Grade: Intermediate
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:
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Over 100 art songs, drawn from Grades 1–5 of the Associated Board’s Singing syllabus
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A massive range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals – many in practical new editions
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Irresistible new arrangements by Carol Barratt of 18 classic songs
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A rich collection of 60 authentic unaccompanied traditional songs, sourced from around the world
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English singing translations for every non-English-language song – many newly-commissioned
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Useful notes on the songs containing background information and performance suggestions
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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 of Book 4:
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Ralph Vaughan Williams A Cradle Song
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A mi házunk eleje
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Benjamin Britten A New Year Carol
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Christopher Le Fleming A Smuggler’s Song
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Black is the colour
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Thomas Arne Blow, blow, thou winter wind
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Bunclody
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Richard Rodney Bennett Clock-a-clay
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Lionel Bart Consider yourself
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Robert Schumann Die Waise
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arr. Carol Barratt Down by the salley gardens
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El galán incógnito
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arr. Carol Barratt Fy nghalon
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Greenland Whale Fishery
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Leonard Bernstein I feel pretty
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Jerome Kern Long ago and far away
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arr. Copland Long Time Ago
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Henry Purcell Love quickly is pall’d
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Mak Inang
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Grieg Med en Primula veris
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Mengjiang nü
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A. Scarlatti O cessate di piagarmi from Il Pompeo
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Leonard Bernstein One Hand, One Heart
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Franz Schubert Seligkeit
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She’s like the swallow
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Cecil Cope Shiny
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George Frideric Handel arr. Somervell Silent Worship
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Thomas Ford Since first I saw your face
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The Cage
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The Donside Emigrant’s Farewell
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Elizabeth Poston The Dormouse’s Carol
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The Wings of a Gull
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Ralph Vaughan Williams The Woodcutter’s Song
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Tudora
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Thomas Arne When daisies pied
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Y deryn pur
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Publisher: ABRSM Publishing
