Sing and Dance with the Pennsylvania Dutch by Ruth L. HousmanReview by: George KorsonNotes, Second Series, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Dec., 1954), p. 151Published by: Music Library AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/892281 .

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a cross between ritornelli and chorales, could be handled in the manner described by Praetorius in Part III, chapter II of the third volume of Syntagma, i.e., re- inforced by a chorus pro cappella or palchetto.

Dr. Redlich even adds a selective bib- liography to his preface, and it is not his fault if the works indicated are inade- quate, Blume's being merely a sketch and Gurlitt's a heap of irrelevant material.

EGON KENTON

MUSIC FOR CHILDREN

Sing and Dance with the Pennsyl- vania Dutch. Compiled and arranged with translations and commentary by Ruth L. Housman. Illustrated by Fran- ces Lichten. New York: E. B. Marks Music Corp., 1953. [111 p.; $2.00]

In her preface Ruth L. Hausman states that she began her research for this book "to refute . . . fallacious statements" regarding a "dearth of folk music" among the Pennsylvania Dutch. For some un- explained reason Miss Hausman has failed to provide sufficient evidence from an available abundance to make her re- futation convincing. Out of about 50 titles no more than half a dozen can be identified as traditional Pennsylvania Dutch folk songs and ballads; and of the six play-party games two-"Skip to My Lou" and "Ohio" ("Shoot the Buffalo") -are from the Anglo-American folk ti adition.

The rest of the volume is devoted to sacred music distinctive of the principal church groups among the Pennsylvania Dutch: House Amish's "slow" tunes and shaped notes; Moravians' chorales, car- ols, and instrumental music; and revival tunes, sometimes called "spirituals," cre- ated and sung in the emotional atmo- sphere of camp or "bush" meetings in the 18th and 19th centuries by evange- listic groups which, in 1947, formed the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

It is difficult to determine the reason for the heterogeneous nature of a volume titled Sing and Dance with the Pennsyl- vania Dutch. What became of Miss Haus- man's original purpose to show her people's contributions to folk music?

Surely there is ample material avail- able among folk singers in eastern Penn- sylvania and in collections upon which to build a good case for the Pennsylvania Dutch in the field of folk music. The Brendle-Troxell collection alone con-

tains approximately 300 titles recorded on disks. A portion of this collection was published in 1949 (in Pennsylvania Songs and Legends). Since then other compilations and individual songs have appeared in print.

Miss Hausman does not refer to any collections of Pennsylvania Dutch folk songs. Nor does she identify the sources, oral or printed, of the half dozen or so folk songs or of the play-party games se- lected for this collection. Her acknowl- edgements are to copyrighted works in the field of sacred music.

The book is obviously designed for the popular market. Piano accompani- ments are provided throughout. Play- party game directions are good. Miss Hausman's enthusiasm comes through in her preface and headnotes, which convey much interesting background information about the Pennsylvania Dutch.

GEORGE KORSON

Laura Pendleton MacCarteney: Up and Down We Go. Illustrated by Dagmar Wilson. Cincinnati: The Willis Music Co., 1954. [iv, 57 p., illus.; $2.50]

"That's neat!" is the reaction of chil- dren to this delightful book. They find the tunes easy to sing and the illustra- tions in color fun to look at.

Enjoyable it may be, but the book also Lias serious intent. It is constructed for use in teaching music to very young children, and was developed by Mrs. MacCarteney in her work in the Nursery- School Kindergarten at the University of Maryland. On one page the melody is given, with the words and chord symbols. On the opposite page, the illustration is so arranged as to show the rise and fall of the tune, and, by the size of the fig- ures, the length of the notes. The words are included on this page also. Thus the small child who does not know how to

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