Overview

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.

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Author:   Ross Campbell ,  Robert Forbes
Publisher:   Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Imprint:   Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
ISBN:  

9781860965999

ISBN 10:   1860965997
Pages:   56
Publication Date:   04 September 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

This series is a rich source of songs for teachers and students ... the CDs add to overall usefulness of the volumes, especially with native speakers of the various languages of the international traditional songs * Journal of Singing * Best Classical Publication 2009 * MIA Award *

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