The five-volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers and their teachers an unrivalled choice of core
repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of rewarding vocal study.
The series features:
• Over 100 art songs, drawn from Grades 1–5 of ABRSM’s Singing syllabus
• A massive range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals – many in practical new editions
• Irresistible new arrangements by Carol Barratt of 18 classic songs
• A rich collection of 60 authentic unaccompanied traditional songs, sourced from around the world
• English singing translations for every non-English-language song – many newly-commissioned
• Useful notes on the songs containing background information and performance suggestions
• CDs of piano accompaniments to all the art songs, performed by Simon Lepper, as well as recordings
of the text to every song, performed by native speakers
Contents and Reviews
Contents
SHEET MUSIC
- A dream is a wish your heart makes [David Mack / Al Hoffmann / Jerry Livingston]
- Auprès de ma blonde [Trad.]
- Cuckoo [Martin Shaw]
- Dona, dona [Sholom Secunda]
- Good morrow to you, springtime! [Hugh S. Roberton]
- Grandfather Clock [Thomas Dunhill]
- Home on the Range [Trad.]
- Home on the Range [Trad.]
- La Cucaracha [Trad.]
- Noël nouvelet [Anon. / Trad.]
- Omens of Spring [William Henry Anderson]
- Die Nachtigall [Trad.]
- Quem pastores laudavere from Johann Hermann Schein’s Cantional [Johann Schein]
- Song of the Boats [Betty Roe]
- The Crocodile [Peter Jenkyns]
- The Miller of Dee [Trad.]
- The Miller of Dee [Trad.]
- Walking in the Air [Howard Blake]
- The Spinning Wheel [Trad.]
- Where is love? [Lionel Bart]
- Aija, žužu [Trad.]
- Igama la Bantwana [Trad.]
- Jinkli Nona [Trad.]
- Maple Sweet [Trad.]
- Mick Miles [Trad.]
- Mr Colburn [Trad.]
- Sing Ivy [Trad.]
- Spinn, spinn [Trad.]
- Sus în poarta raiului [Trad.]
- Un jour sur le pont de Tréguier [Trad.]
- When the spring comes in [Trad.]
- Xiao Baicai [Trad.]
RECORDINGS
- A dream is a wish your heart makes [David Mack / Al Hoffmann / Jerry Livingston] - accompaniment only
- A dream is a wish your heart makes [David Mack / Al Hoffmann / Jerry Livingston]
- Auprès de ma blonde [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- Auprès de ma blonde [Trad.]
- Cuckoo [Martin Shaw] - accompaniment only
- Cuckoo [Martin Shaw]
- Die Nachtigall [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- Die Nachtigall [Trad.]
- Dona, dona [Sholom Secunda] - accompaniment only
- Dona, dona [Sholom Secunda]
- Good morrow to you, springtime! [Hugh S. Roberton] - accompaniment only
- Good morrow to you, springtime! [Hugh S. Roberton]
- Grandfather Clock [Thomas Dunhill] - accompaniment only
- Grandfather Clock [Thomas Dunhill]
- Home on the Range [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- Home on the Range [Trad.]
- Home on the Range [Trad.]
- La Cucaracha [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- La Cucaracha [Trad.]
- Noël nouvelet [Anon. / Trad.] - accompaniment only
- Noël nouvelet [Anon. / Trad.]
- Omens of Spring [William Henry Anderson] - accompaniment only
- Omens of Spring [William Henry Anderson]
- Quem pastores laudavere from Johann Hermann Schein’s Cantional [Johann Schein] - accompaniment only
- Quem pastores laudavere from Johann Hermann Schein’s Cantional [Johann Schein]
- Song of the Boats [Betty Roe] - accompaniment only
- Song of the Boats [Betty Roe]
- The Crocodile [Peter Jenkyns] - accompaniment only
- The Crocodile [Peter Jenkyns]
- The Miller of Dee [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- The Miller of Dee [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- The Miller of Dee [Trad.]
- The Spinning Wheel [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- The Spinning Wheel [Trad.]
- Walking in the Air [Howard Blake] - accompaniment only
- Walking in the Air [Howard Blake]
- Where is love? [Lionel Bart] - accompaniment only
- Where is love? [Lionel Bart]
- Aija, žužu [Trad.]
- Igama la Bantwana [Trad.]
- Jinkli Nona [Trad.]
- Maple Sweet [Trad.]
- Mick Miles [Trad.]
- Mr Colburn [Trad.]
- Sing Ivy [Trad.]
- Spinn, spinn [Trad.]
- Sus în poarta raiului [Trad.]
- Un jour sur le pont de Tréguier [Trad.]
- When the spring comes in [Trad.]
- Xiao Baicai [Trad.]
