The ABRSM Songbook, Grade Book 5

S$80.00

Specs and Details

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

SHEET MUSIC

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square [Manning Sherwin]
Dove sei? [George Frideric Handel]
Who is Sylvia? [Franz Schubert]
From a Railway Carriage [Alec Rowley]
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun [Ian Higginson]
I attempt from love’s sickness to fly [Henry Purcell]
If doughty deeds [Arthur Sullivan]
It was a lover and his lass [Thomas Morley]
Jeg elsker Dig [Edvard Grieg]
Jsem jako lípa košatá [Antonín Dvorák]
Linden Lea [Ralph Vaughan Williams]
Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren [Peter Cornelius]
Love Walked In [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin]
Mariä Wiegenlied [Max Reger]
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin]
Rejoice in the Lord [James Nares]
Vergebliches Ständchen [Johannes Brahms]
Rugiadose odorose [Alessandro Scarlatti]
Simple Gifts [Aaron Copland / Trad.]
Tell me, lovely shepherd [William Boyce]
The Birds’ Lament [Richard Rodney Bennett]
Una palomita blanca [Joaquín Rodrigo]
Trade Winds [Frederick Keel]
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto [Antonio Vivaldi]
Where the bee sucks [Thomas Arne]
Where’er you walk [George Frideric Handel]
Bengawan Solo [Trad.]
Cantilena del ‘Maggio’ [Trad.]
Canto de la trilla [Trad.]
Henry Martyn [Trad.]
Molihua [Trad.]
Noches de luna [Trad.]
Tatties an’ Herrin’ [Trad.]
The Banks of Newfoundland [Trad.]
The Blackbird of Avondale [Trad.]
The Sprig of Thyme [Trad.]
The Woods of Trugh [Trad.]
To be a Farmer’s Boy [Trad.]

RECORDINGS

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square [Manning Sherwin] - accompaniment only
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square [Manning Sherwin]
Who is Sylvia? [Franz Schubert] - accompaniment only
Who is Sylvia? [Franz Schubert]
Dove sei? [George Frideric Handel] - accompaniment only
Dove sei? [George Frideric Handel]
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun [Ian Higginson] - accompaniment only
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun [Ian Higginson]
From a Railway Carriage [Alec Rowley] - accompaniment only
From a Railway Carriage [Alec Rowley]
Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren [Peter Cornelius] - accompaniment only
Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren [Peter Cornelius]
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun [Ian Higginson] - accompaniment only
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun [Ian Higginson]
If doughty deeds [Arthur Sullivan] - accompaniment only
If doughty deeds [Arthur Sullivan]
It was a lover and his lass [Thomas Morley] - accompaniment only
It was a lover and his lass [Thomas Morley]
Jeg elsker Dig [Edvard Grieg] - accompaniment only
Jeg elsker Dig [Edvard Grieg]
Jsem jako lípa košatá [Antonín Dvorák] - accompaniment only
Jsem jako lípa košatá [Antonín Dvorák]
Linden Lea [Ralph Vaughan Williams] - accompaniment only
Linden Lea [Ralph Vaughan Williams]
Love Walked In [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin] - accompaniment only
Love Walked In [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin]
Mariä Wiegenlied [Max Reger] - accompaniment only
Mariä Wiegenlied [Max Reger]
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin] - accompaniment only
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin]
Rejoice in the Lord [James Nares] - accompaniment only
Rejoice in the Lord [James Nares]
Rugiadose odorose [Alessandro Scarlatti] - accompaniment only
Rugiadose odorose [Alessandro Scarlatti]
Simple Gifts [Aaron Copland / Trad.] - accompaniment only
Simple Gifts [Aaron Copland / Trad.] - accompaniment only
Simple Gifts [Aaron Copland / Trad.]
Tell me, lovely shepherd [William Boyce] - accompaniment only
Tell me, lovely shepherd [William Boyce]
The Birds’ Lament [Richard Rodney Bennett] - accompaniment only
The Birds’ Lament [Richard Rodney Bennett]
Trade Winds [Frederick Keel] - accompaniment only
Trade Winds [Frederick Keel]
Una palomita blanca [Joaquín Rodrigo] - accompaniment only
Una palomita blanca [Joaquín Rodrigo]
Vergebliches Ständchen [Johannes Brahms] - accompaniment only
Vergebliches Ständchen [Johannes Brahms]
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto [Antonio Vivaldi] - accompaniment only
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto [Antonio Vivaldi]
Where the bee sucks [Thomas Arne] - accompaniment only
Where the bee sucks [Thomas Arne]
Where’er you walk [George Frideric Handel] - accompaniment only
Where’er you walk [George Frideric Handel]
Bengawan Solo [Trad.]
Cantilena del ‘Maggio’ [Trad.]
Canto de la trilla [Trad.]
Henry Martyn [Trad.]
Molihua [Trad.]
Noches de luna [Trad.]
Tatties an’ Herrin’ [Trad.]
The Banks of Newfoundland [Trad.]
The Blackbird of Avondale [Trad.]
The Sprig of Thyme [Trad.]
The Woods of Trugh [Trad.]
To be a Farmer’s Boy [Trad.]