From Latin America to the Philippines discover a diverse sampling of musical heritages with this global collection of songs articles and activities for the music classroom and beyond! Experience authentic folk songs children's songs and work songs along with some of the native instruments used to accompany them. Read about traditions and cultures and how they have influenced music around the world. The all-in-one package features reproducible songsheets articles and activity sheets step-by-step instruction for each song piano/vocal arrangements lyric translations and a CD recording of each song with both vocal and accompaniment tracks... a great budget saver!Featured songs and articles include:Guantanamera (The Music of Cuba)Las Posadas (Christmas Latin-Style!)Imo Gal (Instruments from Latin America)Mi Caballo Blanco (Music from the Andes Mountains)Hala lala layya (Music of the Arab People)Shiri yakanaka (Africa: Music and More!)Bahay kubo (Music in the Philippines)Gypsy in the Moonlight (Sounds of the Caribbean)

Though he is mostly thought of as a singer of jazz and pop standards, Frank Sinatra was not afraid to branch out and try other styles. In 1967, he teamed up with Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim for the first of two collaborations that found Ol' Blue Eyes working within the bossa nova style, which Jobim helped pioneer a decade earlier. That first record, Francis Albert Sinatra