3.