Rhythmic Activities, Series 1.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing Company, 1963/1955, stated second printing, 123 single sided glossy cards in small blue card accordion folder with red illustrations of children dancing amid black notes, brown elastic tie; i-vii with Contents, Preface and To the Musician, 123 pp including Glossary of Terms, Recording Companies, and 3 pages of Index. Included an unused Reply card from which others in the series can be ordered. Reference - education.
A set of cards for younger elementary physical education classes or music classes, fifty-one dances, each with one card of clear directions and a discography, and a second card with the simple melody and "chord backgrounds" for each measure. Most are traditional American and European children's folk dances, see images, a few are more modern. "To Musicians", by Earl Juhas, explains how the music is notated. Created by the NY State Supervisor of Physical Education and Recreation and the Supervisor of Physical Education and the Supervisor of the same offices in Maywood, Illinois. All in all this is all extremely well thought out so as to be "easily accessible for immediate use" for a busy teacher. "The dances and singing games have been thoroughly tried out." It would still serve as a useful and up to date curriculum in the music classroom (in case of budget cuts!) as well as a well executed piece of curriculum history.
CONDITION: Very Good Plus Envelope with Very Good Plus cards; was on reserve in the Molloy Catholic College Library in Rockville Center New York, thus with faint stamp on illustrated front, another on flap, with handwritten library cataloguing numbers, no other stamps, edges slightly toned, otherwise very nice; in clean unwrinkled cards, the top title card lightly foxed; price on Fine enclosed publisher's order card $2.50. Item #22978
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