"I'm on my fifth set of publisher's proofs for this 'Mother Goose' edition, " Mr. Orenstein said.

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Ravel originally composed "Mother Goose" in 1910 as a set of duets, for one piano and four hands, for the children of friends.

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Borel also was nearly unstoppable in 2009 aboard Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, winning the Preakness, Woodward, Haskell, Mother Goose, and Kentucky Oaks.

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He hypothesizes that the slip-up in "Mother Goose, " which is actually one of Ravel's simpler scores in terms of harmony and orchestration, was a proofreading lapse on the composer's part.

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Mr. Orenstein's "Mother Goose" edition, a so-called urtext, will contain textual notes setting out the differences between the composer's manuscript and the existing Durand score to accompany the musicologist's corrected score.

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In contrast, my mother would never say boo to a goose.

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