Description ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 4 is a new collection to complement ABRSM’s bestselling Songbook 4. The Songbook Plus series features a wealth of material from ABRSM’s 2018 Singing syllabus at Grades 1 to 5. The unrivalled choice of repertoire in a huge variety of styles will inspire singers of all ages. The books include a diverse range of pieces from core classics to songs from stage and screen, as well as fresh new arrangements, newly-commissioned editions and English singing translations. They also include notes on the songs, to aid practice and performance. ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 4: Four pieces from each of Lists A and B, and six from List C Published to support the release of ABRSM’s new Singing syllabus (for use from 2018 onwards), with all books featuring a wealth of songs from the new syllabus Selections of engaging repertoire, from classic to contemporary songs, that will appeal to singers of all ages Recordings of the accompaniments for all the songs in this book are available as audio downloads or via the Singing Practice Partner app ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 4 contents: Now, O now I needs must part [John Dowland] Ave, Regina Coelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven) [Charles-François Gounod] The Jones Boys [Trad. Canadian] Sometimes I feel like a motherless child [Trad. Spiritual] Ave, maris stella (Hail, of seas the bright star) [Edvard Grieg] Song of the Bluebell Wood [Betty Roe] A la nanita nana (Hush pretty baby hush) [Trad. Spanish] Fuglinn í fjörunni (Friend of the Ocean) [Jón Þórarinsson] Over the Rainbow, from The Wizard of Oz [Edgar Yipsel Harburg / Harold Arlen] Secret Love, from Calamity Jane [Sammy Fain / Paul Francis Webster] How Lucky You Are, from Seussical the Musical [Stephen Flaherty / Lynn Ahrens] Softly sighing to the river, from The Pirates of Penzance [W. S. Gilbert / Arthur Sullivan] Naughty, from Matilda [Tim Minchin] We’ll Meet Again [Ross Parker / Hughie Charles]
