Rothschild, Alice. Bad Trouble in Miss Alcorn's Class ill. Irwin Rosenhouse. New York: William R. Scott, 1959. First Edition. 8vo. Fine / Very Good. Pictorial cloth in matching dust jacket with light soil, a few small losses, original price intact ($2.75). Money keeps disappearing from an elementary school classroom. Can the class discover where the money is going? Illustrated in b&w throughout. This copy is inscribed by the artist.

Artist: Irwin Rosenhouse, American (1924 - 2002) Title: Giving the Flower Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 14/60 Image Size: 14 x 10.5 inches Size: 23 in. x 17.5 in. (58.42 cm x 44.45 cm)

Rothschild, Alice. Bad Trouble in Miss Alcorn's Class ill. Irwin Rosenhouse. New York: William R. Scott, 1959. First Edition. 8vo. Fine / Very Good. Pictorial cloth in matching dust jacket with light soil, a few small losses, original price intact ($2.75). Money keeps disappearing from an elementary school classroom. Can the class discover where the money is going? Illustrated in b&w throughout. This copy is inscribed by the artist.

Mid Century limited edition Screenprint by listed artist Irwin Rosenhouse. Signed lower right. Titled " Girl with a Butterfly ". Number 12/60. Scratches to aluminum frame, print is in excellent condition.

Ella guides nursery school children through simple, engaging rhythm exercises, encouraging them to vary lyrics, tunes, and activities. Playful songs include Hop, Skip, Jump to My Lou; Teddy Bear; and Jack and Jill.

Now available on compact disc, this collection exemplifies Ella Jenkins’s skill at teaching children basic concepts through songs and games. Memory, a sense of rhythm, coordination, and vocal expression are all exercised in these simple, enjoyable activity songs. Classic counting songs include One

Mark Olf (1905–1987) was a composer and singer of Yiddish and Hebrew songs. Olf emigrated to the U.S. from Russia when he was young; he later recorded some of the songs he had heard as a child, toured the country performing, and taught music at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, ...

Based on his children’s book, The First Book of Rhythms, published in 1954, poet Langston Hughes describes how rhythms throughout the world are connected, from the human heartbeat to the waves of the ocean. “All the rhythms of life in some way are related,” Hughes says. “You, your baseball, and the

Famed composer and music educator Henry Cowell (1897—1965) presents an overview of the music of the Mediterranean region, which, he wrote, “has divulged more of the secrets of ancient music than any other region in the world.” The range of styles comes from a long history of cultural exchange between ...

While “Jewish classical literature” may encompass many genres, here the phrase refers solely to Yiddish prose, primarily vignettes of a light-hearted or humorous nature from the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Most of the selections have the flavor of recitations to be performed

"Mexican corridos are stories told in song. The word comes from correr, the Spanish verb meaning to run, and indicates that there is to be a running narrative. The use is limited—not all tales are called corridos—and usually love stories are not included. New stories with embellishments are the ...

Sam Duffie Hinton (1917–2009) balanced two careers: curator at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, and recording artist. He recorded a collection of folk songs for the Library of Congress in 1947, and in 1961 began recording for Folkways. Hinton learned

Issued less than ten years after the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948, this album of Israeli dance music reflects a young, exuberant spirit: love of the land, and of young couples courting. The Tsabar Group (Oranim Zabar) is headed by Dov Seltzer, a prominent Israeli composer and ...

This collection reminds us that the ballad's purpose, first and foremost, is to tell a story. These songs narrate tales of ordinary people—hoboes and lovers and sailors—and their extraordinary deeds. From "John Henry" to "Lady Margaret," Pete Seeger's expressive style is ideally communicative.