Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Singing from 2018
Grade: 2
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus - for Practical Grades or Performance Grades - and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Songs (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice accompanied song)
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List AAvailable In
1. Mi caballo blanco
del Campo
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Junior Voiceworks 1 (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$54.29
2. Little Boats
arr. H. Hughes
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Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection 1 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$31.89 -
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
4. Westering home
H. Roberton
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Songs of Scotland (Boosey & Hawkes Folksong Collections) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75 -
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
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Westering Home for unison voices (Roberton )$2.64
5. Repousa tranquillo, O meigo Jesus
Trad. Brazilian
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Songs Of Christmas - voice & piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75
6. Land of the silver birch
Trad. Canadian
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Junior Voiceworks 1 (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$54.29
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The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
7. A-roving
Trad. English
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Sing Together Voice (Solo or Unison) & Piano (Oxford University Press)$24.48 -
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Strawberry Fair (2nd Edition) Full Music (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$26.98
8. The Mermaid
Trad. English
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Sing Together Voice (Solo or Unison) & Piano (Oxford University Press)$24.48
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Songs of England (Boosey & Hawkes Folksong Collections) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75 -
Strawberry Fair (2nd Edition) Full Music (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$26.98
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The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
9. The Oak and the Ash
Trad. English
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Sing Together Voice (Solo or Unison) & Piano (Oxford University Press)$24.48
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$9.80
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Strawberry Fair (2nd Edition) Full Music (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$26.98
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
10. Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
Trad. English
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It's Never Too Late To Sing Christmas (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.48
11. Cockles and Mussels
Trad. Irish
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Sing Together Voice (Solo or Unison) & Piano (Oxford University Press)$24.48
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$9.80
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Songs of Ireland (Boosey & Hawkes Folksong Collections) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75 -
Songs You Think You Know (Faber Music)$22.07 -
Strawberry Fair (2nd Edition) Full Music (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$26.98
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39 -
The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
12. I will walk with my love
Trad. Irish
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Irish Country Songs (Highlights Collection) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$29.44 -
Songs of Ireland (Boosey & Hawkes Folksong Collections) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
13. Let him go, let him tarry
Trad. Irish
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Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay: Songs for Everyone (Music Edition) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$20.85 -
The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
14. The Mallow Fling
Trad. Irish
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Sing Together Voice (Solo or Unison) & Piano (Oxford University Press)$24.48
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Songs of Ireland (Boosey & Hawkes Folksong Collections) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
15. Ma bella bimba
Trad. Italian
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Ready To Sing... Folk Songs (Alfred Music)$20.80 -
The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
16. Santa Lucia
Trad. Italian/T. Cottrau
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Art of Song Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Peters Edition)$12.88 -
Art of Song Grades 1-3 (Medium-Low Voice) (Peters Edition)$12.88 -
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$17.79 -
$26.93 -
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Italian Songs & Arias (Piano & Vocal) (Mel Bay )$20.85 -
The Language of Song - Elementary (High Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$17.17 -
The Language of Song - Elementary (Low Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$17.17
17. Loch Lomond
Trad. Scottish
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It's Never Too Late To Sing: Songbook (Voice) (Faber Music)$13.48 -
Sing Together Voice (Solo or Unison) & Piano (Oxford University Press)$24.48
18. The winter it is past
Trad. Scottish
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Saltire Scottish Song Book (Hardie Press )$20.80 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
19. Pan Gyfyd yr Heulwen
Trad. Welsh
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Songs Of Wales (Welsh version) - voice & piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75 -
Songs of Wales English Language Version (Boosey & Hawkes Folksong Collections) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75
List BAvailable In
1. A Child's Prayer
W. H. Anderson
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A Child's Prayer / The Old Shepherd's Prayer (Roberton )$2.45
2. The Old Shepherd's Prayer
W. H. Anderson
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A Child's Prayer / The Old Shepherd's Prayer (Roberton )$2.45
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$3.68
3. The Sweet Nightingale
W. H. Anderson
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Sweet Nightingale for unison voices (Roberton )$2.45 -
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
4. Gabriel's Message (The Angel Gabriel)
Anon. Basque
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It's Never Too Late To Sing Christmas (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.48
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Songs Of Christmas - voice & piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75
5. Sans Day Carol
Anon. Cornish
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Songs Of Christmas - voice & piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.75
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
6. The Coventry Carol
Anon. English
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Oxford Book of Carols (Paperback) (Oxford University Press)$32.52 -
$9.80
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
7. Morning has broken or Leanabh an aigh
Anon. Gaelic
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BBC Songs of Praise Music Edition (Oxford University Press)$42.02 -
$9.80
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
8. Japanese Snow Song
Anon. Japanese
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$26.93 -
Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers (Medium/High Voice) (Alfred Music)$17.79 -
$26.93 -
Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers (Medium/low Voice) (Alfred Music)$17.79
9. Twilight: No. 2 from Pick 'n' Choose
Aubrey Beswick
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Pick 'n' Choose (Mixed Ensemble) (Universal Edition)$11.66 -
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
10. Erlaube mir, fein's Mädchen
Brahms
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11. The Little Drummer Boy
Davis, Onorati & Simeone
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It's Never Too Late To Sing Christmas (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.48
12. Dreamer
Eilers Bacak
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Junior Voiceworks 1 (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$54.29
13. The Swing: No. 4 from A Garland of Song
Christopher Field
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A Garland of Song (Voice & Piano) (Recital Music)$18.10 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
14. The Little Spanish Town
Jenkyns
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$9.80
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
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The Little Spanish Town (Unison) (Novello)$3.07
15. The Cuckoo Clock: No. 1 from Serendipity Solos
Lin Marsh
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Serendipity Solos (Faber Music)$9.20
16. Earth, Sea and Sky
Lin Marsh
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Junior Songscape: Earth Sea & Sky (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$26.99 -
The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
17. Monsters!
Lin Marsh
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Graded Song Collection (Grades 2-5) (Faber Music)$12.26 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
18. The Frog
Nina Perry
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
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The Frog Unison Song (Oxford University Press)$2.76
19. Wiegenlied 'Schlafe, schlafe, holder, süsser Knabe', Op. 98 No. 2, D. 498
Schubert
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Art of Song Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Peters Edition)$12.88
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Art of Song Grades 1-3 (Medium-Low Voice) (Peters Edition)$12.88
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
20. Schmetterling, Op. 79 No. 2
Schumann
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Art of Song Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Peters Edition)$12.88
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Art of Song Grades 1-3 (Medium-Low Voice) (Peters Edition)$12.88
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$9.80
21. Roller Ghoster
Alan Simmons
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Singing Sherlock Book 2 (Book & 2 CDs) Key Stage 2 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$44.16
22. The Cuckoo
arr. Stanford
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Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection 1 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$31.89
23. Guter Mond, du gehst so stille
Trad. German
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$2.76 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
24. Arirang
Trad. Korean
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$26.93
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Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers (Medium/High Voice) (Alfred Music)$17.79
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$26.93
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Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers (Medium/low Voice) (Alfred Music)$17.79
List CAvailable In
1. I'd do anything: from Oliver!
Bart
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$27.61 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
3. Singin' in the Rain: from Singin' in the Rain
Brown & Freed
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Faber Music Theatre Songbook (Piano, Voice & Guitar) (Faber Music)$19.62 -
Junior Songscape: Stage & Screen (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$26.99 -
$16.56 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
4. Busy Doing Nothing
Burke & van Heusen
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Junior Songscape: Children's Favourites (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$26.99
5. Love is a song that never ends: from Bambi
Churchill & Morey
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Love Is A Song (PVG) (Campbell Connelly )$5.52 -
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise )$25.75
6. Give my regards to Broadway: from Little Johnny Jones
George M. Cohan
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Ready To Sing...Broadway (Alfred Music)$20.80
7. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Coots & Gillespie
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It's Never Too Late To Sing Christmas (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.48
8. Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)
Dacre
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$30.68 -
The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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$19.62
9. A windmill in old Amsterdam
Dicks & Rudge
Available In
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The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
10. Once Upon a Dream: from Sleeping Beauty
Fain & Lawrence (after Tchaikovsky)
Please email us for availability
11. The Hippopotamus Song
Flanders & Swann
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Apusskidu: Songs for Children (A&C Black-Collins Music)$20.85 -
Graded Song Collection (Grades 2-5) (Faber Music)$12.26
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Junior Songscape: Children's Favourites (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$26.99
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Songs of Flanders & Swann (Faber Music)$24.53 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
12. The sun has got his hat on: from Me and My Girl
Gay & Butler
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Junior Songscape: Children's Favourites (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$26.99
13. Flash, Bang, Wallop!: from Half a Sixpence
Heneker
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Faber Music Theatre Songbook (Piano, Voice & Guitar) (Faber Music)$19.62
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Junior Songscape: Stage & Screen (Voice & Piano) (Faber Music)$26.99
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
14. Any Dream Will Do: from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
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$27.61
15. Something Spooky: No. 5 from Spooky Songs
Lin Marsh
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Singing Sherlock Book 2 (Book & 2 CDs) Key Stage 2 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$44.16
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Spooky Songs (Faber Music)$9.20
16. True Love: from High Society
C. Porter
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100th Anniversary Songbook (Alfred Music)$23.93 -
Best of Cole Porter (Piano, Vocal, Guitar) (Faber Music)$19.62 -
Everlasting Voices (Medium - High Voice & Piano) (Peters Edition)$19.57 -
Everlasting Voices (Medium - Low Voice & Piano) (Peters Edition)$22.70
17. Getting to know you: from The King and I
Rodgers & Hammerstein
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$42.93 -
The King and I - Vocal Selections (Williamson Music Inc )$26.98 -
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (PVG) (Williamson Music Inc )$39.88
18. In my own little corner: from Cinderella
Rodgers & Hammerstein
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Broadway Ingénue Theatre Songs for Soprano (Hal Leonard)$36.80 -
Kids Book of Vocal Solos (Book & CD) (Hal Leonard)$15.94 -
$42.93
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The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (PVG) (Williamson Music Inc )$39.88
19. Poco Poppa Pizza and Mama Piccolo: from The Most Wanted Faces
Betty Roe
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Songs from the Betty Roe Shows Vol. 2 (Thames )$12.26 -
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
20. The Jaguar: from Yanomamo
Peter Rose & Anne Conlon
Available In
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The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
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Yanomamo Vocal Score (Weinberger)$24.48
21. The Umbrella Man
Rose, Stock & Cavanaugh
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Harlequin (44 Songs Round The Year) Mus & CD (A&C Black-Collins Music)$23.30
22. Castle on a Cloud: from Les Misérables
Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil
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$27.61
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$18.39 -
$20.85
23. River Lullaby (from ‘Deliver Us’): from 'The Prince of Egypt’
Stephen Schwartz
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Prince Of Egypt - Vocal Selections (Cherry Lane )$23.30 -
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM)$14.11
24. The Beautiful Briny: from Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Richard & Robert Sherman
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Selections From Bedknobs And Broomsticks (Campbell Connelly )$20.85
25. Hushabye Mountain: from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Richard & Robert Sherman
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Musical Selections) (Alfred Music)$10.98 -
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Stage selections (Alfred Music)$20.85 -
The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
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The Best of Singing Grades 1-3 (Low Voice) (Faber Music)$18.39
26. A Spoonful of Sugar: from Mary Poppins
Richard & Robert Sherman
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$20.85 -
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise )$25.75
27. Stay Awake: from Mary Poppins
Richard & Robert Sherman
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$20.85
28. Forty-Second Street: from 42nd Street
Warren & Dubin
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Ready To Sing...Broadway (Alfred Music)$20.80
29. When the red, red robin
Woods
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Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay: Songs for Everyone (Music Edition) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$20.85
30. When I fall in love: from One Minute to Zero
Young & Hayman
Available In
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Definitive Jazz Collection (Voice) (2nd Edition) (Hal Leonard)$30.66
List FAvailable In
1. Candidates are free to perform any song from any source, including this suggested publication
Available In
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The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM)$24.54
Also RecommendedAvailable In
1. Preparation for the Sight-Singing Tests
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$10.98
2. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$24.48 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$10.43 -
$19.57
