SKU: PR.114419430
ISBN 9781491130803. UPC: 680160676750. 9 x 12 inches.
When Stacy Garrop first heard the Appalachian folk song “Silver Dagger†at a folk festival, the simplicity of the melody and its cautionary love tale enthralled her, leading to several years researching the song. She discovered dozens of variants of the song’s text, melody, and title. Garrop’s trio is inspired by two versions of the folk song, as well as motives from a third version — her exquisite setting of the folk tunes creates a fascinating 5-minute work. SILVER DAGGER is also available for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, and for Violin, Cello, and Piano.
SKU: M7.ELLI-4010
ISBN 9781559612746. UPC: 052296401023.
This book and CD set includes a rare recording of the forbidden zikr ceremony from Naqshbandi Sufis of Chines Turkestan; an all-night healing ceremony performed by the Ganawa of Morocco; and gamelan music from a Hindu temple festival in Bali in which participants stab themselves with long daggers in a frenzied ritual.
SKU: GI.G-1050
UPC: 785147005025.
Conversational 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 • AntonÃn 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.
