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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