Songbook, Music, Children's folk music, Folk songs, Seeger 

Ruth Crawford Seeger was a serious scholar of American folk music, who listened obsessively to field recordings of American folk song, and made hundreds of transcriptions, including for the definitive Lomax collections. She was also a brilliant composer in her own right. Finally, she was a mother and a volunteer preschool teacher who had great insight into young children.

She brings all these talents and abilities to her work on this brilliant book. Her choice of songs is superb, and will keep children singing while also keeping adults engaged. She combines her deep understanding of the folk process with her knowledge of preschool education to give you hints and tips for adapting the songs to the children you're working with. The piano accompaniments are simple enough to be playable even by ham-handed people like me -- but the simplicity is deceptive, for in many places she manages to suggest harmonic and rhythmic possibilities that will stretch your musical imagination (and the children's musical imaginations, too!).
 

Hardcover. Good condition.

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