SuperScore Music

The Cuckoo and the Donkey was composed by Ernst Mahle in 1979 and is based on a German folk song that describes a dialogue between the cuckoo bird and the donkey. This concertino is intended for a 7 to 8 year-old pianist and can be played with a school orchestra or with an orchestral reduction performed on a second piano. Depending upon the available instruments, orchestral parts may be flexibly doubled or omitted. SuperScore files for both versions are provided, complete with MIDI playback.