Archive for March 2nd, 2012
I recently updated the post about Abraham Lincoln in Singable Picture Books, adding these items:
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Lincoln, Poetry and Auld Lang Syne
An article from the Library of Congress that explores the subject of Lincoln and Poetry:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lincolnpoetry/
It is clear that Abraham Lincoln loved poetry adn I’ve read in a couple of places that his favorite poet (aside of Shakespeare) was Robert Burns.
This, of course, allows the opportunity to include Auld Lang Syne,
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Auld Lang Syne
Poem by Robert Burns
Traditional Tune
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
To view or print this book, click here:
Auld Lang Syne for SBWE
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Lincoln Portrait
Orchestral Word by Aaron Copland
Maybe not a picture book, but important to our understanding of Abraham Lincoln in Music is Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait”
A YouTube of Copland’s musical piece (which is interspersed with the words of Abraham Lincoln):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
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Wiki article about the work is embedded with a player to hear the music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait
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Copland discusses his work, here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4165357
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“Lincoln Portrait” (by Aaron Copland) is included in,
Listen to Learn (Using American music to understand language arts and social studies, grades 5-8)
By Terri Tibbett
Words and Music by Various Artists
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Related Articles
The whole compilation here:
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln in Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/abraham-lincoln-in-singable-picture-books/
