The ABRSM Songbook, Book 1

Selected pieces and traditional songs in five volumes

By Various

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Instrument:

Voice

Piano

Format:

Accompaniment CD

Book and CD

Collection / Songbook

Level:

Beginning

Publisher:

ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)

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Voice, piano - Grade 1
Selected pieces and traditional songs in five volumes. Composed by Various. ABRSM Publications. ABRSM Songbooks (ABRSM). Songbook and play along CD. 56 pages. ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) #9781860965975. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) (A3.9781860965975).

Item Number: A3.9781860965975

ISBN 9781860965975. 9 x 12 inches.

The five-volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers and teachers an unrivalled choice of repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of vocal study. The series features over 100 art songs from Grades 1-5 of ABRSM's Singing syllabus and CDs of piano accompaniments to all the art songs as well as recordings of the text to every song.

Song List

Introduction
-Biographies
Art Songs
-Compilers' notes
-Notes on the editorial approach
-Notes on the art songs
A dream is a wish your heart make, from Cinderellas Performed by Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
Aupres de ma blonde (So near to my blond girl) Performed by French Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
Cuckoo Performed by Martin Shaw
Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale, No. 2 from Volks-Kinderlieder) Performed by German Traditional, Arr. Johannes Brahms
Dona, dona Performed by Sholom Secunda, Arr. Carol Barratt
Good morrow to you, springtime! Performed by Hugh S. Roberton
Grandfather Clock Performed by Thomas Dunhill
Home on the Range Performed by American Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
La Cucaracha Performed by Mexican Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
Noel nouvelet (Sing now Christ is born) Performed by French Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
Omens of Spring (No. 2 from Omens of Spring) Performed by W. H. Anderson
Quem pastores laudavere (He Whom Shepherds Laude with Praises) from Cantional Performed by Johann Hermann Schein
Song of the Boats (No. 2 from Ten Ponder and William Songs) Performed by Betty Roe
The Crocodile Performed by Peter Jenkyns
The Miller of Dee Performed by English Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
The Spinning Wheel Performed by Irish Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
Walking in the Air (Theme from The Snowman) Performed by Howard Blake
Where is love? (From Oliver!) Performed by Lionel Bart
Traditional Songs
-Compilers' note
Aija, zuzu (Go to sleep my little bear) Performed by Latvia
Igama la Bantwana (Children's song: Lullaby) Performed by South Africa (Zulu)
Jinkli Nona (Sinhalese girl) Performed by Malacca, Malaysia
Maple Sweet Performed by Vermont, USA
Mick Miles Performed by Sussex, England
Mr Colburn Performed by St Croix, US Virgin Islands
Sing Ivy Performed by Sussex, England
Spinn, spinn (Spin, spin) Performed by Germany
Sus in poarta raiului (At the gates of Paradise) Performed by Romania
Un jour sur le pont de Treguier (One day upon the bridge in town) Performed by Brittany, France
When the spring comes in Performed by Sussex, England
Xiao Baicai (Little Cabbage-face) Performed by Hebei Province, China