Program Note on Movements Research Assignment Paper

PROGRAM NOTE ON MOVEMENTS
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Program Note on Movements
The Mother Goose is a combination of five-piece suite that was created and orchestrated by Ravel in year 1991. The orchestra is the most common form of the piece of work listened today. The five movements are played differently and below is an example of some of them and the composition of instruments played in the music.[Kim, David, Elizabeth Hainen, Gideon Whitehead, Paul S. Jones, Richard Harlow, Alyson Pray, Yosbel Delgado, and Kristina Pulcini. "David Kim." (2015).]
The “Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty” is one of the orchestral works that was composed by Maurice Ravel. The composition was based on the tales of Charles Perrault and begins and ends with the story of the sleeping beauty. The whole work of art does not have major variations of notes and therefore this creates a repetitive and flowing rhythm. The Aeolian mode theme is played by a flute. In addition, a counter melody is played by violas and muted horns. The melody of the song makes it more captivating because it’s soft, high-pitched and slow.[Yolen, Jane. Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty. Penguin, 2012.]
The “Conversation of the beauty and beast” is another work of art was created and orchestrated by Maurice Ravel following the curious master of Arcueil. This movement was created from the work of Satie whom Ravel acknowledged as the “grand papa” of the movement since it resembles a Gymnopedie. The music opens up with a slow-waltz music which captures the attention of the listener. He made the work unique by playing a solo clarinet which produces the graceful waltz. In addition, during the progress of the movement, she plays a solo flute which is then followed by a solo oboe. The beat produced can be a perfect description of a contrabassoon. As well, the music genre revealed in the audio does not change throughout the whole art a...