Song Book Grade 1 & CD

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

Contents

• A dream is a wish your heart makes [David Mack / Al Hoffmann / Jerry Livingston]
• Auprès de ma blonde [Trad.]
• Cuckoo [Martin Shaw]
• Die Nachtigall [Trad.]
• Dona, dona [Sholum Secunda]
• Good morrow to you, springtime! [Hugh S. Roberton]
• Grandfather Clock [Thomas Dunhill]
• Home on the Range [Trad.]
• Home on the Range [Trad.]
• La Cucaracha [Trad.]
• Noël nouvelet [Trad.]
• Omens of Spring [W. H. Anderson]
• Quem pastores laudavere from Johann Hermann Schein’s Cantional [Schein]
• Song of the Boats [Betty Roe]
• The Crocodile [Peter Jenkyns]
• The Miller of Dee [Trad.]
• The Miller of Dee [Trad.]
• The Spinning Wheel [Trad.]
• Walking in the Air [Howard Blake]
• Where is love? [Lionel Bart]
• Aija, žužu [Trad.]
• Igama la Bantwana [Trad.]
• Jinkli Nona [Trad.]
• Maple Sweet [Trad.]
• Mick Miles [Trad.]
• Mr Colburn [Trad.]
• Sing Ivy [Trad.]
• Spinn, spinn [Trad.]
• Sus în poarta raiului [Trad.]
• Un jour sur le pont de Tréguier [Trad.]
• When the spring comes in [Trad.]
• Xiao Baicai [Trad.]