Renaissance Dances: For Dancers Young and Old [Paperback]

Isabel McNeill Carley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2000

This wonderful book with CD is a must for music, dance, or classroom teachers teaching about the Renaissance. Historical information about the Renaissance is included as well as easy-to-follow dance graphics. Each dance is provided in three formats: CD dance-along orchestrations with authentic Renaissance sounds, classroom recorder/Orff instrument arrangements, and piano arrangements. These dances are fun and accessible for students in grades 5 and higher.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769294855
• ISBN-13: 978-0769294858
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #736,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Isabel McNeill Carley was a published composer, writer, editor and lifelong innovator and creative teacher of music. She grew up in Chicago and Toronto. The first American Honors graduate of the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria, she was a founding member of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She established and edited for its first fifteen years AOSA's journal, The Orff Echo, and organized and instructed at Orff certification programs in the US and abroad. She composed works for piano, instrumental and vocal ensembles, performed in chamber-music consorts, and taught music for over fifty years to children and adults.
Carley's three-book Recorder Improvisation and Technique series is a classic, integrating recorder instruction with musicianship, improvisation and the Orff Approach. It is used successfully in Orff certification courses as well as classrooms.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars About average - should use other resources too, September 29, 2002

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Eric Ventura (Fall River, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renaissance Dances: For Dancers Young and Old (Paperback)

As a music teacher and professional musican I was hoping to have this text be an aid to my students. The printed music is clear, although the arrangements are not necessarily the best, particularly with regards to the 4/4 meter as opposed to the true alla breve. The cd that is included is a nice bonus, but it would have been nice to hear real instruments on the tracks instead of a synthesizer. The dance instructions are somewhat unclear. I had to refer to two other resources just to decipher what is meant. So, this is an average product, not to be trusted as a vailid source standing on its own.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Orff teachers - look at this one!, April 8, 2002

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Brenda K. Barbour (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renaissance Dances: For Dancers Young and Old (Paperback)

If you have ever wanted to teach those wonderful Renaissance dances to your 3rd - 6th grade students try Isabel Carley's well-researched, clear guide. These dances can be used with adults or children. You will find her two books on this subject useful and easy to follow. Enjoy!

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Defective book, May 6, 2007

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Katherine A. Wimmer (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Renaissance Dances: For Dancers Young and Old (Paperback)

This book would be fine, if the printing weren't defective. The pages are slanted, and not cut properly. I have had to rip un-cut pages apart. Because of that, and because I haven't had the time to pack the book back up and return it, I have been unsatisfied with my purchase.