Mary Goetze

Mary Goetze presents here a setting of hte most familiar variant of this traditional folk ballad in which two lovers make impossible requests of each other. The texture shifts from homophonic to imita...

If freckles were lovely and day was night.' In this fun, rhythmic piece for two-part treble choir with piano, the idea of 'what if?' is contemplated. In the end, though, it's decided that things are p...

Young singers will find the humorous text and quick articulation in this selection utterly delightful. As is typical of lieder, the piano part is equal in importance to the vocal line and reflects the...

This playful song was modelled after folk songs that play with our imagination and make us laugh. Like many songs passed along over generations, the words range from far-fetched to absurd. So don't be...

The text for Sing as the Prairie was written by John Neihardt, who was revered by Nebraskans as their poet laureate. Because his love of nature is evident in each phrase, the music incorporates the en...

In this setting, the haunting melody is accompanied by simple countermelody which is played by the flute or recorder recorder and sung.

Chorpartitur For Unison Treble Voices & Piano or Harp

The music for Circles, inspired by the title of an Indiana Music Educators Association event, was guided by traditional musical symbolism for circles, the more obvious of which are singing rounds, son...

This familiar fiddle tune of our American heritage is arranged in a playful setting which captures the flavor of the jocular text.

This canon at the fourth has the simplest melodic material, which when combined in two and four voices achieves an interesting and contrapuntal effect. It can provide students an easy entrance into th...

While the text of this is symbolic, for young children the telephone analogy has been treated in a literal and utterly whimsical fashion. The accompanying [vocal] parts portray the trials of the party...

10 Lieder aus USA (u.a. Spirituals und Shanty) und Israel in einfachen dreistimmigen Sätzen für Kinderstimmen. Didaktische Hinweise zum a-cappella-Singen mit Kindern.

Folk songs arranged in three parts for young singers. The instrumental accompaniements are intended to provide material through which young singers can develop vocal independence, or the ability to ma...

Musical elements of the setting of this William Blake text, such as the piccolo in the Dorian mode and occasional open fifths at cadences evoke the life described in the poem.

This evocative setting reflects the relationship Native Americans have with the earth, animals and nature.

Composer Mary Goetze states that the words and melody to I Sing 'sprang from within me' as she thought about the many directors and teachers who have dedicated their lives to children's choirs and mus...

The text of this Brazilian song and the three counter melodies are full of good humor. The rhythm and melody capture the flavor of this colorful culture, and will have immediate appeal to young singer...

The poem which inspired this piece was written by a thirteen-year-old girl. In it, she expresses the power of fire, of its life-giving and life-consuming potential, in simple and clear form.

This charming, simple American folk song about a warm-hearted farmer has been freely adapted to become a secular Christmas song. The mixolydian accompaniment ventures beyond diatonicism to accompany t...

The primary melody, which is built on a mixolydian scale, features an augmentation of the rhythm and change of meter on the final phrase, “Glory to God...”

In these five succint poems, Diane Vreuls expresses a full range of emotions. The process of learning this music must begin by savoring Vreuls' texts.