SATB choir, keyboard
accompaniment
SKU:
GI.G-527
Level
2. Composed by John
M. Feierabend. Choral.
Conversational Solfege.
Music Education. Octavo.
GIA Publications #527.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-527).
Text by Noel
Goemanne.
Conversat
ional Solfege is a
dynamic and captivating
first-through-eighth
grade general music
program that enables
students to become
independent musical
thinkers with the help of
a rich variety of folk
and classical
music. It is organized
around increasingly
complex rhythmic and
melodic content. Each new
rhythmic or melodic
element is discovered
first in patterns and
then reinforced with folk
songs, rhymes, and
classical examples.
Central to the
Conversational Solfege
program is the use of
music harvested from our
rich and diverse American
musical history. This
variety of music serves
as a common thread that
spans and bonds
generations. Each book
contains varied song
material so the teacher
can select appropriate
music for the lower
grades or older
beginners. This 12-step
teaching method carefully
brings students from
readiness to, ultimately,
creating music through
inner hearing and then
transferring their
musical thoughts into
notation—in other
words, to compose music!
This CD provides
14Â classical
selections referenced in
Conversational Solfege
Level 2. These examples
provide reinforcement for
emerging literacy skills,
and they also enable
students to listen to
wonderful classical
examples with greater
attention. Listening to
classical music can be
challenging for
elementary students. With
nothing to hang onto, the
many notes can be too
much to comprehend and
attention soon wanes. But
with minimal literacy
skills, students will
have enough musical
information to discover
that classical music can
be accessible and
appealing. In the
included booklet, timings
are given for each
selection and the
portions of the music
that are readable by the
students are reproduced.
Whether using this CD
with Conversational
Solfege instructional
materials or simply as a
resource of classical
music with simple to read
rhythmic and melodic
material, both teachers
and students will delight
in discovering this
wonderful music through
literacy. This series is
a complete, innovative
approach to teaching
music that will stay
fresh year after year.
CONTENTS Conversational
Solfege Unit 5:Â 1.
Antonin Dvorak •
New World Theme
Conversational Solfege
Unit 6:Â 2. Franz
Joseph Haydn •
Theme from  the
Surprise Symphony, 3.
Camille
Saint-Sans •
Turtles from Carnival of
the Animals, 4. Ludwig
van Beethoven •
Symphony No. 7, 2nd
Movement, 5. Josef
Strauss •
Feuerfest (Fireproof)
Polka, Op. 269
Conversational Solfege
Unit 7:Â 6. Jacques
Offenbach •
Can-Can, 7. Dmitry
Kabalevsky •
Pantomime from the
Comedians, 8. Edvard
Grieg • In the
Hall of the Mountain King
Conversational Solfege
Unit 9 and Unit 11:Â 9.
Jacques
Offenbach •
Barcarolle Conversational
Solfege Unit 10:Â 10.
Edvard Grieg •
Morning Conversational
Solfege Unit 11:Â 11.
Ottorino
Respighi •
Ground in G
Conversational Solfege
Unit 12:Â 12. Johann
Sebastian Bach •
Jesu, Joy of Men's
Desiring, 13. Jean
Sibelius •
Finlandia Conversational
Solfege Unit 13:Â 14.
Ludwig Van
Beethoven •
Symphony No. 6, Movement
5Â John M. Feierabend
is Professor Emeritus and
former Director of Music
Education at The Hartt
School of Music,
University of Hartford,
Connecticut.