Sunday, December 31, 2017

Review of "Songs in the Air," by John W. Mitchell



Review of
Songs in the Air, by John W. Mitchell

Five out of five stars
 The songs in this collection were broadcast over radio station WOI in Ames, Iowa in the late 1950s. The program of the title was broadcast on Monday mornings at 11 AM. The songs are all simple ones designed for children and have a wide variety of origins. For example, the song “Spring Song” is credited to Frederic Chopin, “By Murmuring Brook” to Franz Schubert, “Hawaii” is a Hawaiian melody and “Walking at Night” is a Czechoslovakian tune.
 The songs were selected by radio personality John Mitchell and conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Education Arthur L. Redner. It is easy to imagine schoolchildren looking forward to and listening to these songs while they were seated at their desks. It is a sure bet that they had fun.

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