Songs for Singing and Sharing
The Songs for Singing and Sharing music series is an eclectic selection of folk music for early childhood families and for use in educational settings.
now available for download
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now available for download ♫
The Diller-Quaile School of Music is thrilled to announce the eagerly anticipated release of the latest volume in its celebrated Songs for Singing and Sharing music series. Titled Holidays, this enchanting collection is now available for download on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music, as well as for purchase on iTunes and streaming on YouTube.
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About Songs for Singing and Sharing
Publication has been at the heart of Diller-Quaile’s 100-year history. Angela Diller and Elizabeth Quaile collaborated to write the well-known Diller-Quaile Series, starting with the “First Solo Book” in 1918. Ultimately, Diller and Quaile authored many books, which have sold more than two million copies worldwide. Some of these publications are still in print and currently used in individual lessons and classes at the School. Diller-Quaile continues this tradition with our Songs for Singing and Sharing music series, an eclectic selection of folk music for early childhood families and for use in educational settings.
Songs for Singing and Sharing is comprised of songs from the folk canon. The catalog of international folk music is a deep well of musical history, variety, and beauty, and it is this catalog that has served as the foundation of Diller-Quaile’s Early Childhood curriculum for the last sixty years. Many of these songs will be familiar to you, but we hope to have included, at the very least, a few musical surprises: perhaps an inventive reimagining of an old classic, or your first introduction to an unfamiliar song from another part of the world.
The mission of The Diller-Quaile School of Music is to develop the innate musicality in each individual, inspiring participation for a lifetime. We at Diller-Quaile believe that this development can never start too early, and can never start too late. The best way to support musical development in the very young is through exposure to great music—this includes not only having many opportunities to hear and to make beautiful music, but also providing children with chances to share their music with the people in their lives.
One of Diller-Quaile’s 4-year-old students once put it quite succinctly: “Music is important...just to live.” Not only do we resoundingly agree, we will add on to her statement: Music is important...just to live...and is at its best when shared. We hope that you will enjoy listening, dancing, and singing along with Songs for Singing and Sharing.
Track List by Volume
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Jingle Bells
Over the River and Through the Wood
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Festival of Lights
The Friendly Beasts
Joy to the World
I Saw Three Ships
S’vivon
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Deck the Hall
Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah
Up on the Housetop
What Shall I Give to the Child in the Manger?
Silent Night
Ner Li
Still, Still, Still
Auld Lang Syne
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Aiken Drum
This is How the Drum Kit Sounds
There’s a Cobbler Down the Street
Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll
Mary Wore Her Red Dress
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Cucanandy
Little Bird
Arrorro Mi Niño
Dance With Me
Boots of Shining Leather
Macaroni
Hei Luulil
This Little Light of Mine
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Kokoleoko
The Ants Go Marching
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Old Brass Wagon; Skip to My Lou
See How I'm Jumping
Sulla Lulla
New River Train
Sail Away Ladies, Sail Away
I Hear the Mill Wheel
Oh, Belinda
Peace Like a River
As I Was Walking Down the Street
Senwa De Dende
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Walking in the Green Grass
The Earth Is Our Mother; Shalom Chaverim; Wade in the Water
Rain, Rain, Go Away; It's Raining, It's Pouring
Spirit Song
Toora Loora Loora
A B C
All the Pretty Little Horses
We're Floating Down the River
That's a Mighty Pretty Motion
Sleep, Children, Sleep
Haida
Tue, Tue
Songs for Singing and Sharing Vol. 2 is a Parents’ Choice Award Winner!
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The Noble Duke of York
London Bridge Is Falling Down
‘Liza Jane
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow
Get on Board
Brother Come and Dance with Me
Shenandoah
My Paddle
Ah, Poor Bird; Hey, Ho, Nobody Home
Nuts in May
Lavender's Blue
She'll Be Coming 'round the Mountain
Diller-Quaile is the proud recipient of a Parents’ Choice Award for Volume 2 of Songs for Singing and Sharing.
