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
- Ah! how pleasant ’tis to love [Henry Purcell]
- Dalmatian Cradle Song [Anon.]
- Die Bekehrte [Ignaz Brüll]
- God be in my head [Henry Walford Davies]
- Ferry me across the water [Gerald Finzi]
- I’m learning to read [Betty Roe]
- In the garden flowers are growing [Trad.]
- Komm, liebe Zither, komm [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
- Llwyn Onn [Trad.]
- My House [Leonard Bernstein]
- Minnelied [Franz Schubert]
- ’Orrible Little Blue-Eyes [Betty Roe]
- Sicilian River Song [Anon.]
- Sweet and low [Sir Joseph Barnby]
- The Banks of Allan Water [Trad.]
- The Path to the Moon [Eric Thiman]
- The Owls [Peter Jenkyns]
- The Sunflower [Trad.]
- Wiegenlied [Wilhelm Taubert]
- Windy Nights [Charles Villiers Stanford]
- Aa Ola, Ola, min eigen onge! [Trad.]
- A la nanita nana [Trad.]
- All things are quite silent [Trad.]
- Coasts of Barbary [Trad.]
- Cuckoo [Trad.]
- Fengyang huagu 1 and 2 [Trad.]
- Green Besoms [Trad.]
- Kalevalainen runosävelmä [Trad.]
- Román Castillo [Trad.]
- Seventeen Come Sunday [Trad.]
- Stole mi se oženi [Trad.]
- Sweet Nightingale [Anon. / Trad.]
RECORDINGS
- Ah! how pleasant ’tis to love [Henry Purcell] - accompaniment only
- Ah! how pleasant ’tis to love [Henry Purcell]
- Dalmatian Cradle Song [Anon.] - accompaniment only
- Dalmatian Cradle Song [Anon.]
- Die Bekehrte [Ignaz Brüll] - accompaniment only
- Die Bekehrte [Ignaz Brüll]
- Ferry me across the water [Gerald Finzi] - accompaniment only
- Ferry me across the water [Gerald Finzi]
- God be in my head [Henry Walford Davies] - accompaniment only
- God be in my head [Henry Walford Davies]
- I’m learning to read [Betty Roe] - accompaniment only
- I’m learning to read [Betty Roe]
- In the garden flowers are growing [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- In the garden flowers are growing [Trad.]
- Komm, liebe Zither, komm [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] - accompaniment only
- Komm, liebe Zither, komm [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
- Llwyn Onn [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- Llwyn Onn [Trad.]
- Minnelied [Franz Schubert] - accompaniment only
- Minnelied [Franz Schubert]
- My House [Leonard Bernstein] - accompaniment only
- My House [Leonard Bernstein]
- ’Orrible Little Blue-Eyes [Betty Roe] - accompaniment only
- ’Orrible Little Blue-Eyes [Betty Roe]
- Sicilian River Song [Anon.] - accompaniment only
- Sicilian River Song [Anon.]
- Sweet and low [Sir Joseph Barnby] - accompaniment only
- Sweet and low [Sir Joseph Barnby]
- The Banks of Allan Water [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- The Banks of Allan Water [Trad.]
- The Owls [Peter Jenkyns] - accompaniment only
- The Owls [Peter Jenkyns]
- The Path to the Moon [Eric Thiman] - accompaniment only
- The Path to the Moon [Eric Thiman]
- The Sunflower [Trad.] - accompaniment only
- The Sunflower [Trad.]
- Wiegenlied [Wilhelm Taubert] - accompaniment only
- Wiegenlied [Wilhelm Taubert]
- Windy Nights [Charles Villiers Stanford] - accompaniment only
- Windy Nights [Charles Villiers Stanford]
- Aa Ola, Ola, min eigen onge! [Trad.]
- A la nanita nana [Trad.]
- All things are quite silent [Trad.]
- Coasts of Barbary [Trad.]
- Cuckoo [Trad.]
- Fengyang huagu 1 and 2 [Trad.]
- Fengyang huagu 1 and 2 [Trad.]
- Green Besoms [Trad.]
- Kalevalainen runosävelmä [Trad.]
- Román Castillo [Trad.]
- Seventeen Come Sunday [Trad.]
- Stole mi se oženi [Trad.]
- Sweet Nightingale [Anon. / Trad.]
