Songs and Singing Games from Guatemala and Nicaragua. Par . ¡Canta Conmigo! is a practical guide for music educators looking to teach music from Central America. Suitable for use in families, schools, or community centers, this resource contains a playful collection of 90 songs, singing games, chants, and games author Rachel Gibson learned from teachers, children, and families while living in several communities in both countries. While the majority of the songs are in Spanish, the book also includes a few in a Mayan language, Kaqchikel. A comprehensive companion website offers field video, audio recordings, and select song histories to help readers witness the music in authentic contexts. Ethnographic descriptions of locations where songs were learned and personal biographies written by the singers in Kaqchikel or Spanish and translated to English allow the reader to develop a connection to the land and the musicians. Culturally responsive and sustaining teaching pedagogies are discussed alongside strategies to responsibly include the music into school curriculums. A brief history of Central America and an overview of music genres in the region are included to frame this song collection within historic, cultural, and musical contexts. ¡Ven a cantar y jugar! Come sing and play! / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Recueil / Chant

With commentary by Bernard BraleyThis book published in 1982 contains the texts of 209 hymns and ballads of this well-loved Methodist hymnwriter who died in 2000 and tells many of the stories behind them. The book has proved useful - not only as a book of reference - but as a book of excellent devotional material for the everyday reader. Some may recall Fred's ''Hymn for the Nation'' sung in churches up and down the land on the occasion of the Queen's Silver Jubilee - a good choice for the Golden Jubilee in 2002!It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand;It is God whose light is shining in the darkness of the land;It is God who builds his City on the Rock and not the sand: May the living God be praised! ISBN 0 85249 612 5For supply to the USA or Canada please contact Hope Publishing .