SKU: GI.G-1089
Revised Edition -
Includes Digital
Download. Composed by
Jill Trinka and John M.
Feierabend. First Steps
in Music. Music
Education. GIA
Publications #1089.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-1089).
UPC:
785147008927.
Click
here to download the 2020
Supplement to First Steps
in Music. Over the past
year, a committee formed
by the Feierabend
Association for Music
Education (FAME)
developed a set of
standards for evaluating
repertoire associated
with the curriculum. With
their guidance, we have
removed several songs
that were deemed to be
harmful, derogatory, or
disrespectful in regard
to their histories or
context. We have also
added a number of
new songs and rhymes
from a variety of world
cultures. The above link
details these revisions
for the curriculum book
and the supplemental folk
song collections. Â
The great American folk
songs and rhymes on
this CD have
enthralled young people
for generations. This
recording embodies the
true spirit of these
songs, delightfully sung
by Jill Trinka and
accompanied by a wide
variety of acoustic
instruments, including
guitar, dulcimer,
autoharp, piano,
percussion, string bass,
and violin. The enclosed
illustrated booklet
includes complete lyrics
and song directions. And
all of the performances
are in step with John M.
Feierabend’s
philosophy of providing a
nurturing environment for
musical growth. Children
and their families are
sure to enjoy this and
the other imaginative and
engaging CDs drawn from
John’s eight
collections of folk songs
for kids ages three and
up. Contents: Had a
Little Rooster - No More
Pie - No More
Pie (sing-a-long) -
Frog in the Meadow -
Chop, Chop, Chippity Chop
- Listen, Listen - Over
the Meadow - Five Little
Ladies - Engine, Engine -
The Ice Cream Sundae - My
Name Is Michael - My Name
Is
Michael (sing-a-long)
- Pitter, Patter - Two
Little Blackbirds - Ali
Baba - There Was a Man
and He Was Mad -Â My
Aunt Came Back - My Aunt
Came Back (sing-a-long) -
Eensy Weensy Spider -
Aiken Drum - Bill
Grogen's Goat - Bill
Grogen's Goat
(sing-a-long) - Johnny
Had One Friend
-Â Grandma's Glasses -
Frog in the Meadow -
Jennie Jenkins - Father
Grumble - A Ram Sam Sam
(Moroccan) - Bling, Blang
- Down by the Bay - Down
by the Bay (sing-a-long)
- Fais Dodo (Cajun) -
Three Little Ducks -
Cobbler, Cobbler - Wise
Old Owl - Wise Old Owl
(sing-a-long) - Here's a
Nest - Hickory, Dickory,
Dock - The Tailor and the
Mouse.