Instrument : voice and piano Nombre de Pages : 104
An outstanding and varied collection of 20th century vocal music, specially selected for the early grades. Songs by 20th century masters including Bartók, Britten, Copland and Stravinsky as well as newly commissioned songs. The songs have been chosen to suit singers of all ages and performance notes are included.
The edition is part of the new ABRSM singing syllabus for Grades 1-6.
Content : Preface - Cradle Song (Vaughan Williams) - Song of 3 Mariners (Harty) - Weep you no More (Quilter) - The Cuckoo (Stanford) - My True Love hath my Heart from "Three Old English Lyrics (Keel) - Girl's Song from "4 Songs op. 22" (Howells) - Down by the Salley Gardens (Clarke) - The Bellman's Song (Poston) - Little Boats from "Old Irish Melodies" (Hughes) - Lament from "Twenty Hungarian Folksongs"(Bartok) - Drinking Song from "Twenty Hungarian Folksongs" (Bartok) - I Know a Bank (Procter-Gregg) - O Waly Waly from "Folksong Arrangements from the British Isles" (Britten) - The Magpie "3 Songs from the Recollections of Childhood" (Stravinsky) - The Rook from "3 Songs from the Recollections of Childhood" (Stravinsky) - The Little Pigs from "3 Children's Songs, op. 68" (Prokofieff) - Dusk (Armstrong Gibbs) - My House from "Peter Pan" (Bernstein) -Peter Peter from "Peter Pan" (Bernstein) -Simple Gifts from "Old American Songs-First Set" (Copland) - The Lily has a Smooth Stalk from "Songs to Poems by Christina Rossetti, op.1" (Finzi) - Ferry me Across Water from "Songs to Poems by Christina Rossetti, op.1" (Finzi) -Boy Johnny from "Songs to Poems by Christina Rossetti, op.1" (Finzi) - The Path to the Moon (Thiman) -Early One Morning from "Folksong Arrangements from the British Isles" (Britten) - Carol of Field Mice (Head) - Three Young Rats from "Caroline Pink and Other Nonsense Rhymes" (Maw) - Good Night (Rao) - Sleep Little Babe I Love Thee (Field) - Farmer's Boy (Barratt) - Nothing-at-all! (Barratt) - Everyone Sang (Higginson) - Picture-books in Winter (Higginson) - Performance Notes
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