The ABRSM Songbook 3

The 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.

Book with 2CDs.

Features:

• Art songs, drawn from Grade 3 of the Associated Boards Singing syllabus
• A range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals – many in practical new editions
• Irresistible new arrangements by Carol Barratt of classic songs
• 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 textto every song, performed by native speakers

Contents

• Art Songs
• Ah! how pleasant ’tis to loveHenry Purcell
• Dalmatian Cradle SongAnon., Arr. Hugh S. Roberton
• Die BekehrteIgnaz Brull
• Ferry me across the waterGerald Finzi
• God be in my headWalford Davies
• I’m learning to readBetty Roe
• In the garden flowers are growingUkrainian Traditional, Arr. W. H. Anderson
• Komm, liebe Zither, kommWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Llwyn OnnWelsh Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
• MinneliedFranz Schubert
• ‘Orrible Little Blue-EyesBetty Roe
• My HouseLeonard Bernstein
• Sicilian River SongAnon., Arr. Maurice Jacobson
• Sweet and LowJoseph Barnby
• The Banks of Allan WaterMartin Shaw, Arr. Carol Barratt
• The OwlsPeter Jenkyns
• The Path to the MoonEric H. Thiman
• The SunflowerIrish Traditional, Arr. Carol Barratt
• WiegenliedWilhelm Taubert, Arr. Carol Barratt

• Windy NightsCharles Villiers Stanford

• Traditional Songs

• Aa Ola, Ola, min eigen onge!Norway
• A la nanita nanaSpain
• All things are quite silentSussex, England
• Coasts of BarbaryDevon, England
• CuckooDevon, England
• Fengyang huagu 1 and 2Anhui Province, China
• Green BesomsDevon, England
• Kalevalainen runosavelmaFinland
• Roman CastilloMexico
• Seventeen Come SundaySussex, England
• Stole mi se ozeniSerbia
• Sweet NightingaleCornwall, England