NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS PROFESSIONS
KODÁLY SUMMER INSTITUTE 2011
23RD SUMMER OF KODÁLY STUDIES AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY • FOUNDED 1989
ENDORSED BY THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN KODÁLY EDUCATORS
KODÁLY METHODOLOGY 1 SYLLABUS • SECTIONS 1 and 2
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
1:30 CONTACT HOURS PER DAY • 22:30 CONTACT HOURS FOR 3 WEEKS
ESTHER LIU HARRIS AND DR. JERRY KERLIN, INSTRUCTORS
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
so-mi
quarter rest
half note
the staff
la
do
ta and ti-ti
duple meter
re (do pentatonic)
WEEK 1: PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN, AND THE OLDER BEGINNER
• history and background of the Kodály movement
• Kodály pedagogy: “the three Ps”: preparation, presentation (make conscious), practice
(reinforce, assess)
• practice ideas
• preschool and kindergarten as a “readiness” time for young students
• the comparatives: timbre/tone color/tone quality/dynamics/tempo/duration/pitch/
texture/articulation
• the child’s singing voice
• focus techniques
• in-tune singing
• phrase: same, similar, and different
• form
• reading, writing, part work, inner hearing, improvisation, movement, beautiful singing,
composition, memory, and instruments
• listening lessons
• beginning to read and write rhythm and pitch at the same time
• macrobeat (“big beat”) and microbeat (“little beat”)
• subdivision: simple meter as “jogging” songs; compound meter as “skipping” songs
• finding strong and weak beats
• transition
• lesson plans and curriculum planning
• visual aids and worksheets for both rhythmic and melodic elements
• positive reinforcement in classroom management
• dance and movement as aesthetic elements with music in the classroom
• beginning a chorus for children
• discussion topics
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READINGS FOR WEEK 1
Choksy, Lois
1999 The Kodály Method I. Comprehensive Music Education. 3rd ed.
• Foreword, pages xi–xii
• Preface to the Third Edition, pages xiii–xiv
• Chapter 1, pages 1–8
• Chapter 2, pages 9–17
• Chapter 3, pages 18–31
Forrai, Katalin
1988 Music in Preschool. 2nd rev. ed.
• Preface to the English Edition, pages 1–3
• Preface to the Second English Edition, pages 4–5
• Chapter I, pages 6–14
• Chapter II, pages 15–28
• Chapter VII, pages 101–202
Choksy, Lois, and David Brummitt
1987 120 Singing Games and Dances for Elementary Schools
• Foreword, pages ix–x
• Introduction, pages 1–4
• Chapter 1, pages 5–12
• Chapter 2, pages 13–25
• Chapter 3, pages 27–81
Feierabend, John
1986 Music for Very Little People: 50 Playful Activities for Infants and Toddlers*
1989 Music for Little People: 50 Playful Activities for Preschool and Early Elementary
School Children*
*Sing through all songs, read movement descriptions, and listen to interactive
audiocassette tapes.
WEEK 2: FIRST GRADE AND THE OLDER BEGINNER
• prepare and make conscious phrase: same, similar, and different
• prepare and make conscious macrobeat and rhythms using a quarter note and two eighth notes
• prepare and make conscious the quarter rest
• prepare and make conscious so and mi
• reading and writing pitch patterns using so mi in three key placements: F, C, G
• prepare and make conscious la
• reading and writing pitch patterns using so, la, mi
• improvisation using “solami” songs
• rhythm compositions using known rhythms
• melodic compositions using known melodic elements
READINGS FOR WEEK TWO
Choksy, Lois
1999 The Kodály Method I: Comprehensive Music Education. 3d ed.
• Chapter 3, pages 32–54
Choksy, Lois, and David Brummitt
1988 120 Singing Games and Dances for Elementary Schools
• Chapter 3, pages 27–81
WEEK 3: SECOND GRADE AND THE OLDER BEGINNER
• prepare and make conscious half note
• reading and writing of half note
• beginning to read rhythm and pitch at the same time
• finding strong and weak beats
• make conscious the concept of meter, measure/bar, and bar line
• prepare and make conscious do
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• reading and writing do in three key positions: F, C, G
• prepare and make conscious re
• reading and writing re in three key placemets
• listening lessons in lower elementary grades
• movement and music improvisation in lower elementary grades
• composition using known rhythmic and melodic elements
• curriculum planning
READINGS FOR WEEK 3
Choksy, Lois
1999 The Kodály Method I: Comprehensive Music Education. 3d ed.
• Chapter 4, pages 55–76
• Chapter 8, pages 171–184
Forrai, Katalin
1989 Music in Preschool. 2d rev. ed.
• Chapter V, pages, 79–87
• Chapter VI, pages 88–100
DISCUSSION TOPICS
• modeling the voice for young children—issues for both men and women
• history and choreography of hand signals
• issues of style and culture in the performance of traditional music, including singing games
• positive reinforcement in classroom management• dance and movement as aesthetic elements
with music in the classroom
• sequencing movement and dance in the curriculum
• selection and use of music instruments in the classroom
• beginning a chorus for children and adolescents
• the music classroom as a safe environment
PROJECTS
1
Teaching Assignments:
• Teach a song using macrobeat pictures—pictures for each beat that reference the
meaning of the text. You must create your own visual. We will go through the procedure
in class.
• Teach a song with movement or teach a singing game. Teach the song using the
phrase- echo process, or use the holistic process.
• Teach a canon with the harmonic outline phrase used as a melody ostinato or the whole
canon in two parts.
2
Write a song list for each rhythmic and melodic elements. Choose at least 3 songs for
each element. Identify songs for preparation, presentation (make conscious), and
practice (reinforcement and assessment).
3
Write a detailed 30 minutes lesson plan. Use thoughtful transitions to link each activity,
and work for a balance of activities and energy levels.
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OLDER BEGINNGER SYLLABUS
ESTHER LIU HARRIS
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
do re mi
So la
half note
the staff
4/4 meter
(maybe 3/4, 2/4)
syn-co-pa rhythm
even rhythms in one
beat
do pentatonic
Discussion Topics:
• history and background of the Kodály movement
• Kodály pedagogy—stages of teaching concepts: preparation, presentation (make conscious),
practice (reinforce, assess)
• the beginning of teaching harmony
• practice ideas
• the child’s singing voice
• focus techniques
• in-tune singing
• variation of phrase
• form
• reading, writing, part work, inner hearing, improvisation, movement, beautiful singing,
composition, memory, and instruments
• listening lessons
• how to start teaching students to read and write rhythm
• macrobeat (“big beat”) and microbeat (“little beat”)
• subdivision: simple meter as “jogging” songs; compound meter as “skipping” songs
• strong and weak beats
• transition
• lesson plans and curriculum planning
• visual aids and worksheets for both rhythmic and melodic elements
• positive reinforcement in classroom management
• dance and movement as aesthetic elements with music in the classroom
• rehearsing a chorus for children
• assessment by class performance, concert performance, in-class worksheets, and homework
READINGS FOR WEEK 1
Choksy, Lois
2000 The Kodály Method I. Comprehensive Music Education. 3rd ed.
• Foreword, pages xi–xii
• Preface to the Third Edition, pages xiii–xiv
• Chapter 1, pages 1–8
• Chapter 2, pages 9–17
• Chapter 3, pages 18–31
Forrai, Katalin
1989 Music in Preschool. 2nd rev. ed.
• Preface to the English Edition, pages 1–3
• Preface to the Second English Edition, pages 4–5
• Chapter I, pages 6–14
• Chapter II, pages 15–28
• Chapter VII, pages 101–202
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Choksy, Lois, and David Brummitt
1990 120 Singing Games and Dances for Elementary Schools
• Foreword, pages ix–x
• Introduction, pages 1–4
• Chapter 1, pages 5–12
• Chapter 2, pages 13–25
• Chapter 3, pages 27–81
Feierabend, John
1986 Music for Very Little People: 50 Playful Activities for Infants and Toddlers*
1989 Music for Little People: 50 Playful Activities for Preschool and Early Elementary
School Children*
*Sing through all songs, read movement descriptions, and listen to interactive
audiocassette tapes.
WEEK 2: THE OLDER BEGINNER
• prepare and make conscious phrase: question & answer, call-response
• prepare and make conscious macrobeat and rhythms using a quarter note, two eighth notes,
four sixteenth notes, a quarter rest
• prepare and make conscious do-re-mi
• reading and writing pitch patterns using so mi in three key placements: F, C, G
• prepare and make conscious so-la
• reading and writing pitch patterns using known melodic elements
• improvisation using known melodic and rhythmic elements
• rhythm compositions using known rhythms
• melodic compositions using known melodic elements
READINGS FOR WEEK TWO
Choksy, Lois
2000 The Kodály Method I: Comprehensive Music Education. 3d ed.
• Chapter 3, pages 32–54
Choksy, Lois, and David Brummitt
1991 120 Singing Games and Dances for Elementary Schools
• Chapter 3, pages 27–81
WEEK 3: THE OLDER BEGINNER
• prepare and make conscious half note
• reading and writing of half note
• beginning to read rhythm and pitch at the same time
• finding strong and weak beats in 4/4 (3/4, 2/4)
• make conscious the concept of meter, measure/bar, and bar line
• prepare and make conscious Synco-pa
• reading and writing do in three key positions: F, C, G
• prepare and make conscious pentatonic scale
• reading and writing re in three key placements
• listening lessons
• movement and music improvisation
• composition using known rhythmic and melodic elements
• curriculum planning
READINGS FOR WEEK 3
Choksy, Lois
2000 The Kodály Method I: Comprehensive Music Education. 3d ed.
• Chapter 4, pages 55–76
• Chapter 8, pages 171–184
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Forrai, Katalin
1992 Music in Preschool. 2d rev. ed.
• Chapter V, pages, 79–87
• Chapter VI, pages 88–100
MORE DISCUSSION TOPICS
• modeling the voice for young children—issues for both men and women
• history and choreography of hand signals
• issues of style and culture in the performance of traditional music, including singing games
• sequencing movement and dance in the curriculum
• selection and use of music instruments in the classroom
• beginning a chorus for children and adolescents
• the music classroom as a safe environment
PROJECTS
1
Teaching Practicum
• Teach a music activity: We will go through the procedure in class.
• Teach a song with movement or teach a singing game. Teach the song using the
phrase- echo process or call – response process.
• Teach a canon with the harmonic outline phrase used as a melody ostinato or the whole
canon in two parts.
2
Write a song list for each rhythmic and melodic elements. Choose at least 3 songs for
each element. Identify songs for preparation, presentation (make conscious), and
practice (reinforcement and assessment).
3
Write a detailed 30 minutes lesson plan. Use thoughtful transitions to link each activity,
and work for a balance of activities and energy levels.
NORTH AMERICAN MUSIC MATERIALS FOR THE CLASSROOM
Bacon, Denise
1971 Let’s Sing Together!: Songs for 3, 4 and 5 Year Olds: From Mother Goose
and Others set to Music According to the Kodály Concept with Instructions
for Use. New York: Boosey and Hawkes.
1973 46 Two-Part American Folk Songs. Wellesley, MA: Kodály Musical Training
Institute.
1977 50 Easy Two-Part Exercises: First Steps in A Cappella Part Singing Using Sol-fa
and Staff Notation. Totowa, NJ.: Europe;an American Music Corporation.
1978 185 Unison Pentatonic Exercises: First Steps in Sight-Singing Using Sol-fa and
Staff Notation. Newton, MA: Kodály Center of America.
Bartalus, Ilona
1980 Sing, Silverbirch, Sing: A Collection of Canadian Folksongs. Analysis by
Ilona Bartalus. Edited by Jeffrey L. Stokes. Teachers’ and Workbook
editions. Willowdale, Ont.: Boosey and Hawkes.
Boshkoff, Ruth, and Kathy Sorensen, eds.
1995 Multicultural Songs, Games, and Dances. Fargo, ND: Organization of
American Kodály Educators.
Brocklehurst, Brian
1968 Pentatonic Song Book. London: Schott and Company.
1976 Second Pentatonic Song Book. London: Schott and Company.
Choksy, Lois
1999a The Kodály Method I: Comprehensive Music Education. 3d ed. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
1999b The Kodály Method II: Folksong to Masterwork. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
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Choksy, Lois, and David Brummitt
1987 120 Singing Games and Dances for Elementary Schools. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice Hall.
Erdei, Peter, ed., and Katalin Komolos, coll.
1974 150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read and Play. New York: Boosey and
Hawkes.
Feierabend, John
1986 Music for Very Little People: 50 Playful Activities for Infants and Toddlers.
New York: Boosey and Hawkes. Interactive CD.
1989 Music for Little People: 50 Playful Activities for Preschool and Early Elementary
School Children. New York: Boosey and Hawkes. Interactive CD.
Forrai, Katalin
1974/1988
Music in Preschool. Translated and adapted by Jean Sinor. Budapest:
Franklin Printing House for Corvina.
Fowke, Edith
1969 Sally Go Round the Sun: Three Hundred Children’s Songs, Rhymes and Games.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Fowke, Edith Fulton, and Richard Johnston
1954 Folk Songs of Canada: A Comprehensive Collection of Canadian Folk Songs.
Vocal and Piano/Vocal editions. Waterloo, Ont.: Waterloo Music Company.
1967 The Waterloo Folk Songs of Canada Series: Folk Songs of Canada II.
Vocal and Piano/Vocal editions. Waterloo, Ont.: Waterloo Music
Company.
Glazer, Tom
1973 Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin Chopper: Fifty Musical Fingerplays. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday and Company.
Hardy, Gordon (Director), Alison Fahrer, and Paul Harry, eds.
1970 Juilliard Repertory Library. Vocal Volumes 1–8. Cincinnati, OH: Canyon Press.
Hein, Mary Alice, Lois Choksy, and L. Dalton
1977 The Singing Book, Beginning Level. San Francisco: Renna-White Associates.
1977 The Singing Book, Intermediate Level. San Francisco: Renna-White Associates.
1977 The Singing Book, Advanced Level. San Francisco: Renna-White Associates.
Houlahan, Mícheál, and Philip Tacka
2004 Sound Thinking, Volume I: Music for Sight-Singing and Ear Training. New York: Oxford
University Press.
2004 Sound Thinking, Volume II: Developing Musical Literacy. New York: Oxford University
Press.
2009 Kodály Today: A Cognitive Approach to Elementary Music Education. New York: Oxford
University Press.
Johnston, Richard
1984 Folk Songs North America Sings: A Source Book for All Teachers. Toronto: E. C.
Kerby Limited.
Jones, Bessie, and Bess Lomax Hawes
1972 Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American
Heritage. New York: Harper and Row. Ineractive CD available from Rounder
Records.
Kenny, Maureen
1974 Circle Round the Zero: Play Chants and Singing Games of City Children.
New Bedford, MA: Maureen Kenny, 63 East Clinton Street, New Bedford,
Massachusetts 02740.
Kersey, Richard
1972 Just Five. Melville, NY: Belwin Mills.
1975 Just Five Plus Two. Melville, NY: Belwin Mills.
Landeck, Beatrice
1950 Songs to Grow On: A Collection of American Folk Songs for Children. New
York: Edward B. Marks Music Corporation and William Sloane Associates.
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1954
More Songs to Grow On: A New Collection of Folk Songs for Children. New
York: Edward B. Marks Music Corporation and William Sloane Associates.
Locke, Eleanor G., ed.
1981 Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read and Play. New York:
Boosey and Hawkes.
Lomax, Alan
1968 Folk Song Style and Culture. Washington, DC: American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Publication Number 88.
1960/1975
The Folk Songs of North America: In the English Language. Garden City,
NY: Dolphin Books.
1976 Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music: Audiocassettes and a
Handbook. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Extension Media Center.
Lomax, John A., and Alan Lomax
1948 Folk Song U. S. A. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Reissued as
Best Loved American Ballads. Grosset and Dunlap.
Perinchief, Robert, comp. and arr.
1982 Honor Your Partner Songs: A Comprehensive Collection of Mostly Folk
Songs, Arranged as Partners in Paris and Trios, in Easy, Medium, and
Difficult Settings, for a Wide Range of Ages, Children and Youth.
Whitewater, WI: Perry Publications.
Regner, Hermann, coordinator
1977 Music for Children: Orff-Schulwerk, American Edition, Volume 2, Primary.
Based on Carl Orff-Gunild Keetman, Music für Kinder. New York: Schott
Music Corporation.
1980 Music for Children: Orff-Schulwerk, American Edition, Volume 3, Upper
Elementary. Based on Carl Orff-Gunild Keetman, Music für Kinder. New York:
Schott Music Corporation.
1982 Music for Children: Orff-Schulwerk, American Edition, Volume 1, Pre-School.
Based on Carl Orff-Gunild Keetman, Music für Kinder. New York: Schott Music
Corporation.
Ritchie, Jean
1952 The Swapping Song Book. New York: Oxford University Press.
1953 A Garland of Mountain Song: Songs from the Repertoire of the Ritchie
Family of Viper, Kentucky. New York: Broadcast Music.
1971 Jean Ritchie Celebration of Life: Her Songs…Her Poems. Port Washington, NY:
Geordie Music Publishing.
1974 The Dulcimer Book. New York: Oak Publications.
Rohrbough, Lynn
1940/1968
Handy Play Party Book. Burnsville, NC: World Around Songs.
Seeger, Ruth Crawford
1948 American Folk Songs for Children: In Home, School, and Nursery School:
A Book for Children, Parents and Teachers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday
and Company. CD available.
1953 Animal Folk Songs for Children. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company.
Sharp, Cecil, and Maud Karpeles
1966 English Folksongs from the Southern Appalachians. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
1968 Eighty English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. Cambridge, MA:
M. I. T. Press.
Tacka, Philip, and Susan Taylor-Howell, eds.
1986 Sourwood Mountain: 28 North American and English Songs Arranged for Two Voices.
Fargo, ND: Organization of American Kodály Educators.
Taylor-Howell, Susan, ed.
1991 The Owl Sings: 22 Folksongs Arranged for 2 or 3 Voices. Fargo, ND:
Organization of American Kodály Educators.
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Trinka, Jill
1987
1988
1989
1996
Folksongs, Singing Games, and Play Parties. Chicago: GIA Publications.
Interactive CD.
Folksongs, Singing Games, and Play Parties, Volume III. Chicago: GIA
Publications. Interactive CD.
Folksongs, Singing Games, and Play Parties, Volume III. Chicago: GIA
Publications. Interactive CD.
The Little Black Bull: And Other Folk Songs, Singing Games and Play Parties for
Kids of All Ages. Chicago: GIA Publications. Interactive CD.
Wyzga, Helen
1976 Simple Gifts, Resource Book I. Published by the author. Available from Boston:
Boston Music Company.
1976 Simple Gifts, Resource Book II. Published by the author. Available from Boston:
Boston Music Company.
1982 Simple Gifts, Resource Book III. Published by the author. Available from Boston:
Boston Music Company.
1988 Simple Gifts, Resource Book IV. Published by the author. Available from Boston:
Boston Music Company.
CANON REFERENCES
Bolkovac, Edward, ed.
2007 Sing We Now Merrily: A Collection of Elizabethan Rounds from Ravenscroft.
New York: Boosey and Hawkes.
Bolkovac, Edward, and Judith Johnson, eds.
1996 150 Rounds: For Singing and Teaching. New York: Boosey and Hawkes.
Bristol, L. H., Jr.
1955/1972
35 Sacred Rounds and Canons from Four Centuries. Toronto: E. C.
Kerby Limited.
Bárdos, Lajos (Hungarian, 1899–1985)
1970 Hetven Kánon. Budapest: Editio Musica Budapest.
Delamar, Gloria T.
1987 Rounds Re-Sounding: Circular Music for Voices and Instruments. Jefferson, NC:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
De Lassus, Rolande (Flemish, 1532–1594)
1988 Musica Dei Donum Optimi. New York: Boosey and Hawkes OCTB6449.
Molnár, Antal
1955 Klasszikus Kánonok (Classical Canons). Budapest: Zenemükiadó.
Weber, Sol, coll. and ed.
1994 Rounds Galore!: Captivating Rounds, Old and New. Astoria, N.Y.: Sol Weber,
25-14 37th Street, Astoria, New York 11103-4228.
Wolff, Harald, ed.
1960/1988
A Book of Canons. No place of publication given: Chantry Music Press.
Zanzig, Augustus D., ed.
no date
101 Rounds for Singing. Burnsville, N.C.: World Around Songs,
Burnsville, North Carolina 28714.
PART SONG COLLECTIONS
Bacon, Denise
1973 46 Two-Part American Folk Songs. Wellesley, MA: Kodály Musical Training
Institute.
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1977
50 Easy Two-Part Exercises: First Steps in A Cappella Part Singing Using Sol-fa
and Staff Notation. Totowa, NJ: Europe;an American Music Corporation.
Bray, Kenneth, Nancy Telfer, and Gerhard Wuensch, arrangers
1985 Reflections of Canada, Volume 1: Pine Tree Gently Sigh. Oakville, Ont.:
Frederick Harris Music Company.
1986 Reflections of Canada, Volume 2: The Raftsmen. Oakville, Ont.: Frederick Harris
Music Company.
Hardy, Gordon (Director), Alison Fahrer, and Paul Harry, eds.
1970 Juilliard Repertory Library. Vocal Volumes 1–8. Cincinnati, OH: Canyon Press.
Perinchief, Robert, comp. and arr.
1982 Honor Your Partner Songs: A Comprehensive Collection of Mostly Folk Songs,
Arranged as Partners in Paris and Trios, in Easy, Medium, and Difficult Settings,
for a Wide Range of Ages, Children and Youth. Whitewater, WI.: Perry
Publications.
Quigley, Thomas, arr.
1984 Irish Part-Songs, Volume 1: Eight Popular Irish Songs Arranged by Thomas
Quigley for Two-Part Choir Unaccompanied. Dublin: Waltons.
1984 Irish Part-Songs, Volume 2: Six Popular Irish Songs Arranged by Thomas
Quigley for Two-Part Choir Accompanied. Dublin: Waltons.
Sing for Pleasure. British organization sponsoring conducting and choir training courses and
singing days, weekends, workshops, and holidays for children and adults. Details from Lynda
Parker, Adminstrator, 25 Fryerning Lane, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 0DD, England. Telephone
and fax: 01277 353691. Publications available from: Chappell of Bond Street, 50 New Bond
Street, London W1Y 9HA, England, telephone: 0171-491 2777, fax: 0171-491 0133. Other
location: 21 Silbury Arcade, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes MK9 EAG, England,
telephone: (01908) 663366, fax: (01908) 606414. Music dealer. Audiocassette tapes are
available containing much of the repertory of the Sing for Pleasure publications.
Appleby, William, and Frederick Fowler, ed. and arr.
1964 First and Seconds: An Introduction to Two-Part Singing. Oxford:
Voice parts and score editions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Coates, John, ed.
1990 Sing for Pleasure, Book 15: Perry Merry Dixi: Thirteen Easy Songs for
Mixed Voices. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hughes, Donald, arr.
1990 Sing for Pleasure, Book 13: Idle Days: Nine Folk-Song Arrangements.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lee, Ken, and James Wild, eds.
1992 Sing for Pleasure Junior Song Books: Tongo: Rounds, Fun-Songs and
Starters for Younger Singers.
Pont, Kenneth, arr.
n.d.
Seconds and Thirds. Voice parts and score editions. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
1986 More Seconds and Thirds: Ten Songs for Three-Part Singing
(Sopranos and Altos) with Piano. Voice parts and score editions.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Shaw, Pat
1992 Sing for Pleasure Song Books, Book 2: Simi Jadech: Dance-Songs and
Rounds. Edited by Elisabeth J. Wild.
Wild, Elisabeth J., ed.
1991 Sing for Pleasure Song Books, Book 1: Noël Nouvelet: Six Carols for
Mixed Voices.
1993 Sing for Pleasure, Book 3: Sacramento: Four Popular
Arrangements for Mixed-Voice Choirs.
1994 Sing for Pleasure Song Books, Book 4: All My Trials: A Collection
of Easy SAB Part-Songs for Youth Groups and Small Choirs.
Other Sing for Pleasure titles:
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Boom Chicka Boom! Action songs and rounds for children.
Gloria in Excelsis. Pat Shaw, arr. Ten unaccompanied carols for small
choirs.
It’s My Round. John Coates.
Jug of Punch. Avril Dankworth, ed. Eleven unaccompanied SAB songs.
Kumala Vista. Songs to initiate singing with children.
Lost in Space.
Loth to Depart. Donald Hughes, ed. Eleven songs for mixed voices.
Popocatépetl.
Renaissance Song Book. Donald J. Hughes, ed. Eleven unaccompanied
songs for mixed voices.
Rock ‘N’ Roll…A Round?
Roundabout. James Wild, ed. Forty lesser known rounds for children and adults.
Round and Round. John Coates.
Sing a Part . Michael Stocks, ed. Seventeen unaccompanied songs for equal
voices.
Sing a Part 2. Michael Stocks, ed. Thirteen unaccompanied songs for equal
voices.
Sing Easy. John Coates, ed. Easy choral arrangements.
Tall Straw Hat. Easy part songs for children.
Tone the Bell Easy. H. Mills, ed. Spirituals.
Tacka, Philip, and Susan Taylor-Howell, eds.
1986 Sourwood Mountain: 28 North American and English Songs Arranged for Two
Voices. Fargo, ND: Organization of American Kodály Educators.
Taylor-Howell, Susan, ed.
1993 The Owl Sings: 22 Folksongs Arranged for 2 or 3 Voices. Fargo, ND:
Organization of American Kodály Educators.
Voiceworks Series
Beale, Charles, and Steve Milloy
2008 Popular Voiceworks. New York: Oxford University Press. CDs included.
Hunt, Peter
2000
Voiceworks: A Handbook for Singing. New York: Oxford University
Press. CDs included.
2003 Voiceworks 2: A Further Handbook for Singing. New York: Oxford
University Press. CDs included.
2004 Voiceworks at Christmas. New York: Oxford University Press. CDs
included.
Hunt, Peter, and David Oliver
2007 Folk Voiceworks. New York: Oxford University Press. CDs included.
McNally, Jo
2006 Young Voiceworks: Thirty-Two Songs for Young Singers. New York:
Oxford University Press. CDs included.
Stannard, Kevin
2003 Junior Voiceworks: Thirty-Three Songs for Children. New York: Oxford
University Press. CDs included.
2007 Junior Voiceworks. New York: Oxford University Press. CDs included.
Street, Alison, and Linda Bance
2006 Voiceplay. New York: Oxford University Press. CDs included.
Williams, Mark
1977 Two-Part American Songs (Bicinia Americana). San Antonio, TX: Southern Music
Company.
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