Jacques Ibert , one of the youngest of modern French composers, has been conspicuous in the British broadcast programmes lately, particularly with his Escales (Seaports) included in the programme of a recent Contemporary Concert, and his Suite Symphonique, a series of musical pictures representing daily life in Paris.
' The little white ass ' is a pianoforte piece in its original form, but it has been arranged and is often heard as an instrumental solo.