The ABRSM Songbook, Book 5

 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:

• Over 100 art songs, drawn from Grades 1–5 of the Associated Board’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 of Book 5:    

• Manning Sherwin A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• Aberdeen, Scotland
• Franz Schubert An Sylvia
• Bengawan Solo
• Cantilena del ‘Maggio’
• Canto de la trilla
• George Frideric Handel Dove sei?
• Ian Higginson Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
• Alec Rowley From a Railway Carriage
• Henry Martyn
• Peter Cornelius Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren
• Henry Purcell I attempt from love’s sickness to fly
• Sullivan If doughty deeds
• Morley It was a lover and his lass
• Grieg Jeg elsker Dig
• Dvorák Jsem jako lípa košatá
• Ralph Vaughan Williams Linden Lea
• George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Love Walked In
• Max Reger Mariä Wiegenlied
• Molihua
• Kurt Weill My Ship
• Noches de luna
• James Nares Rejoice in the Lord
• A. Scarlatti Rugiadose odorose
• arr. Copland Simple Gifts
• Tatties an’ Herrin’
• William Boyce Tell me, lovely shepherd
• Richard Rodney Bennett The Birds’ Lament
• The Blackbird of Avondale
• The Sprig of Thyme
• The Woods of Trugh
• To be a Farmer’s Boy
• Frederick Keel Trade Winds
• Rodrigo Una palomita blanca
• Johannes Brahms Vergebliches Ständchen
• Antonio Vivaldi Vieni, vieni o mio diletto
• Thomas Arne Where the bee sucks
• George Frideric Handel Where’er you walk

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Publisher: ABRSM Publishing

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