"Mother Goose (ballet) Mother Goose is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival by balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Ravel's music and scenario, the ""Ma Mère l'Oye Suite"" from 1908, orchestrated by the composer in 1912. The premiere took place on May 22, 1975, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Stanley Simmons and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. At its premiere it bore the French title, which was retained when it was first revived in January 1978 but Anglicized by May of that year. ""Ma Mère l'Oye"" was written as a suite of five"
"Mother Goose Melodies Mother Goose Melodies is a 1931 Silly Symphonies animated film, directed by Burt Gillett. Two years later it was semi remade in Technicolor as ""Old King Cole"". Old King Cole various Mother Goose characters go on a prade for his entertainment; including the Three Blind Mice as his ""fiddlers three"", Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill (who meet Simple Simon atop the hill), Humpty Dumpty, Jack Horner (his Christmas pie also containing the four and twenty blackbirds), Bo Peep (Boy Blue brings the sheep home, one of which falls in mud to become Baa Baa Black Sheep) and"
"Ma mère l'Oye Ma mère l'Oye (""Mother Goose""; ""Oye"" is correctly capitalized, being a proper name) is a musical work by French composer Maurice Ravel. Ravel originally wrote ""Ma mère l'Oye"" as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi and Jean, ages 6 and 7. Ravel dedicated this work for four hands to the children (just as he had dedicated an earlier work, ""Sonatine"", to their parents). Jeanne Leleu and Geneviève Durony premiered the work at the first concert of the Société musicale indépendante on 20 April 1910. The piece was transcribed for solo piano by Ravel's friend Jacques"
"Robert Hood Bowers Robert Hood Bowers (24 May 1877 - 29 December 1941) was an American composer, conductor and musical director of operettas and stage musicals, and a conductor and musical director for radio. He composed the musical scores for some of the most popular silent movies, including ""Aloma of the South Seas"" and ""A Daughter of the Gods"". Born and raised in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Robert Hood Bowers was the eldest son of Ellen Graham Heyser and Oliver C. Bowers (a district attorney of Franklin County, and nominee for the Democratic Party for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district for the 1904"
"– played by the Golden Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Norman. Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy is a LP album by Bing Crosby made for children by Golden Records in 1957. It was a story of a small boy in search of his name. The music was by Dean Fuller and the lyrics and book by Marshall Barer. The album was issued on CD by Drive Entertainment in 2001 (catalogue No. PUR0951). In April 1957, Golden Records recorded a number of new children’s records. Bing Crosby was"
"Dolly (Fauré) The Dolly Suite, Op. 56, is a collection of pieces for piano four-hands by Gabriel Fauré. It consists of short pieces written or revised between 1893 and 1896, to mark the birthdays and other events in the life of the daughter of the composer's mistress. An orchestral version of the suite was scored in 1906 by Henri Rabaud, and has, like the original piano duet version, received several recordings. The best-known section of the suite, the ""Berceuse"", has been arranged for several combinations of instruments. In Britain it became famous as the play-out tune to Listen with Mother."
"the Cat, Cow and Little Dog. Mother Goose Melodies Mother Goose Melodies is a 1931 Silly Symphonies animated film, directed by Burt Gillett. Two years later it was semi remade in Technicolor as ""Old King Cole"". Old King Cole various Mother Goose characters go on a prade for his entertainment; including the Three Blind Mice as his ""fiddlers three"", Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill (who meet Simple Simon atop the hill), Humpty Dumpty, Jack Horner (his Christmas pie also containing the four and twenty blackbirds), Bo Peep (Boy Blue brings the sheep home, one of which falls in mud to"
"composition. He wrote, ""One of my earliest ideas with regard to this project was to create a big piece, but I didn't want to use a huge orchestra since I had done that many times in the past; I wanted the work to be more constrained, played by a smaller ensemble, and a perfect masterpiece in that category is Ravel's ""Ma Mère l'oye"" (""Mother Goose""), which is a gorgeous piece, particularly in the way that Ravel builds up tremendous expression with smaller resources."" The composer added, ""For me, the most beautiful moment in music history occurs at the end of"
"""Don't Believe In Fairytales"" (1979) and ""This is the Life"" (1982). Mother Goose continued touring Australia and Canada until they broke up in 1984. Johnston and Rodeka joined The Incredible Penguins in 1985, which recorded a cover of ""Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"", a charity project with numerous guest musicians for research on little penguins, which peaked at #10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December. Mother Goose reformed on 23 March 2007 as part of a 30 year celebration of the Dunedin Sound. The concert was called Re:Sound. The other main acts were; The Chills, Sneaky Feelings, and"
"Virginia Karns Virginia Karns (May 30, 1907 – June 21, 1990) was a singer and character actress at the Hal Roach Studios in the early 1930s. Fans probably remember her best from the opening scene of the Laurel and Hardy musical comedy ""Babes in Toyland"" (1934), in which she portrayed Mother Goose. She also appeared in films with Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Billy Gilbert, and Charley Chase while working for Hal Roach. Blessed with a beautiful singing voice, she was an accomplished voice-over artist during this period. Karns married R. William Patterson and hosted a local variety television show in"
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"while appearing there he was recommended to Noel Purcell, then a Theatre Royal star. Shortly afterwards he began performing and writing scripts for the weekly variety shows the Royal was renowned for. He eventually left Kennedys bakery in 1945 to work full-time in The Theatre Royal where he had been appointed house manager and press officer. That Christmas he played in the Pantomime ‘Mother Goose’ with Noel Purcell, Eddie Byrne, Frankie Blowers, Sean Mooney and Pauline Forbes whose father Dick wrote the show. The show also featured The Royalettes and the Theatre’s orchestra conducted by Jimmy Campbell. In the five"
"Dayton, Ohio. Virginia Karns Virginia Karns (May 30, 1907 – June 21, 1990) was a singer and character actress at the Hal Roach Studios in the early 1930s. Fans probably remember her best from the opening scene of the Laurel and Hardy musical comedy ""Babes in Toyland"" (1934), in which she portrayed Mother Goose. She also appeared in films with Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Billy Gilbert, and Charley Chase while working for Hal Roach. Blessed with a beautiful singing voice, she was an accomplished voice-over artist during this period. Karns married R. William Patterson and hosted a local variety television"
"Moose Charlap Mark ""Moose"" Charlap (December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was an American Broadway composer best known for ""Peter Pan"" (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics. The idea for the show came from Jerome Robbins, who planned to have a few songs by Charlap and Leigh. It evolved into a full musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green. On Broadway, starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook. Charlap was also the composer for the television movie musical ""Hans Brinker"" which had lyrics by Alvin Cooperman"
"Dave Malloy Dave Malloy (born January 4, 1976) is an American composer, who has created several theatre works, often based on classic works of literature. They include his award winning electropop opera ""Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"", his chamber musical ""Ghost Quartet"" and his musical fantasia ""Preludes"". Malloy is a three-time Tony Award nominee. Malloy grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland and began making theater in San Francisco in 2000. Early work included pieces with Banana Bag & Bodice, for whom has been the composer since 2002. In 2008 he composed music for ""Beowulf"
"Dave Malloy Dave Malloy (born January 4, 1976) is an American composer, who has created several theatre works, often based on classic works of literature. They include his award winning electropop opera ""Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"", his chamber musical ""Ghost Quartet"" and his musical fantasia ""Preludes"". Malloy is a three-time Tony Award nominee. Malloy grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland and began making theater in San Francisco in 2000. Early work included pieces with Banana Bag & Bodice, for whom has been the composer since 2002. In 2008 he composed music for ""Beowulf"
"Thetis Blacker Ann Thetis Blacker (13 December 1927 – 18 December 2006) was an English painter and singer. She was noted for her richly coloured pictures, especially using the batik wax-resist fabric dyeing process. Blacker was born in Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Carlos Paton Blacker, a psychiatrist, and granddaughter of Carlos Blacker, a friend of Oscar Wilde. Blacker intended to be a singer and studied with the German mezzo-soprano singer Elena Gerhardt in London. She appeared in the chorus at Glyndebourne opera in the 1950s and sang the role of ""Mother Goose"" in ""The"
"Mother Goose The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. As a character, she appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme. This, however, was dependent on a Christmas pantomime, a successor to which is still performed in the United Kingdom. The term's appearance in English dates back to the early 18th century, when Charles Perrault’s fairy tale collection, ""Contes de ma Mère l'Oye"", was first translated into English as ""Tales of My Mother Goose"". Later a compilation"
"Side, died at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1974 at the age of 45. Moose Charlap Mark ""Moose"" Charlap (December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was an American Broadway composer best known for ""Peter Pan"" (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics. The idea for the show came from Jerome Robbins, who planned to have a few songs by Charlap and Leigh. It evolved into a full musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green. On Broadway, starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook. Charlap was also the composer"
"Joseph Dubin Joseph Simon Dubin (June 2, 1900 – January 16, 1961) was an American composer and orchestrator, scoring and orchestrating more than 200 motion pictures during his career. His brother, Al Dubin (1891 Zürich-February 11, 1945 New York City) was an American songwriter, lyricist, soldier and actor. Joseph Dubin is best known for composing the soundtrack for the 1930 MGM film ""The Big House"", as well as the Walt Disney films ""Cinderella"", ""Alice in Wonderland"", ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"", ""The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"", ""So Dear to My Heart"", and ""The Fox and the Hound"". Dubin"
"Frederick Loewe Frederick Loewe (, originally German ""Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe"" ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988), was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including ""My Fair Lady"" and ""Camelot"", both of which were made into films. Loewe was born in Berlin, Germany, to Viennese parents Edmond and Rosa Loewe. His father was a noted Jewish operetta star who performed throughout Europe and in North and South America; he starred as Count Danilo in the 1906 Berlin production of ""The Merry Widow"". Loewe grew up in Berlin and attended"
"Douglas Moore Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 – July 25, 1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. He wrote music for the theater, film, ballet and orchestra, but his greatest fame is associated with his operas ""The Devil and Daniel Webster"" (1938) and ""The Ballad of Baby Doe"" (1956). Moore was born in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York. His ancestors were among the first settlers to Long Island, NY. Moore was an alumnus of the Fessenden School, the Hotchkiss School and Yale University. Moore earned two degrees from Yale University, a B.A. in 1915, then a B.Mus in"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy is a LP album by Bing Crosby made for children by Golden Records in 1957. It was a story of a small boy in search of his name. The music was by Dean Fuller and the lyrics and book by Marshall Barer. The album was issued on CD by Drive Entertainment in 2001 (catalogue No. PUR0951). In April 1957, Golden Records recorded a number of new children’s records. Bing Crosby was enlisted to read and sing four of the stories and in addition to"
"his other film musicals were also nominated: Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Aladdin"" (1992), and ""Pocahontas"" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Newsies"" (1992), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""Hercules"" (1997), ""Home on the Range"" (2004), ""Enchanted"" (2007), ""Tangled"" (2010), and ""Sausage Party"" (2016),"
"George Tipton George Aliceson Tipton (January 23, 1932 – February 12, 2016) was an American composer, musical arranger and conductor, who is well known for his work in television and for his collaborations with singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. Among Tipton's works are the themes for the TV shows ""Soap"" and its spinoff ""Benson"", ""It's a Living"", ""I'm a Big Girl Now"" and ""Empty Nest"", plus incidental music for numerous shows, including ""The Courtship of Eddie's Father"", ""Soap"", ""Mulligan's Stew"", ""The Love Boat"", ""Heartland"", ""The Golden Girls"" and ""The Golden Palace"". He also wrote the score for the film ""Badlands"" (1973), and"
"Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Aladdin"" (1992), and ""Pocahontas"" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Newsies"" (1992), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""Hercules"" (1997), ""Home on the Range"" (2004), ""Enchanted"" (2007), ""Tangled"" (2010), and ""Sausage Party"" (2016), among others. He is also known for"
"Leonard N. Fowles Leonard Nowell Fowles (6 October 1870 – 18 January 1939) was an English organist and choirmaster, classical music composer, arranger, teacher, adjudicator and conductor, best remembered for his hymn tunes ""Golders Green"" and ""Phoenix"". Fowles was born on 6 October 1870, at Portsea Island near Southsea, Hampshire, to Helen Nowell and Albert Godwin Fowles. His father, a native of the Isle of Wight, was a highly regarded professor of music and a free church organist; his mother was born on Jersey, the Channel Islands. His was a musical family. Fowles' paternal aunt, Miss Margaret Fowles, was organist"
"Harold Fraser-Simson Harold Fraser-Simson (15 August 1872 – 19 January 1944) was an English composer of light music, including songs and the scores to musical comedies. His most famous musical was the World War I hit ""The Maid of the Mountains"", and he later set numerous children's poems to music, especially those of A. A. Milne. Fraser-Simson was born in London, the second child and eldest son of an East Indies merchant, Arthur Theodore Simson and his wife, Jane Anne Catherine née Fraser, of Reelig, Scotland. He was educated at Charterhouse School, then at Dulwich College, then at King's College"
"also nominated for Best Film Editing (Ted J. Kent) and Best Sound (Waldon O. Watson). It received a nomination for the 1965 Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy award. Father Goose (film) Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title derives from ""Mother Goose"", the code name assigned to Grant's character. The film won an Academy Award for its screenplay. It introduced the song ""Pass Me By"" by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, later recorded by Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and others."
"Memories And You!"" and ""Celebrate The Magic"" in Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom and ""Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland"" in Tokyo Disneyland. John Debney John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American film composer and conductor. He received an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's ""The Passion of the Christ"" (2004). He also composed the score for ""Cutthroat Island"" (1995), which has been celebrated by music critics as a notable example of swashbuckling film music. The son of Disney Studios producer Louis Debney (""Zorro"", ""The Mickey Mouse Club""), John was born and raised in Glendale, California, nearby"
"Henry Mancini Enrico Nicola ""Henry"" Mancini (; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the theme and soundtrack for the ""Peter Gunn"" television series as well as the music for ""The Pink Panther"" film series (""The Pink Panther Theme"") and ""Moon River"" from ""Breakfast"
"The suite, consisting of six short pieces, each with its own title: ""Berceuse"", ""Mi-a-ou"", ""Le jardin de Dolly"", ""Kitty-valse"", ""Tendresse"" and ""Le pas espagnol"". The complete suite takes about fifteen minutes to perform. Fauré wrote or revised the pieces between 1893 and 1896, for Hélène Bardac (1892–1985), known to her family as Dolly (she was later Madame Gaston de Tinan). She was the young daughter of the singer Emma Bardac, with whom Fauré had a long-running affair. He was in the practice of sending pieces of music, in manuscript, to mark Dolly's birthdays and other family occasions. In a marked"