The Big Book of Folksongs: Piano Vocal and Guitar: Mixed Songbook

The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included both old and new of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus some with Piano accompaniment making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire. This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams Gustav Holst Paul Mealor and George Dyson.Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go Auld Lang Syne Bonny At Morn Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir.  These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements either the most beautiful the funniest or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens Yarmouth Town My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly. The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny often dramatic but always enjoyable to sing and their diversity

Budget Books. This fabulous collection includes 110 songs that kids love from favorite folksongs to movie & TV themes. Includes: Alphabet Song · Animal Crackers in My Soup · Be Our Guest · The Bear Went Over the Mountain · Bingo · Bob the Builder Intro Theme Song · Do-Re-Mi · Eensy Weensy Spider · Hakuna Matata · Home on the Range · I'm Popeye the Sailor Man · It's a Small World · London Bridge · My Favorite Things · Oh! Susanna · Old MacDonald · On Top of Spaghetti · The Rainbow Connection · Sesame Street Theme · SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song · Yankee Doodle · You've Got a Friend in Me · and more.

This book contains 40 well-known folksongs in attractive arrangements for 1-2 voices with easy-to-play piano accompaniments and guitar chords.

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II. Each piece is in English and has alimited vocal range as well as a Piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist.The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.Baritone/Bass Contents:Aura Lee (Poulton)Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)The Erie Canal(Folksong)Foolish Questions (Folksong)Funiculi Funicula (Denza)Go Down MosesI Wish I Was Single Again (Beckel)If You Were the Only Girl in the World (Ayer) The Jolly Miller(arr. Manney) Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho The Lark in the Morn (arr. Sharp) The Lost Chord (Sullivan) The Minstrel Boy (arr. Weckerlin) Mrs. Murphy's Chowder (arr. Culli)Out of My Soul's Great Sadness (Franz) Request (Franz) Simple Gifts (Shaker song) Smick Smack Smuck (Sousa) Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Burleigh) The Storyof a Tack (Parks) Swing Low Sweet Chariot Where Did You Get That Hat? (Sullivan) While Strolling Through the Park One Day You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married (Sousa)

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II.Each piece is in Englishand has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments. Soprano Contents: Alice Blue Gown · April Showers · Butterflies (Schulz) · Cradle Song (Brahms) · Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel(Humperdinck) · The False Prophet (Scott) · Florian's Song (Godard) · Golden Slumbers (English folksong) · It Was a Lover and His Lass (Austin) · Ladybird (Schumann) · The Lilac Tree (Gartlin) · The Little Sandman (arr. Brahms) ·My Little Heart (Weckerlin) · The Nightingale (Alabieff) · Oh! Dear What Can the Matter Be? (16th Century) · Oh Pretty Birds (Rigel) · The Rosebush (Himmel) · The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Hawley) · Two Marionettes (Cooke) ·The Willow Song (16th Century) · The Willow Tree (arr. Reimann) · The Winter It Is Past (arr. Hopekirk).