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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

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Contents and Reviews

Ah! how pleasant ’tis to love [H. Purcell]

Dalmatian Cradle Song [Anon.]

Die Bekehrte [Ignaz Brüll]

Ferry me across the water [Finzi]

God be in my head [Walford Davies]

I’m learning to read [Betty Roe]

In the garden flowers are growing [Trad.]

Komm, liebe Zither, komm [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]

Llwyn Onn [Trad.]

Minnelied [Franz Schubert]

My House [Leonard Bernstein]

’Orrible Little Blue-Eyes [Betty Roe]

Sicilian River Song [Anon.]

Sweet and low [Joseph, Sir Barnby]

The Banks of Allan Water [Trad.]

The Owls [Peter Jenkyns]

The Path to the Moon [Eric Thiman]

The Sunflower [Trad.]

Wiegenlied [Wilhelm Taubert]

Windy Nights [Charles Villiers Stanford]

Aa Ola, Ola, min eigen onge! [Trad.]

A la nanita nana [Trad.]

All things are quite silent [Trad.]

Coasts of Barbary [Trad.]

Cuckoo [Trad.]

Fengyang huagu 1 and 2 [Trad.]

Green Besoms [Trad.]

Kalevalainen runosävelmä [Trad.]

Román Castillo [Trad.]

Seventeen Come Sunday [Trad.]

Stole mi se oženi [Trad.]

Sweet Nightingale [Trad.]

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""This series is a rich source of songs for teachers and students … the CDs add to overall usefulness of the volumes, especially with native speakers of the various languages of the international traditional songs.""

By: Journal of Singing

"WINNER of Best Classical Publication"

By: Music Industry Awards 2009