World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, vol. 4: Spain
Duérmete niño — Dolores Fernández
Sounds of the South, vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children
Go to Sleep Little Baby — Bessie Jones
The Spanish Recordings: Basque Country: Aragon & Valencia
Nana Naneta — Maria Escrihuela
The Spanish Recordings: Biscay And Guipuzcoa
Hiru Lo — Kanta
Italian Treasury: Emilia—Romagna
Ninna Nanna — Venturina Marandella
Southern Journey/Ballads and Breakdowns
Whole Heap a Little Horses — Texas Gladden
Activity #1: Lullaby Recognition
1. Listen to two different American women sing their children to sleep, in "Whole Heap a Little Horses" and "Go to Sleep Little Baby". Find a beat to move to by pretending to rock a baby to sleep.
2. Listen again, and raise your hand when you hear the singer asking the baby to take a nap in each of the recordings.
3. Find the book, Hush—a—Bye: A Folk Lullaby (illustrated by Aliki), to read aloud to children.
4. Have the children talk about songs and stories that put them to sleep.
Activity #2: Lullaby Vocal Timbre
1. Create a play list of the six lullabies.
2. Have the children sit in a circle, each with a stuffed animal that they can rock as they listen to the lullabies.
3. Listen to three different women sing their children to sleep, in Spain ("Nana Naneta", "Hiru Lo—Kanta") and Italy ("Ninna Nanna"). Encourage them to talk about what seems lullaby—like in these songs.
4. Each time they hear a different singer, have the children pass their animal to a neighbor.
Cultural Link:
Spain
Italy
Basque Country
The American South
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