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Over one hundred songs for use in schools, arranged by age and time of year. For Steiner-Waldorf Classes 3-8.
Description
This much-loved book is a collection of over one hundred songs, some well-known, some less known, collected over the years by experienced Waldorf teacher Brien Masters.
They are graded for different ages from Class 3 (age 8) to Class 8 (age 14) and grouped into festivals and seasons. They include rounds and four-part songs, and musical notation for recorders and other instruments.
This is a wonderful resource for Steiner-Waldorf class teachers, and any teacher or parent looking to introduce music to their classroom or home.
Reviews
'This book is brilliant. It's perfect for Waldorf teachers, homeschoolers, and students alike. It is chock-full of simple, haunting pentatontic songs to sing or play on the recorder.'
-- Amazon.com reader review
Author
Brien Masters was a teacher of music at the Michael Hall Waldorf School in Sussex, England. He was editor of the educational journal Child and Man. He died in 2013.
Links
These books might also be of interest to teachers looking for music and rhymes for classroom use:
Journey Through Time in Verse and Rhyme by Heather Thomas
Music Through the Grades for the Developing Child by Diane Ingraham Barnes
(Please note: The Second Waldorf Song Book is now out of print and no longer available.)
