The Eleanor Smith Music Primer PDF Download

Excerpt from The Eleanor Smith Music Primer The Eleanor Smith Music Primer presents a collection of songs to be used during the first year in which it is advisable that a book be placed in the hands of the children. The songs comprising the book will be found varied in origin and character, childlike in spirit and very simple in structure. The tastes of all, rather than the tastes of a few children, have been considered, and songs expressive of the natural activities and interests of child hood will be found on every page. Music of lasting quality has been chosen songs which, when remembered in later years, may be treasured as the foundation of mature good taste. Chief among these are the beautiful folk songs with which the book abounds. These come from many nations and are, for the most part, original children's songs. That German folk songs are in the majority will appear natural when we remember that the most domestic nation is also the most musical. Many French and English melodies have been included, as well as others from Scandinavian and Slavic countries. Among the songs in artistic form are contributions from well-known composers, Ameri cans and Europeans being equally well represented. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.