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Over 80 Italian children's songs and rhymes, with commentary and translations. An iPhone/iPad App or Book starting at just $1.99! More
Articles about 'Traditional Music'
Peter wrote asking for help with a song his grandmother sang him.  Here’s his email: Hello, I was hoping you’d be able to help with a song my grandmother sang to us when we were kids. It seems nobody can remember the whole thing but it starts like this: "There was a young man who lived on...
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Sumer is icumen in is possibly the oldest canon in print (circa 1226 a.d.)  It was written in Middle English.  You can read the original here, followed by a translation into modern English and a lovely YouTube rendition by two girls. Sumer is icumen in Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! ...
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Paul Simon’s song April Come She Will seems to be loosely based around the rhyme The Cuckoo and an English ballad called Cuckoo Song.  You can read both below… The Cuckoo In April, Come he will. In May, He sings all day. ...
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Chanda Mama is a song from India about the moon. Different versions exist in the various languages of India. This one is in the Telugu language, a language mainly spoken in southern India. Playing for Change made the Chanda Mama video with musicians around the world. Playing for Change creates music all...
My daughter taught me Four White Horses yesterday. She recently learned it in her music class. It’s a Caribbean Folk Song and a hand clapping game all wrapped up into one! Here are the lyrics… Four White Horses Hand Clapping Song Four white horses, on the river, Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow, Up tomorrow is a rainy day. Come on...
Tiffany wrote: Hi Lisa, I found your website on Google. What a treasure! I was trying to search for a song I’d heard of (I’m guessing in Spanish) called “Bella Mama”. My Google search led me to your website, but I can’t figure out how to search for a specific song. Might you...
Orlando di Lasso (1530 or 32 – 1594) was a Flemish Renaissance composer. He wrote over 2000 pieces in his lifetime. They were religious and secular choral works in Italian, German, Latin and French. Some of Lasso’s works were masses that he dedicated to the pope. Interestingly, he also wrote...
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