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Eclectic Curriculum in American Music Education by
A compilation of analytical essays by noted music educators, the book explores the importance of these methods in today's curriculum, providing ideas and teaching strategies to adapt these methods for use in the classroom.
Expressive Singing by
This book is the first addressed to the reader/singer who has no experience with eurhythmics. Eurhythmics refers to the methodology developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze that employs various movement applications to musical performances.
Orff Schulwerk Today by
(Schott). Seven master teachers share their classroom expertise and insights and more than 100 lesson suggestions are included that highlight musical elements and encourage self-expression. A CD of listening examples from a variety of historical periods and cultural contexts is also included.
Zoltan Kodaly by
First Published in 1998. This book serves as the key to study of Kodaly for an English-speaking audience. The volume presents a biographical outline, a catalog of his compositions according to genre, and over 1,400 annotated primary and secondary sources. Three indexes cover listings by author and title, Kodaly's compositions, and proper names. Primary sources include Kodaly's own essays, articles, lectures on folk music and art music, letters and other documents, and his folk music collections and facsimiles. Secondary sources include: biographical and historical studies; theoretic, analytic, stylistic, and aesthetic studies of his music; discussions of folk music influences and art music influences; studies of his compositional process; and discussions of the Kodaly concept. Doctoral dissertations and Masters theses pertaining to Kodaly are included in this guide. This annotated, topically organized book is the first to draw together the most important primary and secondary bibliographic sources that cover his varied activities as composer, ethnomusicologist, linguist, and educator.
To find scores for use in teaching Orff, use Orff-Schulwerk as a Keyword or as a Subject Heading. Also try Children's Songs; Children's Songs, Chinese (or other culture); or Songs with Percussion as subject headings.
To find songs for making Orff arrangements, start with Folk Songs; Folk Songs, African (or other culture); or Children's Songs as subject headings.
To find poetry to use in setting Orff arrangements, start with Children's Poetry or Children's Poetry, American (or other culture) as a subject heading
The Orff Echo is the journal of the American Off-Schulwerk Association. Print copies are found in the Music Library. For any issues not found there, try Interlibrary Loan.