Lullabies - Lullaby, Summertime, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Repetitive Song, Brahms's Lullaby, All the Pretty Horses, Llegaste Tu, Itsuki Lullaby, Hush (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lullaby, Summertime, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Repetitive Song, Brahms's Lullaby, All the Pretty Horses, Llegaste Tu, Itsuki Lullaby, Hush, Little Baby, Takeda Lullaby, Shimabara Lullaby, Ch goku Region Lullaby, Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon, Northeastern Cradle Song, Ach, pij Kochanie, Edo Lullaby, Bye, Baby Bunting, Que Linda Manito, Hine E Hine, Raisins and Almonds, Arbolito de Naranja, Aserrin Aserran. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: A lullaby is a soothing song, usually sung to children before they go to sleep, with the intention of speeding that process. As a result they are often simple and repetitive. Lullabies can be found in every human culture and seem to have been used at least from the ancient period. The English term lullaby is thought to come from 'lu lu' or 'la la' sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and 'by' or 'bye bye', either another lulling sound, or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby 'Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacte' is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive. In 1072, Turkish writer Mahmud al-Kashgari mention about old Turkish lullabies as 'balubalu' in his book 'Dwnu l-Luat al-Turk'. It is also speculated that the term may come from "Lilith-bye" or "Lilith-Abi" (Hebrew for "Lilith, begone"). In the Jewish tradition, Lilith was believed to steal children in the night. Lullabies written by established classical composers are often given the form-name berceuse, which is French for lullaby, or cradle song. The most famous berceuse of all is Johannes Brahms' lied Wiegenlied (cradle song), called Brahms' Lullaby in English. Brahms wrote his "Wiegenlied" for a Bertha Faber, on the occasion ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=95144