With selected pieces and traditional songs, this five volume Songbook Series by ABRSM offers teachers and singers a broad choice of repertoire for vocal study. The total Series (Books 1 to 5) includes over 100 songs from Grades 1 to 5 of the ABRSM singing syllabus.
There are useful notes on the songs with background information and performance suggestions. Includes CD featuring piano accompaniments and recordings.
Content A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square [Manning Sherwin], Una palomita blanca [Joaquin Rodrigo], Who is Sylvia? [Franz Schubert], Vergebliches Standchen [Johannes Brahms], Dove sei? [George Frideric Handel], Vieni, vieni o mio diletto [Antonio Vivaldi], Fear no more the heat o' the sun [Ian Higginson], Where the bee sucks [Thomas Arne], From a Railway Carriage [Alec Rowley], Where'er you walk [George Frideric Handel], Bengawan Solo [Trad.], Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren [Peter Cornelius], Cantilena del 'Maggio' [Trad.], Canto de la trilla [Trad.], I attempt from love's sickness to fly [Henry Purcell], Henry Martyn [Trad.], Molihua [Trad.], If doughty deeds [Arthur Sullivan]
Noches de luna [Trad.], Tatties an' Herrin' [Trad.] ,It was a lover and his lass [Thomas Morley] The Banks of Newfoundland [Trad.], The Blackbird of Avondale [Trad.], Jeg elsker Dig [Edvard Grieg], The Sprig of Thyme [Trad.], The Woods of Trugh [Trad.],  Jsem jako lipa koata [Antonin Dvorak], To be a Farmer's Boy [Trad.], Linden Lea [Ralph Vaughan Williams], Love Walked In [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin], Maria Wiegenlied [Max Reger], My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin], Rejoice in the Lord [James Nares], Rugiadose odorose [Alessandro Scarlatti], Simple Gifts [Aaron Copland / Trad.], Tell me, lovely shepherd [William Boyce], The Birds' Lament [Richard Rodney Bennet], Trade Winds [Frederick Keel].
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