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'Therein lies a tale': Musical and literary structure in Ravel's 'Ma mere L'Oye'

2009; University of Melbourne; Issue: 34 Linguagem: Inglês

1038-4006

Emily Kilpatrick,

Theater, Performance, and Music History

In the early autumn of 1908, Maurice Ravel spent several days in Valvins babysitting two young children, Mimie and Jean Godebski. By letter, he reported to their mother, Ida, on his principal duties: Family life now resumes: laborious conversations with Miss [Hatchell, the children's English governess], aided by gestures and dictionaries; stories to tell the kids, not too gloomy in the evening to avoid nightmares, but lugubrious in the morning to stimulate their appetite.