SKU: GI.G-1090
Revised Edition -
Includes Digital
Download. Composed by
Jill Trinka and John M.
Feierabend. First Steps
in Music. Music
Education. GIA
Publications #1090.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-1090).
UPC:
785147009023.
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: There's a
Hole in the Bucket - The
Airplane Ride - In the
Woods - In the
Woods (sing-a-long) -
Peep Squirrel - Wake Up
You Lazy Bones - William
He Had Seven Sons - The
Old Woman and the Pig -
Kitty Alone - There Was a
Little Turtle - Johnny
Works with One Hammer - I
Met a Bear - I Met a
Bear (sing-a-long) -
Au Clair de la
Lune/Pierrot (In the
Evening Moonlight) - A
Pumpkin for the Pie - Do,
Do, Pity My Case - Momma,
Buy Me a China Doll - Sea
Lion - Sea
Lion (sing-a-long) - A
Tisket, a Tasket - All
'Round the Brickyard -
Big Pig - Charlie Over
the Ocean - Charlie Over
the
Ocean (sing-a-long) -
I Have Lost My Closet Key
- Two Tall Telephone
Poles - Did You Ever See
a Lassie? - The Crabfish
- These Are Mother's
Knives and Forks - The
Minister's Cat - Tongo
(Polynesian) - Tongo
(sing-a-long) - Grandma
Grunts - The Wise Man -
AserrÃn - John the
Rabbit - John the Rabbit
(sing-a-long) - Old Bald
Eagle - Circle 'Round the
Zoo - Risseldy
Rosseldy.