Orchestra - Grade 1
SKU: AP.50828
Featuring A la Rorro
Niño, Un Elefante Se
Balanceaba, and Luz de la
Mañana. Composed
by Arranged by Bob
Phillips. Arranged by Bob
Phillips. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Sound Innovations for
String Orchestra. Folk;
Multicultural;
Traditional. Score and
Part(s). Alfred Music
#00-50828. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.50828).
ISBN 9781470666217.
UPC: 038081584829.
English.
Three
beautiful tunes in an
easy medley! Songs of
Mexico is a set of three
traditional Mexican folk
songs arranged by Bob
Phillips for beginning
string orchestra. The
entire piece can be
played on the D and A
strings for violins,
violas, and cellos, while
basses play on the D and
G strings. A la Rorro
Niño (to the
boy/special/darling
child) is an infant
slumber song. Un Elefante
Se Balanceaba (one
elephant was balancing)
is about an elephant
balancing on a spider web
with more elephants
joining as the song
progresses; for example,
the second verse would be
two elephants, the third
verse would be three
elephants, and so on. Luz
de la Mañana (morning
light) is a children's
song about morning.
(2:05) Correlates to
Sound Innovations, Book
1, Level 4.