Children's Songs (Songbook)

The children's songbook Children's songs, with lyrics by the Amsterdam physician Jan Pieter Heije, appeared in 1843. In the following years appeared two particles (2nd beam 1844. 3rd beam 1845). All bundles were reprinted several times. In 1861 the collected works appeared all these children's songs. This includes 150 children's songs and was reprinted as well.

Several children's songs from Children's Songs  were known to the twentieth and twenty-first century, including " There were seven frogs, '' Klein Vogelijn, on greens branch ';"Between Cologne and Paris"; and Saint Nicholas song "See the moon shining through the trees."

Contents

 * 1 Music
 * 2 Background
 * 3 Songs from the beam Children's Songs
 * 4 External link
 * 5 Literature

Music
Heije was the first lyricist who broke completely with the practice of writing songs on existing melodies.

Several Dutch composers put children's songs from the bundles of Heije music. As secretary of the central administration of the Society for the Advancement of ToonkunstHeije had contacts with many composers of the nineteenth century. His lyrics were often strophic feature a new, matching melodies by famous composers of his time. [2]

In the case of the children's songs were this particular composers: JG Bastiaans , JG Bertel Mans, JB van Bree, George H. Broekhuijzen (jr), A. Cate, J. Ax, KA Craeijevanger, David King, W. Smits, JJH Verhulst , JJ Viotta , JJ Wilms and L. van der Curlew.

Background [ edit ]
The children's and folk songs from JP Heije are the oldest songs of a famous lyricist who remained known until the twenty-first century in the group of traditional children's songs sung in the vernacular.

The songs were not only innovative by the newly composed, matching melodies. The lyrics were also less moralistic than hitherto usual in eighteenth and nineteenth century kinderlied- and school songbooks. The children's songs speak a positive image of the child. The themes in his anthems were particularly idealistic (walking in nature, fresh air for city children) and patriotic (the Dutch flag, historical figures such as Michiel de Ruyter, etc.).

The Society for Utilities' s General had since the end of the eighteenth century tried to spread devotional songs, in which ideals of the Enlightenment (as the civic virtues, and raising children into virtuous and civilized citizens) could be propagated. 'T Nut had campaigned for mandatory singing lessons at primary schools, which was introduced in 1857. Since the introduction of compulsory education in 1900, all the children were singing education. 'T Nut gave textbooks (such as manual and textbook for the folk-singing education by Wilhelmus Smits) and songbooks, including songs from Heije. So were his songs in a short time spread widely.

Heije is lyricist, director of 't Nut and board member of Toonkunst had a great influence on nineteenth-century musical life and music education. Thanks to his efforts, the singing life was enriched with Dutch songs that were put to music by contemporary Dutch composers. Many of these songs remained until well into the twentieth century known and loved. [3]

Jan Pieter Heije is like children's song writer or placed between the moralistic Hieronymus van Alphen (18th century) and the humorous Governor John (19th century). [4]

[Songs from the beam Children's Songs edit ]
Several songs from songbooks Heijes three children were known and were included in other (school) hymnals. Examples include:
 * There were seven frogs / Al in a farmer's ditch (Music: T. Stone House), Vol. 1 [5]
 * Doves with your white feathers, / Fly your not all weather (music: JW Wilms), Vol. 1 [5]
 * Hoopla! which stresses a storm far, / Smidje! tell me 'journey, is not you tired? (Music: JJH Verhulst, too: WH de Groot), Vol. 1 [5]
 * Hunger is the best sauce; / Draven, slaves, toil, sweat (music: J. Verhulst), Vol. 2 [6]
 * I have a little, little garden, / As I grow flowers in (music: JB van Bree), Vol. 1 [5]
 * In the green foliage / Is a Vogelijn (music: Frans Coenen), Vol. 3 [6]
 * Come, boys and girls! now rises in chorus / The land, which has borne your crib (music: W. Smits), Vol. 3 [6]
 * Small Vogelijn, on greens branch! / What thou sing a lusty song (music: W. Smits), Vol. 1 [6]
 * Lamb bleating so lonely walk across the heath! Over the moor! / How to get here, so of all abandoned (music: JG Bertelman), Vol. 1 [5]
 * Upright corporal, upright soul, / That's what a state my pleasure! (Music: JJ Viotta), Vol. 3 [6]
 * Between Cologne and Paris / Leit the road to Rome (music: JG Bastiaans), Vol. 1
 * Violet, soft colors! / Thou adorns my little garden (music: HJ Stomp), Vol. 2 [6]
 * Who wants to rest in 't green forest, / Who wants to rest passions (music: J. Throw), Vol. 3 [7]
 * See, the moon shining through the trees / Pals! Cease your wild noise (music: JJ Viotta), Vol. 1 [5] [6]
 * Solar Pittance, morning light, / If thou tingles on the windows (music: JJ Viotta), Vol. 3 [6]