The ABRSM Songbook - Book 1 (book/CD)

Publisher : Royal Schools of Music
Instrumentation : Voice, Piano

The 5 volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers and their teachers an unrivalled choice of core repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of vocal study.

This series features:

• Over 100 art songs, drawn from Grades 1-5 of the Associated Board's Singing syllabus
• A range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals - many in practical new editions
• A collection of 60 authentic unaccompanied traditional songs, sourced from around the world
• English singing translations for every non-English-language song
• Useful notes on the songs containing background information and performance suggestions
• CDs of Piano accompaniment to all the art songs, performed by Simon Lepper, as recordings of the text to every song, performed by native speakers

Songs:

A dream is a wish your heart make, from Cinderellas
Aupres de ma blonde (So near to my blond girl) - French Traditional
Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale, No. 2 from Volks-Kinderlieder) - German Traditional
Dona, dona
Good morrow to you, springtime!
Grandfather Clock
Home on the Range - American Traditional
La Cucaracha - Mexican Traditional
Noel nouvelet (Sing now Christ is born) - French Traditional
Omens of Spring (No. 2 from Omens of Spring)
Quem pastores laudavere (He Whom Shepherds Laude with Praises)
Song of the Boats (No. 2 from Ten Ponder and William Songs)
The Crocodile
The Miller of Dee Performed - English Traditional
The Spinning Wheel - Irish Traditional
Walking in the Air (Theme from The Snowman)
Where is love? (From Oliver!)
Aija, zuzu (Go to sleep my little bear)
Igama la Bantwana (Children's song: Lullaby) - South Africa (Zulu)
Jinkli Nona (Sinhalese girl) - Malaysia
Maple Sweet - Usa
Mick Miles - England
Mr Colburn - Us Virgin Islands
Sing Ivy - England
Spinn, spinn (Spin, spin) - Germany
Sus in poarta raiului (At the gates of Paradise) - Romania
Un jour sur le pont de Treguier (One day upon the bridge in town) - Brittany, France
When the spring comes in Performed - England
Xiao Baicai (Little Cabbage-face) - China