ISBN 9781860966019. The five-volume ABRSM Songbook series features over 100 songs, drawn from the comprehensive Associated Board's singing syllabus. These albums provide pieces from the Renaissance to the 20th century, many of them newly edited by Michael Pilkington. Numerous folk-songs, either in new arrangements by Carol Barratt or their classic versions, more...and a selection of traditional songs collected from around the world, complete this series (with CD).
CDs. Exam Music. ABRSM Publications.
Contents
Introduction
-Biographies
Art Songs
-Compilers' note
-Notes on the editorial approach
-Notes on the art songs
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (from New Faces) Manning Sherwin
An Sylvia (To Sylvia), D. 891 Franz Schubert
Dove sei? (O, where art thou?), from Rodelinda, HWV 19 George Frideric Handel
Fear no more the heat o' the sun Ian Higginson
From a Railway Carriage Alec Rowley
Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren (Little fawn, one day was straying) Peter Cornelius
I attempt from love's sickness to fly (from The Indian Queen), Z. 630 Henry Purcell
If doughty deeds Arthur Sullivan
It was a lover and his lass Thomas Morley
Jeg elsker Dig (I Love You), No. 3 from Hjertets melodier, Op. 5 Edvard Grieg
Jsem jako lipa kosata (Like to a linden tree), Op. 31, No. 3 Antonin Dvorak
Linden Lea Ralph Vaughan Williams
Love Walked In (from The Goldwyn Follies) George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Maria Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song), No. 52 from Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 Max Reger
My Ship (from Lady in the Dark) Kurt Weill
Rejoice in the Lord James Nares
Rugiadose odorose ('Le violette' Dewy, dainty fragrant violets), from Il Pirro e Demetrio Alessandro Scarlatti
Simple Gifts (No. 4 from Old American Songs, Set I) American traditional, arr. Copland
Tell me, lovely shepherd (from Solomon) William Boyce
The Birds' Lament (No. 1 from The Aviary) Richard Rodney Bennett
Trade Winds (No. 2 from Three Salt-Water Ballads) Frederick Keel
Una palomita blanca (The Little White Dove), No. 3 from 12 canciones espanolas Joaquin Rodrigo
Vergebliches Standchen (The Vain Suite), No. 4 from Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84 Johannes Brahms
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto (Come, oh come) Antonio Vivaldi
Where the bee sucks Thomas Arne
Where'er you walk (from Semele, HWV 58) George Frideric Handel
Traditional Songs
-Compilers' note
Bengawan Solo (Song of the Solo River) Indonesia
Cantilena del ÔMaggio' (May Song) Tuscany, Italy
Canto de la trilla (Threshing Song) Molina, Spain
Henry Martyn Devon, England
Molihua (Jasmine Flower) Jiangsu Province, China
Noches de luna (Nights Full of Moonlight) Argentina
Tatties an' Herrin' Aberdeen, Scotland
The Banks of Newfoundland Cornwall, England
The Blackbird of Avondale Ireland
The Sprig of Thyme Lincolnshire, England
The Woods of Trugh Ireland
To be a Farmer's Boy Sussex, England |
