Children’s musical works

There is a huge amount of music for children in the world. Their distinctive features are the specificity of the plot, simplicity and lively poetic content.

Of course, all musical works for children are written taking into account their age capabilities. For example, in vocal compositions the range and strength of the voice is taken into account, and in instrumental works the level of technical training is taken into account.

Children’s musical works can be written, for example, in the genre of a song, play, aria, opera or symphony. The little ones love classical music reworked into a light, unobtrusive form. Older children (kindergarten age) perceive music from cartoons or children’s films well. Musical works by P.I. Tchaikovsky, N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, F. Chopin, V.A. Mozart is popular among middle school children. During this period, children are very fond of works for choral singing. Composers of the Soviet period made a great contribution to this genre.

During the Middle Ages, children’s music was spread through traveling musicians. Children’s songs by German musicians “The Birds All Flocked to Us”, “Flashlight” and others have survived to this day. Here we can draw an analogy with modern times: composer G. Gladkov wrote the well-known musical “The Bremen Town Musicians,” which children really like. Classical composers L. Beethoven, J. S. Bach, and W. A. ​​Mozart also paid attention to children’s musical works. The latter’s Piano Sonata No. 11 (Turkish March) is popular among children of all ages, from infants to teenagers. It should also be noted that J. Haydn’s “Children’s Symphony” with its toy instruments: rattles, whistles, children’s trumpets and drums.

In the 19th century, Russian composers also paid great attention to children’s musical works. P.I. Tchaikovsky, in particular, created children’s piano pieces for beginners, “Children’s Album,” where in small works, children are presented with various artistic images and given tasks of different execution. In 1888 N.P. Bryansky composes the first children’s operas based on the fables of I.A. Krylov “Musicians”, “Cat, Goat and Ram”. The opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, of course, cannot be called a completely children’s work, but still it is a fairy tale by A. S. Pushkin, which the composer wrote for the centenary of the poet’s birth.

In the modern space, children’s musical works from cartoons and films dominate. It all started with I. Dunaevsky’s songs for the film “Children of Captain Grant,” which are imbued with romanticism and courage. B. Tchaikovsky wrote the music for Rolan Bykov’s film “Aibolit 66”. Composers V. Shainsky and M. Ziv created unforgettable musical themes for the cartoon about Cheburashka and his friend the crocodile Gena. Composers A. Rybnikov, G. Gladkov, E. Krylatov, M. Minkov, M. Dunaevsky and many others made a huge contribution to the collection of children’s musical works.

One of the cool children’s songs can be heard in the famous cartoon about Antoshka! Let’s watch it!