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Article: Educators' List of Must-Know Songs Baffles Many Readers
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 24, 1996
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Q. I read in the newspaper a list of 42 songs "that every
American should know," as declared by those at something called the
"Music Educators National Conference." I guarantee that many of
these songs are unfamiliar to 95 percent of Americans.
Proving my point, let me ask you and your readers, who represent
a cross-section of ages and geographic regions, how many are familiar
with the following: "De Colores," "Dona Nobis Pacem," "Music Alone
Shall Live," "Over My Head," "Sakura," "Shalom Chaverim" or "Simple
Gifts"?
The very few rock-era tunes on the list are ballads or folk
songs (e.g. "Yesterday," "If I Had a Hammer," "Puff," "This Land Is
Your Land," etc.)
As a person whose ...