SKU: GI.G-1050
Composed by John M.
Feierabend.
Conversational Solfege.
Music Education. GIA
Publications #1050.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-1050).
UPC:
785147005025.
Conve
rsational Solfege is a
curriculum for developing
music literacy skills. 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. This
CD provides 29 classical
selections referenced in
Conversational Solfege
Level 3. 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
booklet, timings are
given for each selection.
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. CONTENTS
Conversational Solfege
Unit 14: 1. March of the
Toreadors • Georges
Bizet, 2. Slavonic Dance
• Antonín Dvorák, 3.
Russian Dance • Igor
Stravinsky, 4. Dance of
the Reed Pipes • Peter
Tchaikovsky
Conversational Solfege
Unit 15: 5. Morning •
Edvard Grieg, 6. Minuet
• George Frideric
Handel, 7. Waltz •
Johann Strauss II, 8.
Minuet in G • J. S.
Bach Conversational
Solfege Unit 18: 9.
Westminster Chimes, 10.
Ode to Joy • Ludwig van
Beethoven Conversational
Solfege Unit 20: 11. The
Moldau • Bedrich
Smetana, 12. The Wild
Horseman • Robert
Schumann, 13. Anitra’s
Dance • Edvard Grieg
Conversational Solfege
Unit 22: 14. Violin
Concerto in D • Ludwig
van Beethoven, 15.
Symphony No. 6 • Ludwig
van Beethoven, 16. Roses
from the South • Johann
Strauss II, 17. Symphony
No. 1 • Johannes
Brahms, 18. Polovtsian
Dance • Alexander
Borodin, 19. Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik • Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, 20.
Etude for Piano •
Frédéric Chopin
Conversational Solfege
Unit 23: 21. Natoma’s
Dagger Dance • Victor
Herbert Conversational
Solfege Unit 24: 22.
Ground in D Major •
Henry Purcell
Conversational Solfege
Unit 25: 23. Violin
Concerto in D • Ludwig
van Beethoven, 24. Sumer
Is Icumen In, 25.
Symphony No. 9, “From
the New World” •
Antonin Dvorak
Conversational Solfege
Unit 26: 26. Pachelbel
Canon • Johann
Pachelbel, 27. Kaiser
Waltz • Johann Strauss
II, 28. Marmotte •
Ludwig van
Beethoven, 29. Autumn
— Four Seasons •
Antonio Vivaldi John M.
Feierabend, PhD, has
spent decades compiling
songs and rhymes from the
memories of the American
people, in hopes that
those treasures would be
preserved for future
generations. Those
resources have served as
the basis of his two
music education
curricula: First Steps in
Music and Conversational
Solfege. John Feierabend
is Professor Emeritus and
former Director of Music
Education at The Hartt
School of the University
of Hartford.