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Waldorf Music Teachers' Resource List
Suggested materials for the Waldorf music teacher.


New Book

The Spiritual Basis of Musical Harmony by Graham Jackson (ISBN 978-1-55246-760-2)
 

Songbooks for Grades 3-8

Early One Morning Folksongs, Rounds, Ballads Shanties, Spirituals and Madrigals edited by Christoph Jaffke and Magda Maier
Peter’s Book of Rounds Peter Oram & Phil Forder
Waldorf Songbook Brien Masters
Second Waldorf Songbook  Brien Masters
Voiceworks I & II by Peter Hunt; Oxford University Press
The Owl Sings  American Kodaly Educators
Sourwood Mountain  American Kodaly Educators
My Singing Bird 150 Folk Songs  American Kodaly Educators
The Sounds of Rounds and Canons  Ruth Boshkoff and Kathy Sorensen
Rise Up Singing  Peter Blood-Patterson
Building the Chorus  Arnold Logan
A Circle is Cast  Libana
Night Passages  Libana
Fire Within  Libana
A Revels Garland of Song  Revels, Inc.
Celebrate the Spring  Revels, Inc.
‘Round We Go! Rounds with Activities for Young Singers  Elizabeth Gilpatrick


World Music

Let Your Voice Be Heard  World Music Press
The Singing Sack Helen East
Freedom Is Coming  Wild Goose Publications
Multicultural Songs, Games, and Dances  American Kodaly Educators
Mango Spice   A&C Black Publishing, UK   

Movement and Singing Games

Let’s Do It Again! The Songs of ETM Compiled by Mary Helen Richards
Welcome In the Spring  Paul Kerlee
Old Songs and Singing Games  Richard Chase
Singing Games and Play Party Games  Richard Chase
Singing Games Anna Rainville


Grades 6-8+

Anthology of English Medieval and Renaissance Vocal Music Noah Greenberg
Anthology of Elizabethan Lute, Madrigals, and Rounds Noah Greenberg


Christmas

The Revels Christmas Songbook  Revels, Inc.
The Oxford Book of Carols  Oxford University Press
Awake to Joy! Christmas Carols for Part-Singing  collected by Nym Cooke



Flute and Recorder Books

For beginning FLUTE experience, even though the books themselves say “for soprano recorders” (Grade3/4):


C Flute Tutor for the Choroi C Flute Volume I  by John Miles, Promethean Press
The Ensemble Recorder Book 1  (for 2 soprano [flutes] w/ Orff instrumentation and voice by Lawrence Wheeler, Sweet Pipes Publications
The Ensemble Recorder Book 2   (for 2 soprano [flutes] w/ Orff instrumentation and voice by Herbert Rothgarber, Sweet Pipes Publications
Make a Glad Sound
   (for 2 soprano [flutes] w/ Orff instrumentation and voice) by Herbert Rothgarber, Sweet Pipes Publications
First Performance (for 2 soprano [flutes] with optional voice, alto and Orff instrumentation) by Gerald Burakoff and Willy Strickland, Sweet Pipes Publications
Round & Round – (for soprano [flutes], voices and Orff instruments) Arr. by Herbert Rothgarber, Sweet Pipes Publications

For intermediate players (maybe 4/5 grade):

Duet Time (Book 1 easy duets for 2 soprano [flutes] and optional percussion and Book 2 is intermediate duets) Arr. By Sonya Burakoff, Sweet pipes Publications


For Recorders:

Alto Recorder Tutor  by John Miles, Promethean Press
The Sweet Pipes Recorder (Alto Recorder) Book 1 and 2 A Method Book for Adults and Older Beginners  - by Gerald Burkoff, Paul Clark, William E. Hettick, Sweet Pipes Publications
Three Thirteenth-Century Dances for soprano (or tenor) and alto (or bass) recorders Transcribed and edited by Peter Hedrick
Renaissance Time Pieces and Dances Arr, by Gerald Burakoff & Willy Strickland, Sweet Pipes Publications
Baroque Time Pieces and Dances Arr. By G. Burakoff & W. Strickland, Sweet Pipes Publications
Recorder Ensemble Without Fear  John Heyworth
The Recorder Consort 1 – 47 Pieces for recorder consort (solos to sextets) Collected by Steve Rosenberg
English Madrigals for Recorders Volumes 1 & 2 (AAT trios, SATB quartets and quintets)
Music from Around the World for Recorders For Upper Grades in Waldorf Schools Descant, Alto, Tenor - Recorder Ensemble Music - selected and arranged by Michael Preston, AWSNA Publications
The Recorder Guide by Johanna E Kulbach and Arthur Nitka, Oak Publications
Flute and Recorder Consorts Vol I and II Trios and Quartets   collected and arranged by John Miles, Promethean Press
Mrs. McGillivray’s Welcome  A Bass Recorder Tutor with a Scottish Flavour  Rosemary McGillivray, Hawthorns Music




*There is a huge variety of more good recorder music and information on recorders (including sales of any kind of recorder you might ever want!) and this is the best source we have found:

Courtley Music Unlimited
Phone: 1-800-2-Richie (1-800-274-2443)
E-mail: richie@courtleymusicunlimited.com
courtleymusicunlimited.com




Early Childhood Music Booklist

Music For Young Children by Rita Jacobs, translated by Roland Everett Hawthorn Press, Bankfield House, 13 Wallbridge, Stroud, GL5 3JA, UK
 
Quintenlieder - Music for Young Children in the Mood of the Fifth by Julius Knierim Rudolf Steiner College Press, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA  95628
 
One for the Golden Sun - pentatonic songs by Peter Oram Starborn Books, 3 Union Terrace, St. Dogmaels, Cardigan, Wales, UK SA43 3LA
 
A Change in the Year - pentatonic songs by Peter Oram
 
Pentatonic Songs for nursery, kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 by Elisabeth Lebret
 
Shepherd’s Songbook for grade 1, 2 and 3 of Waldorf Schools by Elisabeth Lebret
 
Songs for Young Children by John C. Miles Promethean Press Portland, Oregon (503) 774-4946 prometheanpress.com
 
Folksongs for the Pentatonic Flute by John C. Miles  Promethean Press
 
Dancing As We Sing Seasonal Circle Plays & Traditional Singing Games by Nancy Foster
 
Let’s Dance & Sing arr. Kundry Wllwerth, Mercury Press mercurypress@fellowshipcommunity.org
 
A Lifetime of Joy Songs, Verses, Stories by Bronja Zahlingen Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
 
Gateways - Poems, Songs and Stories
Spindrift -  Poems, Songs and Stories 
Spring  -  Poems, Songs and Stories
Summer -   Poems, Songs and Stories
Autumn -   Poems, Songs and Stories
Winter  -  Poems, Songs and Stories
all from Wynstone Press Stourbridge, England
 

Seven Times the Sun by Shea Darian
 

Let’s Do It Again! - folk songs and games  compiled by Mary Helen Richards richardsinstitute.org
 
One, Two, Three! A Collection of Songs, Verses, Riddles, and Stories for Children of Grade 1-3 by David Adams The Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, 3911 Bannister Road, Fair Oaks, CA 95628

I Love To Be Me - songs in the mood of the fifth by Channa A. Seidenberg Wynstone Press


Retailers:


The Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, 3911 Bannister Road, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 http://www.awsna.org/catalog/default.php
Steiner Books steinerbooks.org
Rudolf Steiner Bookstore, 3911 Bannister Road, Fair Oaks, CA 95628  (916) 961-8729
Meadow Lark Toys and Crafts 817 chestnut Ridge Road, Chestnut, Ridge, New York 10977



 


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