Who wrote the Mother Goose Suite?
"Mother Goose"", which introduced ""Sleeping Beauty"", ""Little Red Riding Hood"", ""Puss in Boots"", ""Cinderella"", and other Perrault tales to English-speaking audiences. The first public appearance of the Mother Goose stories in America was in Worcester, Massachusetts, where printer Isaiah Thomas reprinted Samber's volume under the same title in 1786. Maurice Ravel ‘s ""Ma mère l'oye"" suite is dependent on Perrault’s collection. Starting with five pieces for piano duet in 1908-10, he then orchestrated them for a ballet in which two of the episodes were named after the fairy tale characters Sleeping Beauty and Tom Thumb. The ballet was first performed"
"The Random House Book of Mother Goose The Random House Book of Mother Goose: a Treasury of More Than 300 Classic Nursery Rhymes is a 1986 collection of over 300 nursery rhymes by Arnold Lobel. It was republished in 1997 as ""The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose"". Alison Lurie, writing for The New York Times called it ""an almost continuous round of noise and fun and feasting."" writing ""One admirable feature of this new edition of ""Mother Goose"" is its generous inclusiveness."" and although ""Readers of a generation raised on earlier visualizations of ""Mother Goose"" may regret some aspects"
"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"
"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"
"Mother Goose in Prose Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum, and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. It was originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, and re-released by the George M. Hill Company in 1901. The book opens with an introduction by Baum that traces the history of Mother Goose. It is followed by the original text of a nursery rhyme with a broader story to establish its literary context. The book's last"
"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."
"in Prose"" appeared from Bounty Books in 1951 and after (), Dover Publications in 2002, and Kessinger Publishing in 2004, among others. Mother Goose in Prose Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum, and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. It was originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, and re-released by the George M. Hill Company in 1901. The book opens with an introduction by Baum that traces the history of Mother Goose. It"
"in Paris in 1912 and later that year in Chicago. John Newbery was once believed to have published a compilation of English nursery rhymes titled "", or, Sonnets for the cradle"" some time in the 1760s, but the first edition was probably published in 1780 or 1781 by Thomas Carnan, one of Newbery's successors (and stepson). This edition was registered with the Stationers' Company, London in 1780. However, no copy has been traced, and the earliest surviving edition is dated 1784. The name ""Mother Goose"" has been associated in the English-speaking world with children's poetry ever since. In 1834, John"
"My Very First Mother Goose My Very First Mother Goose is a 1996 children's picture book by Iona Opie. It is a collection of sixty-eight nursery rhymes, chosen by Opie from the Mother Goose oeuvre. The ""School Library Journal"" wrote ""Such a spirit of fun and pleasure emanates from every page of this big, handsome volume that although there are many distinguished entries in the nursery-rhyme book field, this one is sure to add special joy to any collection."" ""Kirkus Reviews"" concluded ""There's little point in pretending that even prodigious collections of nursery rhymes can do without this one--it's a"
"Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories was a children's television show hosted by Mother Goose, who tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes. The show combined live-action child actors with elaborate puppets created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The show featured puppeteers Mike Quinn, Mak Wilson, and Karen Prell as various characters, along with Angie Passmore as the titular Mother Goose. Fourteen of the episodes were based on stories in L. Frank Baum's 1897 book Mother Goose in Prose, while the others were original tales written for the show. The general look of"
"and Mother Goose Rhymes"". She received a 1950 Newbery Medal, for ""The Door in the Wall, which also won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1961,"" a 1957 Newbery Honor mention for ""Black Fox of Lorne"", a 1961 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and the 1968 Regina Medal. Marguerite de Angeli Marguerite de Angeli (March 14, 1889 – June 16, 1987) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book ""The Door in the Wall"". She wrote and illustrated twenty-eight of her own books, and illustrated more than three dozen books and numerous magazine"
"Marjorie Torrey Marjorie Torrey Hood Chanslor (November 10, 1891 – September 1, 1964) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. She also wrote two mystery novels for adults under the name Torrey Chanslor and published under the name Torrey Bevans. She was a runner-up for the annual American Library Association Caldecott Medal for children's picture book illustration, in both 1946 and 1947; Opal Wheeler wrote both books, ""Sing Mother Goose"" and ""Sing in Praise""). Chanslor was born in Brooklyn in 1891 to William A. Hood (1860–1918) and Caroline Lincoln Torrey (1861–1949). In 1911, she married Thomas Murray Bevans"
"was no service, per her request. Marjorie Torrey Marjorie Torrey Hood Chanslor (November 10, 1891 – September 1, 1964) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. She also wrote two mystery novels for adults under the name Torrey Chanslor and published under the name Torrey Bevans. She was a runner-up for the annual American Library Association Caldecott Medal for children's picture book illustration, in both 1946 and 1947; Opal Wheeler wrote both books, ""Sing Mother Goose"" and ""Sing in Praise""). Chanslor was born in Brooklyn in 1891 to William A. Hood (1860–1918) and Caroline Lincoln Torrey (1861–1949). In"
"The Wacky World of Mother Goose The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967) is an animated feature film made by Rankin/Bass, written by Romeo Muller and directed by Jules Bass based on Charles Perrault's stories and nursery rhymes. It features Humpty Dumpty, the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, and the Crooked Man (the villain). Mother Goose is voiced by Margaret Rutherford. In the land of Old King Cole: Jack and Jill, Simple Simon, Georgie Porgie, Humpty Dumpty, and the others are worried when Mother Goose has to visit her sister who lives beyond the Moon. Meanwhile, Count Walktwist"
"Mots d'Heures Mots D'Heures: Gousses, Rames: The D'Antin Manuscript (""Mother Goose's Rhymes""), published in 1967 by Luis d'Antin van Rooten is purportedly a collection of poems written in archaic French with learned glosses. In fact, they are English-language nursery rhymes written homophonically as a nonsensical French text (with pseudo-scholarly explanatory footnotes); that is, as an English-to-French homophonic translation. The result is not merely the English nursery rhyme but that nursery rhyme as it would sound if spoken in English by someone with a strong French accent. Even the manuscript's title, when spoken aloud, sounds like ""Mother Goose's Rhymes"" with a"
"of English nursery rhymes, titled ""Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle"", helped perpetuate the name both in Britain and the United States. Mother Goose's name was identified with English collections of stories and nursery rhymes popularised in the 17th century. English readers would already have been familiar with Mother Hubbard, a stock figure when Edmund Spenser published the satire Mother Hubberd's Tale in 1590, as well as with similar fairy tales told by ""Mother Bunch"" (the pseudonym of Madame d'Aulnoy) in the 1690s. An early mention appears in an aside in a versified French chronicle of weekly events,"
"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"
"A Gander at Mother Goose A Gander at Mother Goose is a 1940 animated short film in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Tex Avery and written by Dave Monahan. It was released to theatres May 25, 1940 by Warner Bros.. The short is essentially a spot gag cartoon with nursery rhymes. The cartoon is narrated by Robert C. Bruce. The first nursery rhyme is Mary, Mary Quite Contrary as played by Katharine Hepburn. The narrator speaks the first line of the rhyme: """"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary----how does your garden grow?"""" to which Mary replies """"I'm terribly sorry,"
"and unfailing tenderness."" My Very First Mother Goose My Very First Mother Goose is a 1996 children's picture book by Iona Opie. It is a collection of sixty-eight nursery rhymes, chosen by Opie from the Mother Goose oeuvre. The ""School Library Journal"" wrote ""Such a spirit of fun and pleasure emanates from every page of this big, handsome volume that although there are many distinguished entries in the nursery-rhyme book field, this one is sure to add special joy to any collection."" ""Kirkus Reviews"" concluded ""There's little point in pretending that even prodigious collections of nursery rhymes can do without"
"""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"
"Early 20th century examples of these include ""A dream of Mother Goose and other entertainments"" by J.C. Marchant and S.J. Mayhew (Boston, 1908); ""Miss Muffet Lost and Found : a Mother Goose play"" by Katharine C. Baker (Chicago, 1915); ""The Modern Mother Goose: a play in three acts"" by Helen Hamilton (Chicago, 1916); and the up-to-the-moment ""The Strike Mother Goose Settled"" by Evelyn Hoxie (Franklin Ohio and Denver Colorado, 1922). There have been numerous adaptations of Mother Goose with the classic nursery rhymes and adaptations with a distinct motif including: Mother Goose The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary"
"Bellenden Ker Gawler published a book (with a 2nd-volume sequel in 1840) deriving the origin of the ""Mother Goose"" rhymes as arising from political disaffection expressed in a largely invented Flemish language, an effort described by the Opies as ""the most extraordinary example of misdirected labour in the history of English letters"". In addition to being the purported author of nursery rhymes, Mother Goose is herself the title character in one recorded by the Opies, only the first verse of which figures in later editions of their book. Titled ""Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg"", this verse prefaced a"
"included in the original releases. 1984 (Elephant Records) (CANADA) LP Record/Cassette/CD 1990 (A&M Records) (USA) LP Record/Cassette/CD 1995 (Drive Entertainment) (USA) Cassette/CD 2004/2005/2008 (Casablanca Kids Inc.) (CANADA) CD Parent's Choice Award, Children's Recording (1984) American Library Association Award, Notable Children's Recording (1985) Parent's Choice GOLD Award (1985) Double Platinum Mainly Mother Goose Mainly Mother Goose is the sixth album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1984. It has been re-released several times, but the artwork on the front covers remained basically the same. It was the first album of Sharon, Lois & Bram's to have"
"""The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained,"" edited by William S. Baring-Gould and his wife Lucile ""Ceil"" Baring-Gould. The original rhyme goes: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps suggests, in his preface to the poem, ""conjecturing the John Ball of the following piece to be the priest who took so distinguished a part in the rebellion temp. Richard II."" Kathleen Horning observes John Ball's ""challenge to England's aristocracy,"" and she suggests, ""It sounds like John Ball would have been right at home in the American political landscape of the 1960s, with the Woodstock generation trying to get itself"
"Inside a house two mice are apparently still stirring. The first mouse whispers, """"Merry Christmas"""". The other mouse then angrily yells, """"QUIET!"""" ending the cartoon with the embarrassed mouse. A Gander at Mother Goose A Gander at Mother Goose is a 1940 animated short film in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Tex Avery and written by Dave Monahan. It was released to theatres May 25, 1940 by Warner Bros.. The short is essentially a spot gag cartoon with nursery rhymes. The cartoon is narrated by Robert C. Bruce. The first nursery rhyme is Mary, Mary Quite Contrary"
"have the ability to help children learn just by reading and interacting with them. She describes how the hardware of the book helps to facilitate learning. She goes on to describe this learning style by saying, “As a result, children will know more words and speak them more crisply and clearly than they would have without Mother Goose. Above all, they will carry with them some feeling for the fun, freshness and sheer delight of poetry. All this because of Mother Goose.” May Hill Arbuthnot May Hill Arbuthnot (August 27, 1884 – October 2, 1969) was an educator, editor, writer,"
"Here Comes Mother Goose Here Comes Mother Goose is a children's picture book by Iona Opie. It is a collection of 56 Mother Goose nursery rhymes, chosen by Opie and is the second such collaboration between her and illustrator Rosemary Wells. A ""Horn Book"" review of ""Here Comes Mother Goose"" wrote ""This companion volume to My Very First Mother Goose (rev. 11/96) is even more successful than the first-more cohesive in terms of quality of art and totality of design, more venturesome in the selection of the nursery rhymes."" and the ""School Library Journal"" found it ""another captivating collection"" concluding"
"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"
"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"
"Eve Merriam Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992) was an American poet and writer. Merriam's first book was the 1946 ""Family Circle"", which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Her book, ""The Inner City Mother Goose"", was described as one of the most banned books of the time. It inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called ""Inner City"" and a 1982 musical production called ""Street Dreams"". In 1956 she published ""Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch"". In 1981 she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. One of her books for children is ""Halloween ABC""."
"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"
"Mainly Mother Goose Mainly Mother Goose is the sixth album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1984. It has been re-released several times, but the artwork on the front covers remained basically the same. It was the first album of Sharon, Lois & Bram's to have a central theme throughout the entire album (aka Nursery Rhymes/Mother Goose). Mainly Mother Goose was also the first of the Sharon, Lois & Bram albums to be originally released on CD as well as LP Record and Cassette. A songbooklet with words & music to all the songs was"
"Peter Stone Peter Hess Stone (February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was an American writer for theater, television and movies. Stone is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the screenplays he wrote or co-wrote in the mid-1960s, ""Charade"" (1963), ""Father Goose"" (1964), and ""Mirage"" (1965). Stone was born in Los Angeles to Jewish parents. His mother, Hilda (née Hess), was a film writer, and his father, John Stone (born Saul Strumwasser), was the writer and producer of many silent films, including Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Shirley Temple and Charlie Chan movies. When Stone was 15, his parents"