the Day of Resurrection Hymns of the Christian Church by Various Scriptures Biblical Teaching

section 10 of hymns of the christian church this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by catherine eastman hymns of the christian church edited by charles w elliot part 2 greek hymns the day of resurrection by saint john of damascus translated by j m neal brought the sky i christ hath brought us over we themes of victory

our hearts beep

is

the times be joyful let the sun

for christ the lord is end of section 10 this recording is in the public domain

the Day of Resurrection Hymns of the Christian Church by Various Scriptures Biblical Teaching

section 10 of hymns of the christian church this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by catherine eastman hymns of the christian church edited by charles w elliot part 2 greek hymns the day of resurrection by saint john of damascus translated by j m neal brought the sky i christ hath brought us over we themes of victory

our hearts beep

is

the times be joyful let the sun

for christ the lord is end of section 10 this recording is in the public domain

Selected Lullabies by Eugene Field 'Child Mother' Traditional Kids Audiobook Free Copyright.

child and mother by eugene field read for librivox.org by becky crackle november 16 2006 canal winchester ohio

oh mother my love if you'll give me your hand and go where i ask you to wander i will lead you away to a beautiful land the dreamland that's waiting out yonder we'll walk in a sweet posy garden out there where moonlight and starlight are streaming and the flowers and the birds are filling the air with the fragrance and music of dreaming there will be no little tired out boy to undress no questions or cares to perplex you there will be no little bruises or bumps to caress nor patching of stockings to vex you for i'll rock you away on a silver dew stream and sing you asleep when you're weary and no one shall know of our beautiful dream but you and your own little deary and when i am tired i'll nestle my head in the bosom that soothed me so often and the wide awake star shall sing in my stead a song which our dreaming shall soften so mother my love let me take your dear hand and away through the starlight will wander away through the mist to the beautiful land the dreamland that's waiting out yonder end of child and mother this recording is in the public domain

Selected Lullabies by Eugene Field 'Child Mother' Traditional Kids Audiobook Free Copyright.

child and mother by eugene field read for librivox.org by becky crackle november 16 2006 canal winchester ohio

oh mother my love if you'll give me your hand and go where i ask you to wander i will lead you away to a beautiful land the dreamland that's waiting out yonder we'll walk in a sweet posy garden out there where moonlight and starlight are streaming and the flowers and the birds are filling the air with the fragrance and music of dreaming there will be no little tired out boy to undress no questions or cares to perplex you there will be no little bruises or bumps to caress nor patching of stockings to vex you for i'll rock you away on a silver dew stream and sing you asleep when you're weary and no one shall know of our beautiful dream but you and your own little deary and when i am tired i'll nestle my head in the bosom that soothed me so often and the wide awake star shall sing in my stead a song which our dreaming shall soften so mother my love let me take your dear hand and away through the starlight will wander away through the mist to the beautiful land the dreamland that's waiting out yonder end of child and mother this recording is in the public domain

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 4:1 Free Children's Library Audiobooks Traditional.
chapter 4 part 1 of the water babies this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by corey samuel the water babies charles kingsley chapter four part one

sweet is the law which nature brings our meddling intellect misshapes the beauteous forms of things we murder to dissect enough of science and of art close up these barren leaves come forth and bring with you a heart that watches and receives

wordsworth

so the salmon went up after tom had warned them of the wicked old otter and tom went down but slowly and cautiously coasting alongshore he was many days about it for it was many miles down to the sea and perhaps he would never have found his way if the fairies had not guided him without his seeing their fair faces or feeling their gentle hands and as he went he had a very strange adventure it was a clear still september night and the moon shone so brightly down through the water that he could not sleep though he shut his eyes as tight as possible so at last he came up to the top and sat upon a little point of rock and looked up at the broad yellow moon and wondered what she was and thought that she looked at him and he watched the moonlight on the rippling river and the black heads of the furs and the silver frosted lawns and listened to the owl's hoot and the snipes bleed and the foxes bark and the otters laugh and smelt the soft perfume of the birches and the wafts of heather honey off the grouse more far above and felt very happy though he could not well tell why you of course would have been very cold sitting there on a september night without the least bit of clothes on your wet back but tom was a water baby and therefore felt cold no more than a fish suddenly he saw a beautiful sight a bright red light moved along the riverside and threw down into the water along taproot of flame tom curious little rogue that he was must needs go and see what it was so he swam to the shore and met the light as it stopped over a shallow run at the edge of a low rock and there underneath the light lay five or six great salmon looking up at the flame with their great goggle eyes and wagging their tails as if they were very much pleased at it tom came to the top to look at this wonderful light nearer and made a splash and he heard a voice say there was a fish rose he did not know what the words meant but he seemed to know the sound of them and to know the voice which spoke them and he saw on the bank three great two-legged creatures one of whom held the light flaring and sputtering and another a long pole and he knew that they were men and was frightened and crept into a hole in the rock from which he could see what went on the man with a torch bent down over the water and looked earnestly in and then he said attack that muckle fellow lad he's over 15 pounds and hold your hand steady tom felt that there was some danger coming and longed to warn the foolish salmon who kept staring up at the light as if he was bewitched but before he could make up his mind down came the pole through the water there was a fearful splash and struggle and tom saw that the poor salmon was speared right through and was lifted out of the water and then from behind there sprang on these three men three other men and there were shouts and blows and words which tom recollected to have heard before and he shuddered and turned sick at them now for he felt somehow that they were strange and ugly and wrong and horrible and it all began to come back to him they were men and they were fighting savage desperate up and down fighting such as tom had seen too many times before and he stopped his little ears and longed to swim away and was very glad that he was a water baby and had nothing to do any more with horrid dirty men with foul clothes on...

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 4:1 Free Children's Library Audiobooks Traditional.
chapter 4 part 1 of the water babies this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by corey samuel the water babies charles kingsley chapter four part one

sweet is the law which nature brings our meddling intellect misshapes the beauteous forms of things we murder to dissect enough of science and of art close up these barren leaves come forth and bring with you a heart that watches and receives

wordsworth

so the salmon went up after tom had warned them of the wicked old otter and tom went down but slowly and cautiously coasting alongshore he was many days about it for it was many miles down to the sea and perhaps he would never have found his way if the fairies had not guided him without his seeing their fair faces or feeling their gentle hands and as he went he had a very strange adventure it was a clear still september night and the moon shone so brightly down through the water that he could not sleep though he shut his eyes as tight as possible so at last he came up to the top and sat upon a little point of rock and looked up at the broad yellow moon and wondered what she was and thought that she looked at him and he watched the moonlight on the rippling river and the black heads of the furs and the silver frosted lawns and listened to the owl's hoot and the snipes bleed and the foxes bark and the otters laugh and smelt the soft perfume of the birches and the wafts of heather honey off the grouse more far above and felt very happy though he could not well tell why you of course would have been very cold sitting there on a september night without the least bit of clothes on your wet back but tom was a water baby and therefore felt cold no more than a fish suddenly he saw a beautiful sight a bright red light moved along the riverside and threw down into the water along taproot of flame tom curious little rogue that he was must needs go and see what it was so he swam to the shore and met the light as it stopped over a shallow run at the edge of a low rock and there underneath the light lay five or six great salmon looking up at the flame with their great goggle eyes and wagging their tails as if they were very much pleased at it tom came to the top to look at this wonderful light nearer and made a splash and he heard a voice say there was a fish rose he did not know what the words meant but he seemed to know the sound of them and to know the voice which spoke them and he saw on the bank three great two-legged creatures one of whom held the light flaring and sputtering and another a long pole and he knew that they were men and was frightened and crept into a hole in the rock from which he could see what went on the man with a torch bent down over the water and looked earnestly in and then he said attack that muckle fellow lad he's over 15 pounds and hold your hand steady tom felt that there was some danger coming and longed to warn the foolish salmon who kept staring up at the light as if he was bewitched but before he could make up his mind down came the pole through the water there was a fearful splash and struggle and tom saw that the poor salmon was speared right through and was lifted out of the water and then from behind there sprang on these three men three other men and there were shouts and blows and words which tom recollected to have heard before and he shuddered and turned sick at them now for he felt somehow that they were strange and ugly and wrong and horrible and it all began to come back to him they were men and they were fighting savage desperate up and down fighting such as tom had seen too many times before and he stopped his little ears and longed to swim away and was very glad that he was a water baby and had nothing to do any more with horrid dirty men with foul clothes on...

The Story of the Mikado by W. S. Gilbert 6 Free Audiobooks for Kids Download Library.
section 7 of the story of the mikado this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by noel badrian the story of the mikado by w s gilbert chapter six

katisha in accordance with her threat had gone straight to the mikado who was on a beheading tour about 15 miles away and reported to him that by the aid of her army of private detectives she had succeeded in discovering that his long-lost heir was hiding in titty poo effectively disguised now as a wandering minstrel but formerly as the second trombone of the purple tartarian band the more or less excellent monarch who did not care very much for his son was particularly fond of getting at the bottom of a mystery so he gave orders that his retinue were to accompany him at once to titty poo accordingly his majesty with katisha and the brilliant staff set forth the next morning and arrived at ittipu in the afternoon to the great consternation of all the inhabitants and particularly of coco who had never expected to be brought face to face so soon after his appointment as lord high executioner with a monarch who regarded decapitation as a cheap and ready cure for all social and political evils the inhabitants put on their very best clothes and at the same time assumed an expression of virtuous industry which they hoped would have the effect of modifying their beloved but terrific monarch as the royal band reached the marketplace where the populace were assembled they played a triumphal japanese march in which every musician performed the air he was best acquainted with in the time that was most agreeable to himself and in the key that pleased him best which gave an individuality to the whole performance which you never succeed in getting when the same air is played by all after the band came a troop of japanese warriors in red and black armor and helmets which quite concealed their pretty faces and after them a kind of portable throne in which were seated the mikado and his protege katisha as they entered all the people flung themselves on their faces pretending that the lustre of the mikada's resplendent beauty was so blinding that no man might look at it except through smoke-coloured spectacles with which they had not had time to provide themselves as the people lay face downwards on the ground they sang the japanese national anthem as well as they could but as the dust got into their throats whenever they drew a breath the result was less remarkable for its smooth and velvety utterance than for a kind of coughing loyalty which caused infinite amusement to its august object this was the national anthem miyasama miyazama

as i feel sure you will agree with me that crude as it is yet as an expression of simple heartfelt loyalty combined with self-respecting humility it is far in advance of the ridiculous dog role which we britishers have to sing whenever we are called upon to hail our beloved monarch the rather good mikado then proceeded as was his custom to explain his position and views the song he sang was not intended to be interrupted and when sung without interruption it is a singularly powerful piece of lyrical composition but on this occasion he was accompanied by katisha who had no idea of being left out in the cold when anything interesting was going on and who consequently took good care that the mikado should not have it all his own way this quite spoilt the beauty of the verses to the annoyance of the poet laureate austin who wrote them so when the mikado sang from every kind of man obedience i expect i'm the emperor of japan katisha regardless of meter cut in with and i'm his daughter-in-law elect he'll marry his son he's only got one to his daughter-in-law elect this absurd interruption annoyed the mikado who felt that it was a liberty on catesha's...

The Story of the Mikado by W. S. Gilbert 6 Free Audiobooks for Kids Download Library.
section 7 of the story of the mikado this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by noel badrian the story of the mikado by w s gilbert chapter six

katisha in accordance with her threat had gone straight to the mikado who was on a beheading tour about 15 miles away and reported to him that by the aid of her army of private detectives she had succeeded in discovering that his long-lost heir was hiding in titty poo effectively disguised now as a wandering minstrel but formerly as the second trombone of the purple tartarian band the more or less excellent monarch who did not care very much for his son was particularly fond of getting at the bottom of a mystery so he gave orders that his retinue were to accompany him at once to titty poo accordingly his majesty with katisha and the brilliant staff set forth the next morning and arrived at ittipu in the afternoon to the great consternation of all the inhabitants and particularly of coco who had never expected to be brought face to face so soon after his appointment as lord high executioner with a monarch who regarded decapitation as a cheap and ready cure for all social and political evils the inhabitants put on their very best clothes and at the same time assumed an expression of virtuous industry which they hoped would have the effect of modifying their beloved but terrific monarch as the royal band reached the marketplace where the populace were assembled they played a triumphal japanese march in which every musician performed the air he was best acquainted with in the time that was most agreeable to himself and in the key that pleased him best which gave an individuality to the whole performance which you never succeed in getting when the same air is played by all after the band came a troop of japanese warriors in red and black armor and helmets which quite concealed their pretty faces and after them a kind of portable throne in which were seated the mikado and his protege katisha as they entered all the people flung themselves on their faces pretending that the lustre of the mikada's resplendent beauty was so blinding that no man might look at it except through smoke-coloured spectacles with which they had not had time to provide themselves as the people lay face downwards on the ground they sang the japanese national anthem as well as they could but as the dust got into their throats whenever they drew a breath the result was less remarkable for its smooth and velvety utterance than for a kind of coughing loyalty which caused infinite amusement to its august object this was the national anthem miyasama miyazama

as i feel sure you will agree with me that crude as it is yet as an expression of simple heartfelt loyalty combined with self-respecting humility it is far in advance of the ridiculous dog role which we britishers have to sing whenever we are called upon to hail our beloved monarch the rather good mikado then proceeded as was his custom to explain his position and views the song he sang was not intended to be interrupted and when sung without interruption it is a singularly powerful piece of lyrical composition but on this occasion he was accompanied by katisha who had no idea of being left out in the cold when anything interesting was going on and who consequently took good care that the mikado should not have it all his own way this quite spoilt the beauty of the verses to the annoyance of the poet laureate austin who wrote them so when the mikado sang from every kind of man obedience i expect i'm the emperor of japan katisha regardless of meter cut in with and i'm his daughter-in-law elect he'll marry his son he's only got one to his daughter-in-law elect this absurd interruption annoyed the mikado who felt that it was a liberty on catesha's...

Stories of Great Composers for Children by Thomas Tapper Wagner The Boy Who Wrote Plays.

section 9 of stories of great composers for children this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org

richard wagner

the story of the boy who wrote little plays by thomas tapper

a very odd house used to stand in the quaint old saxon city of leipzig this house was called the red and white lion i suppose no one ever really saw a lion that was red and white but nevertheless that was the name of the house there was born richard wagner who was one day to write the wonderful opera scenes of which we will soon read

richard wagner's day of birth was may 22nd 1813. that was more than a century ago more than 1200 months since that time music has changed very greatly when wagner was born much of the music that was being written had to follow certain patterns or models just as architects follow certain patterns in building a house now the composer when he writes music feels a great deal freer as he knows that he can make his own patterns that he is not held in by any such hard laws as those which held back such composers as mozart bach haydn and handel it was wagner who did much to set music free from the old barriers this does not mean that music today is better than music that was written by haydn and beethoven indeed it often is not nearly so good but it is freer less held down by rule

when wagner wrote his first opera that had any success he followed the models of composers of the day but when he came to write operas that followed such as flying dutchman lohan grin and townheiser he struck out in new and fresh paths which made him many enemies at first and many friends later

as we read of a great man we must learn to see the world as it was in his day today we think of the world as the home of our parents of ourselves and of our friends as the world of mr edison mr wilson and mr roosevelt in the world of wagner there was not one of these who were the great musicians when he was a boy well here are some of them can you tell one fact about each of the men whose pictures come next here's a picture of a list a picture of schumann a picture of verdi a picture of chopin

wagner's father died when he was only six months old and the boy was brought up by his mother and his stepfather who was very kind to him in one way wagner was unlike most of the other great composers he did not show any talent for music until he was almost a man all that he thought of was writing plays when he did study he was so bright and worked so hard that he learned in less than a year more than many learn in a lifetime here is a picture of wagner's mother who cared for him so tenderly

when we read the stories of charles dickens we make many friends and they are among the very best we ever have there are little nell paul dombie sam weller oliver twist and a host of others writers like dickens bring all sorts of people before us but few composers can do such a thing yet there are some who do this and one of the greatest is richard wagner in his operas a host of people live people as real and as interesting as those in the stories of charles dickens there is valtter who sings the prize song in de meistersinger and eva whom he loves and in the same opera there is beckmesser the fussy old schoolmaster kind of a man and hans sucks the cobbler there is a lovely scene in the third act of this opera we see a meadow light and bright in the sunshine a glistening river flows quietly through it everywhere on the water there are boats scattered over the meadow there are tents everybody is out for a holiday time all is lively and full of color and bright and cheery now their past before us the tradesmen singing in chorus there are cobblers and carpenters led by the town pipers and every trade sings its...

Stories of Great Composers for Children by Thomas Tapper Wagner The Boy Who Wrote Plays.

section 9 of stories of great composers for children this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org

richard wagner

the story of the boy who wrote little plays by thomas tapper

a very odd house used to stand in the quaint old saxon city of leipzig this house was called the red and white lion i suppose no one ever really saw a lion that was red and white but nevertheless that was the name of the house there was born richard wagner who was one day to write the wonderful opera scenes of which we will soon read

richard wagner's day of birth was may 22nd 1813. that was more than a century ago more than 1200 months since that time music has changed very greatly when wagner was born much of the music that was being written had to follow certain patterns or models just as architects follow certain patterns in building a house now the composer when he writes music feels a great deal freer as he knows that he can make his own patterns that he is not held in by any such hard laws as those which held back such composers as mozart bach haydn and handel it was wagner who did much to set music free from the old barriers this does not mean that music today is better than music that was written by haydn and beethoven indeed it often is not nearly so good but it is freer less held down by rule

when wagner wrote his first opera that had any success he followed the models of composers of the day but when he came to write operas that followed such as flying dutchman lohan grin and townheiser he struck out in new and fresh paths which made him many enemies at first and many friends later

as we read of a great man we must learn to see the world as it was in his day today we think of the world as the home of our parents of ourselves and of our friends as the world of mr edison mr wilson and mr roosevelt in the world of wagner there was not one of these who were the great musicians when he was a boy well here are some of them can you tell one fact about each of the men whose pictures come next here's a picture of a list a picture of schumann a picture of verdi a picture of chopin

wagner's father died when he was only six months old and the boy was brought up by his mother and his stepfather who was very kind to him in one way wagner was unlike most of the other great composers he did not show any talent for music until he was almost a man all that he thought of was writing plays when he did study he was so bright and worked so hard that he learned in less than a year more than many learn in a lifetime here is a picture of wagner's mother who cared for him so tenderly

when we read the stories of charles dickens we make many friends and they are among the very best we ever have there are little nell paul dombie sam weller oliver twist and a host of others writers like dickens bring all sorts of people before us but few composers can do such a thing yet there are some who do this and one of the greatest is richard wagner in his operas a host of people live people as real and as interesting as those in the stories of charles dickens there is valtter who sings the prize song in de meistersinger and eva whom he loves and in the same opera there is beckmesser the fussy old schoolmaster kind of a man and hans sucks the cobbler there is a lovely scene in the third act of this opera we see a meadow light and bright in the sunshine a glistening river flows quietly through it everywhere on the water there are boats scattered over the meadow there are tents everybody is out for a holiday time all is lively and full of color and bright and cheery now their past before us the tradesmen singing in chorus there are cobblers and carpenters led by the town pipers and every trade sings its...