Song Devices And Jingles

Song Devices And Jingles

Author: Smith, Eleanor

Year: 1920

Song Devices and Jingles by Eleanor Smith Author of "Songs of a Little Child's Day," "The Eleanor Smith Music Series," "Song Pictures," etc. Director Hull House Music School, Former Head of Music Department School of Education, University of Chicago Illustrated by Florence Liley Young Eleanor Sophia Smith (1858 – 1942) was an American composer and music educator. She was one of the founders of Chicago's Hull House Music School...[source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Sophia_Smith ] From the Introduction: "Song Device and Jingles" is not designed to take the place of the more elaborate song material in use in most Kindergartens, homes, and schools. The purpose of the book is rather technical than artistic, although it is believed that smooth melodies, attractive rhythms, and expressive harmonies cannot fail to make an artistic appeal. The real purpose of the book is to teach young children to sing. Forms have been chosen which must interest all children. The dialogue which has always shown itself an attractive device, the rhythmic game whose value has been proved, songs whose text content stimulates appreciation of pitch diversity, and those with refrains or choruses all mak