Move to the Sound of World Music

2006

This collection of 64 songs from around the world is a great addition to any general music classroom. These songs can be coordinated with the popular series Movement to Music in Confined Spaces (MLR-188), which concentrates on rhythm development through physical movement. These diverse tunes will be sure to get students’ legs tapping and fingers snapping! Appropriate for any age level. Contents: Linstead Market (Calypso, Trinidad) - Cielito Lindo (Folk song, Mexico) - The Entertainer (Ragtime, U.S.) - Choucoune (Calypso, West Indies) - The Stars and Stripes Forever (March, U.S.) - Hafinjan (Folk song, Israel) - Children’s Tune (Folk dance, Brazil) - Nine Red Horsemen (Folk dance, Mexico) - Habemos Llegado (Folk song, Puerto Rico) - Tortilla Vendor (Folk song, Chile) - Itsy Bitsy Spider (Play song in reggae style, U.S.) - Gary Owen (Folk dance, Ireland) - Hill and Gully Rider (Soca/call and response, Caribbean) - Ticky Tacky Houses (Reggae, U.S.) - Go to Sleep (Lullaby, Sweden) - Water Come a Me Eye (Calypso/call and response, Trinidad) - Let’s Go Blue (Dixieland/football cheer, U.S.) - Raisins and Almonds (Lullaby, Israel) - Mexican Hat Dance (Folk dance, Mexico) - Habañera (Bequine style, France) - Kingdom Coming (Minstrel song, U.S.) - Jamaica Farewell (Calypso style, U.S.) - Banuwa (Highlife, Ghana) - A la Nanita Nana (Carol, Spain) - Ging Gong Gooli (Folk dance, Guiana) - Tumbalalaika (Folk song, Israel) - Cobbler, Cobbler (Reggae, Jamaica) - Blues Call and Response (Jazz/Blues, U.S.) - African Farewell (Folk song, Sierra Leone) - When the Saints Go Marching In (Spiritual in a Dixieland style, U.S.) - Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Folk song, Nigeria) - Sit Down, Sister (Spiritual, U.S.) - Tarantella Napoletana (Folk dance, Italy) - Scarborough Fair (Folk ballad, England) - When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Folk song, Ireland/U.S.) - Aye, Aye, Aye (Salsa, Caribbean) - The Irish Washerwoman (Folk dance, Ireland) - Matarile (Polka, Mexico) - Katyusha (Folk tune, Russia) - Drunken sailor (Sea chantey, Ireland) - Skye Boat Song (Lullaby, Scotland) - Un, Deux, Trois (Cajun folk song, U.S.) - Rig-a-jig-jig (Folk song, England) - Looby Lou (Folk song, U.S.) - El Jarabe (Folk dance, Mexico) - Partner Folk Songs (Country/folk, U.S.) - Finnish Runne (Folk, Finland) - Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Folk song, U.S.) - Sambalele (Folk song, Brazil) - Shining Young Moon (Folk tune, Russia) - Tinga Layo (Calypso, West Indies) - Semper Fidelis (March, U.S.) - Mary Ann (Calypso, Trinidad) - Latin Blues (Afro-Cuban, Cuba) - Yankee Doodle (Folk song, Holland/England/U.S.) - God Save the Queen/America (Samba style, England/U.S.) - Greensleeves (Folk song, England) - He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Spiritual, U.S.) - Sansa Kroma (Folk tune, Ghana) - Echen Confites (Folk song, Mexico) - London Bridge (Folk song in a rock style, England) - Cheerio March (March, U.S.) - Desde Mexico He Venido (Folk ballad, Mexico) - Scotland the Brave (Folk song in a rock style, Scotland)