In the preparation of this music bibliography, it is a rare privilege
to be able to include a list which was compiled by the late Miss Mary
L. Avery, of the music department of the Lenox Library, New York;
and which was used in a lecture delivered by her before the Pratt
Institute Library School on January 12, 1900. To this, the following
supplementary list, based upon recommendation, may be added. Prices
vary.
BRAINARD, H. L. (music), AND SAGE, BETTY (words)--Four Childhood
Rhymes. Schirmer; The Boston Music Co.
COOLIDGE, ELIZABETH--Fifteen Mother Goose Melodies. Schirmer. (Music
somewhat difficult.)
FISHER, WILLIAM ARMES--Posies from A Child’s Garden of Verses. Ditson.
GAYNOR, JESSIE L. (music), AND RILEY, C. (words)--Songs of the Child
World. Nos. 1, 2. The John Church Co.
JENKS, HARRIET S., AND RUST, MABEL--Song Echoes from Child Land. Ditson.
JORDAN, JULES--A Life Lesson. (Words by Riley.) Schmidt.
MCLAUGHLIN, JAMES M., AND GILCHRIST, W. W.--Educational Music Course.
Teachers’ Edition for Elementary Grades. Ginn.
MOTHER GOOSE SET TO MUSIC. (Elliott, J. W.) Novello. [An edition is
published by Houghton, $1.50.]
RILEY, GAYNOR, BEALE--Songs for Children. John Church Co.
TAUBERT, WILHELM--Klänge aus der Kinderwelt. Schirmer.
In addition, such names as Eleanor Smith and Harvey Worthington
Loomis should not be omitted, as composers who recognise successfully
the requirements of children’s voices. These requirements cannot be
too often reiterated. In a letter to the author, the following was
underscored: “A child’s song must be written almost entirely in the
middle register of the voice--neither too high nor too low. Then
there must be a distinct melody for the child’s ear to catch readily.
And the words must interest the child’s mind.” In this last respect
music-teachers are most emphatic. They appeal for verses that stimulate
the imagination, they wish words carefully chosen; in the teaching,
they seek for purity of diction, for proper valuation of vowels,
consonants, and word-endings.
_Miss Avery’s Music List. Music in Children’s Libraries_
BREITKOPF EDITION CATALOGUE--Breitkopf and Hartel. New York.
MUSICAL, THE, INTERESTS [tastes] OF CHILDREN--Fanny B. Gates. West.
Springfield, Mass., 1898. [Reprinted from the _Journal of
Pedagogy_, October, 1898.]
NOVELLO’S SCHOOL MUSIC CATALOGUE (OPERETTAS, ETC.)--[Descriptive.]
London.
SCRIBNER’S MUSICAL LITERATURE LIST--New York.
_Literature of Music_
LETTERS FROM GREAT MUSICIANS TO YOUNG PEOPLE--Alathea E. Crawford and
Alice Chapin. New York, 1897.
MUSICIANS IN RHYME FOR CHILDHOOD’S TIME--Crawford and Sill. New York,
Schirmer.
STORY OF MAJOR C AND HIS RELATIVES: LESSONS IN HARMONY--Grace S. Duff.
New York, 1894.
STORY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS--Lucy C. Lillie. New York.
STORY OF THE RHINEGOLD--Chapin.
WAGNER STORY-BOOK--William Henry Frost. New York.
_Vocal Music_
BABY’S BOUQUET--(Old songs.) Ill., Walter Crane. Routledge.
BABY’S OPERA--(Old songs.) Ill., Walter Crane. Routledge; Warne.
BOOK OF RHYMES AND TUNES--Compiled by Margaret P. Osgood [from German
and English]. Boston, 1880.
BOOK OF OLD RHYMES SET TO MUSIC--Walter Crane. Warne, $1.20.
CHILD’S GARDEN OF SONG--Arranged by Wm. L. Tomlins. Chicago, 1895.
CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES--12 Songs by Stevenson. Music by Mary
Carmichael. London.
CHILD’S GARLAND OF SONGS [From a Child’s Garden of Verses.]--R. L.
Stevenson. Music by C. Villiers Stanford. London, 1892.
CHILDREN’S SINGING GAMES--Eleanor Withey Willard. Grand Rapids, 1895.
CHILDREN’S SOUVENIR SONG BOOK--Arranged by Wm. L. Tomlins. New York,
1893.
CHRISTMAS (A) DREAM--School Operetta--Moffat. London, Novello.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS ANCIENT AND MODERN--Wm. L. Tomlins. New York, 1897.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEW AND OLD--Bramley and Sir John Stainer. Novello;
Routledge.
GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG--(English folk songs.) Arranged by S. Baring
Gould and H. F. Sheppard. London, 1895.
KINDERGARTEN CHIMES--Kate Douglas Wiggin. Boston (cop.), 1887.
KINDERLIEDER--Von Carl Reinecke. Leipzig; New York, Schirmer.
KINDER- UND JUGEND-LIEDER (50)--Von Hoffman, V. Stuttgart.
KINDERLIEDER (24)--Gustav Fischer. New York.
KINDERLIEDER-ALBUM--Amalie Felsenthal. Leipzig.
MAY-DAY REVELS (Operetta, Old English style.)--Hawkins and West. London.
MUSIK-BEILAGE ZU KINDERFEST--J. Fischer. Berlin, Bloch.
NATIONAL, PATRIOTIC, AND TYPICAL AIRS OF ALL LANDS, with Copious
Notes--John Philip Sousa. Philadelphia, 1890.
OLD MAY DAY (Operetta.)--Shapcott Wensley and F. C. Wood. London.
OLDE ENGLYSHE PASTIMES--F. W. Galpin. (Dances and sports, old music.)
London.
SINGING (A) QUADRILLE, SET TO NURSERY RHYMES, for Pianoforte and
Voices--Cotsford Dick.
SINGING VERSES FOR CHILDREN--Lydia Coonley and others. New York, 1897.
SMALL SONGS FOR SMALL SINGERS--W. H. Neidlinger. (Coloured ill.,
Bobbett.) New York, Schirmer.
ST. NICHOLAS OPERETTAS. Century.
ST. NICHOLAS SONGS. Century.
SONGS OF CHILDHOOD--Eugene Field. Music by Reginald de Koven and
others. New York, 1896.
STEVENSON SONG BOOK--Music by various composers. New York, 1897.
THREE OPERETTAS (THREE LITTLE KITTENS; SEVEN OLD LADIES OF LAVENDER
TOWN; BOBBY SHAFTOE)--H. C. Bunner and Oscar Weil. New York, 1897.
_Instrumental Music_
HAYDN’S KINDER-SYMPHONIE--For Piano and Violin and Toy Instruments.
OUR FAVORITES (UNSERE LIEBLINGE). [Piano gems arranged by Carl
Reinecke.] New York, Breitkopf and Hartel.
SCHUMANN, ROBERT--Album for Young Pianists. Op. 68.
Kinderball. (Dances, four hands, for Piano.) Op. 130.
Kinderscenen. (Piano.) Op. 15.