The Songs we sing / by Hendrik van Loon ; the musick for the songs was arranged by Grace Castagnetta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Castagnetta, Grace, 1909-1996.

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's songs.

Songs.

Genre:

Children's songs.

Penn Provenance:

Brooks, Eleanor Stimson (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

63 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), music ; 17 x 26 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc.], [1936.]

Contents:

Alphabet song

Au Clair de la Lune

Cuckoo calls from the wood

Farmer in the dell

Frère Jacques

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

If all the world ...

I love little Pussy

I saw three ships

Jack and Jill

King of France

Lady Bird

Little Boy Blue

Little Jack Horner

Little Nut Tree

London Bridge

Miller and the Baker

Mulberry Bush

North Wind doth blow

Rock-a-bye Baby

Row, row, row your boat

Sleep, baby, sleep

Spring's arrival

Sur le pont d'Avignon

Twinkle, twinkle little star.

Notes:

Cover title.

"Copyright, 1936, by Hendrik Willem van Loon."

Piano accompaniement.

"Note Trap" laid in.

"A small collection of the songs that have been sung for a great many years by the children of all lands. The pictures were written by me and I also drew the text but the Musick for the Songs was arranged by Grace Castagnetta who plays the Harpsichord so well that I quite often suspect her of having learned the wondrous Craft from Johann Sebastian Bach himself but she says 'No'."

White paper boards illustrated in red, yellow and green. Yellow and black illustrated endpapers.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to "Eleanor and Van Wyck, so that they can sing in honor of the most civilized book - it has been my pleasue to use and to read. With affectionate regards Hendrik Willem. 28/8 XXXVI".

OCLC:

12570263