The ABRSM Songbook, Book 1 + CD: Selected pieces and traditional songs in five volumes

Grade: 1

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.

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

Art songs
-A dream is a wish your heart makes (David Mack, Al Hoffmann, Jerry Livingston)
-Auprès de ma blonde (French trad.)
-Cuckoo (Martin Shaw)
-Die Nachtigall (German trad.)
-Dona, dona (Sholom Secunda)
-Good morrow to you, springtime! (Hugh S. Roberton)
-Grandfather Clock (Thomas F. Dunhill)
-Home on the Range (American trad., arr. Barratt)
-Home on the Range (American trad., arr. Bullard)
-La Cucaracha (Mexican trad.)
-Noël nouvelet (French trad.)
-Omens of Spring (W. H. Anderson)
-Quem pastores laudavere (from Johann Hermann Schein?s Cantional, 1627)
-Song of the Boats (Betty Roe)
-The Crocodile (Peter Jenkyns)
The Miller of Dee (English trad. arr. Barratt)
The Miller of Dee (English trad. arr. Bullard)
-The Spinning Wheel (Irish trad.)
-Walking in the Air (Howard Blake)
-Where is love? (Lionel Bart)

Traditional songs
Aija, zuzu (Latvia)
Igama la Bantwana (South Africa, Zulu)
Jinkli Nona (Malacca, Malaysia)
Maple Sweet (Vermont, USA)
Mick Miles (Sussex, England)
Mr Colburn (St. Croix, US Virgin Islands)
Sing Ivy (Sussex, England)
Spinn, spinn (Germany)
Sus in poarta raiului (Romania)
Un jour sur le pont de Tréguier (Britanny, France)
When the spring comes in (Sussex, England)
Xiao Baicai (Hebei province, China)