Illustrated Songs

I'll have more to say about the illustrated song in the coming weeks, as I plan to post a slide set of "In my Merry Oldsmobile," which we reproduced in chapter 10 of the textbook. In the meantime, PBS Kids has a nice, if brief description of the illustrated song. The site also includes two examples, albeit in fairly low resolution (Quicktime required):

• A Bird in a Gilded Cage, which is a sentimental ballad in waltz time—the sheet music is available through the Maine Music Box.
  
  
  
  
  





• Let's Get the Umpire's Goat, which is a comic novelty, also in waltz time—the sheet music is available through the Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music