Singing with older people
An inviting songbook with popular songs, hits and folk songs.
Under the title Play me an old melody various church associations, in collaboration with two renowned publishers - Reclam and Carus-Verlag - have taken on the topic of "Singing knows no age".
After a similar publication with the most beautiful old church hymns was published in 2012, the Play me an old melody well-known hits from the twenties to the fifties, canons, popular songs and selected folk songs in an attractive hardcover book beautifully illustrated by Barbara Trapp. The songbook is published in large print; the songs are in low pitches.
It is true that older voices feel more comfortable in lower registers, but not every older voice mutates into a bass or alto! In some songs, the tessitura could have been adjusted upwards a little more optimistically.
Chord symbols above the melodies enable simple and uncomplicated accompaniment. A very successful edition!
Spiel mir eine alte Melodie, Die schönsten alten Schlager und Volkslieder. New songbook from the "Singen kennt kein Alter!" initiative, 128 p., € 19.95, Carus/Reclam, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-89948-181-5
