ABRSM Songbook Book 2

Description

The ABRSM Songbook Book 2 offers singers of a Grade 2 standard and their teachers an unrivalled choice of core repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of rewarding vocal study.

Contains fifteen pieces on the ABRSM 2018 Grade 2 syllabus

The Songbook 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 speaker

ABRSM Songbook Book 2 contents:

• I will walk with my love [Trad.]
• Leanabh an àigh [Trad.]
• Morning has broken [Trad. Scottish]
• Little Boats [Trad.]
• London Birds [Geoffrey Shaw]
• Poco Poppa Pizza and Mama Piccolo [Betty Roe]
• Coconut Man [Aubrey Beswick]
• The Coventry Carol [Anon.]
• The Dark Island [Iain McLachlan]
• The Frog [Nina Perry]
• The Little Spanish Town [Peter Jenkyns]
• The Mallow Fling [Trad.]
• The Oak and the Ash [Trad.]
• The Sweet Nightingale [William Henry Anderson]
• Twilight [Aubrey Beswick]
• Westering home [Trad.]
• Wiegenlied [Bernhard Flies]
• Wiegenlied [Franz Schubert]
• Across the Line [Trad.]
• All Jolly Fellows [Trad.]
• Blomman bland blommorna [Trad.]
• Chili lo [Trad.]
• Come, my lads [Trad.]
• Drozyna [Trad.]
• En roulant ma boule [Trad.]
• Kangding qingge [Trad.]
• Pentozalis [Trad.]
• Perica [Trad.]
• The Forsaken Maiden [Trad.]
• Vse tièice lepo pojo [Trad.]