Music you want your baby to listen to: classical, sleep music, nursery rhymes, and BGM.
We’ve gathered music you’ll want to play for your baby.
We’ll introduce a variety of options: sleep music perfect for bedtime, classical music that supports brain development, Japanese children’s songs, and background music that makes time with your baby more enjoyable.
Life with a baby can be more challenging than you expect.
Many moms and dads may find they barely have time to sleep and can’t catch a break.
In those moments, try relying on music that can ease the burden of putting your baby to sleep or make little pockets of time more enjoyable.
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Music I want my baby to listen to: classical, sleep music, nursery rhymes, and BGM (11–20)
GymnopédieErikku Sati
Here is a piece by Erik Satie that lets you experience a world that is beautiful yet a little mysterious.
It was composed in 1888 as a solo piano work.
There are three pieces, from No.
1 to No.
3, all in a relaxed triple meter.
Overseas, lullabies are often written in triple time, but listening to this music somehow gives you the uncanny feeling of being in a mother’s womb.
Be sure to let your baby listen to a variety of music from an early age to provide positive stimulation.
Always With MeJiburi
The ending theme of Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, which, since its 2001 release, held Japan’s all-time box office record for nearly two decades.
It’s the debut single by Yumi Kimura, a female singer from Osaka Prefecture.
Accompanied by a lyre—a harp-like instrument—her gentle, self-accompanied performance is a perfect fit for the film’s closing.
The relaxed waltz (3/4) rhythm rocks like a cradle, sure to lull babies to sleep.
It’s a great lullaby-style track to play for little ones who have trouble nodding off.
Waltz of the PuppiesFurederikku Shopan
Waltz No.
6 in D-flat major, Op.
64-1 by Frédéric Chopin—known by the nickname “Minute Waltz” or “Waltz of the Little Dog”—is a representative work of early Romantic music from Poland’s foremost composer.
It is said to have been composed improvisationally, musically depicting the image of his lover’s puppy, which habitually spun in circles chasing its own tail.
The rapid piano phrases conjure up a picture of a puppy playing innocently.
It’s a bright, mood-lifting classical number—perfect as background music when playing with a baby.
hometowndōyō
Published in 1914 as an elementary school song, this piece sings of loving the natural surroundings of one’s birthplace and of continuing to cherish one’s hometown even when away for study or work.
It could truly be called a song that represents the spiritual hometown of the Japanese people and is beloved across generations.
Of course, babies won’t understand the meaning of the lyrics, but I believe there is great value in letting children hear such songs from an early age.
Its gentle tempo and beautiful melody will surely reach a baby’s heart.
It’s a Small World (Small World)Dizunī
A Disney song well-known in Japan under the title “Chiisana Sekai” (“Small World”).
It is the theme song for the attraction “it’s a small world” found at Disney parks around the world, and although it was composed for the attraction, it’s beloved as one of the quintessential songs that symbolizes Disney.
It’s also interesting that the song was originally a slow ballad, but at Walt Disney’s request it was rearranged into a cheerful, uptempo version.
Its exciting melody makes babies feel happy, making it a perfect number for background music during playtime.
Amazing Gracesanbika
A hymn written by the English clergyman John Newton, expressing remorse for his involvement in the slave trade and gratitude for God’s love.
The song has been covered by artists around the world, and in Japan, the versions by Hayley Westenra—used as the ending theme for the 2003 TV drama “The Great White Tower” (Shiroi Kyotō)—and by the late singer Minako Honda, who passed away in 2005, are particularly well known.
Though it repeats a short melody, its sublime, reverent tune soothes babies and fills listeners with a sense of richness.
It’s also recommended as a lullaby that lets one fall asleep wrapped in great love.
Music you’ll want your baby to listen to: classical, sleep music, nursery rhymes, and BGM (21–30)
Overture to The Barber of SevilleGioachino Rossini
It is the opening piece of Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville, a beloved Italian composer, expressing the comedic tone of the story that follows.
In the latter half, the strings gradually build in intensity, filling the listener with excitement.