music for children

[simakim]

hello.
i'm big fan of music for children.
especially, of schumann, debussy and takemitsue toru.
what's ur fav music for children?
i wanna know and play more music for children! - also maybe compose too?

[49410enrique]

i absolutely love children's music more and more lately.

some standard composers who have done children's albums or children's music include tchaikovsky, prokofiev, Kabalevsky, and Bartok (amongst others but i would need to think about it some more, i know i have others in my achives will double check and update).

have a look and listen to akira yuyama's works for children, they are so fun and charming. i absolutely love them!

I only have one book right now (more to come) and that's "Children's Land", I really want "Children's World" but sooo hard to find from my first searches..., the other ones are so pretty too!
this is "Something Good May Happend" the first of the 20 pieces in my Children's Land book, this little guy does such nice job with it!

■湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第33番 エコセーズ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.33 Ecossaise／pf: Eiko Sudo

湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第31番 ゆきのふるひのオルゴール
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.31 Box on A Snow Day ／pf: Eiko Sudo

湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第22番 てんぐのうちわ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.22 Tengu's Fan ／pf: Eiko Sudo

湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第20番 わらべうた ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.20 Warabeuta／pf: Eiko Sudo

■湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第11番 ぼくのゆめ ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.11 My Dream／pf: Eiko Sudo

湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第8番 ゆうぐれ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.8 Dusk ／pf: Eiko Sudoｈ

湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第6番 ににんさんきゃくってむずかしい ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.6 A Tricky Theree-legged Race ／pf: Eiko Sudoｈ

■湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第2番 おやつのじかん ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.2 Teatime ／pf: Eiko Sudo

■湯山昭／「こどものせかい」 第1番 約束 ／pf.須藤英子
■Akira Yuyama／「CHILDREN'S WORLD」No.1 Promise ／pf: Eiko Sudo

[nikolasideris]

Hmmm...

Last year I published a set of 21 short works for children (though it would appear that the illustrations were a bit too much for too young children).

Here are some videos from a few of the set:

For the past couple of months I've been also composing 7 works for piano, 4 hands, which should be available in a little while. On Monday I'm meeting with another pianist to rehears and then record the whole set!