Songs for Millions Classical Opera Sacred Folk Voice Pi

Music Lovers’ Library, No. 2

Songs for the Millions

For Voice & Piano

Edited by Al Ashley

Nice collection!

This is a superb selection of universally loved compositions for singing & playing.  There are pieces from the classical repertoire, opera, sacred, Christmas, folk songs, old favorites & light classics.  There are words included, where appropriate.

Titles:

·       Abide with me

·       Adeste fidelis

·       A frangesa

·       After the ball

·       Aloha oe

·       Always take mother’s advice

·       America

·       Bach/Gounod:  Ave Maria

·       Schubert:  Ave Maria

·       The band played on

·       Foster:  Beautiful dreamer

·       Beautiful heaven

·       A bicycle built for two

·       The bowery

·       Carry me back to old Virginny

·       Cielito Lindo

·       Cockles & mussels

·       Come back to Sorrento

·       Foster:  Come where my love lies dreaming

·       Comrades

·       Brahms:  Cradle song

·       Daisy bell

·       The dover

·       Liszt:  Dream of love

·       Old English tune:  Drink to me only with thine eyes

·       Massenet:  Elegie

·       Emmett’s lullaby

·       Ponce:  Estrellita

·       Humperdinck:  Evening prayer

·       Wagner:  Evening star

·       Farewell to thee

·       For he’s a jolly good fellow

·       The fountain in the park

·       Frankie & Johnny

·       Costa:  The French girl

·       From the Halls of Montezuma

·       Tosti:  Good-bye

·       Go to sleep, Lena darling

·       Holy, holy, holy

·       Home on the range

·       Dvorak:  humoresque

·       Grieg:  Ich Liebe Dich

·       I don’t want to play in your yard

·       I had a dream, dear

·       I’ll take you home again Kathleen

·       In the gloaming

·       I walked into the garden

·       Foster:  Jeanie with the light brown hair

·       Just a song at twilight

·       Just tell them that you saw me

·       Verdi:  La donna e mobile

·       La golondrina

·       La paloma

·       Handel:  Largo

·       Lead kindly light

·       Faure:  les rameaux

·       Liszt:  Liebestraum

·       Little Annie Rooney

·       Ponce:  Little star

·       Londonderry air

·       Sullivan:  The lost chord

·       Love’s old sweet song

·       Handel:  Love ye the Lord

·       Brahms: Lullaby

·       The Marines’ hymn

·       Rubinstein:  Melody in F

·       Lehar:  Merry Widow waltz

·       Old Irish tune:  The minstrel boy

·       Old Irish tune:  Molly Malone

·       My country Tis

·       My darling Clementine

·       Di Capua:  My sun

·       Nearer, my god, to thee

·       Tchaikovsky:  None but the lonely heart

·       O come all ye faithful

·       Oh, my darling Clementine

·       De Koven:  Oh promise me

·       Foster:  Old folks at home

·       Di Capua:  O sole mio

·       Faure:  The palms

·       Rock a bye baby

·       Rocked in the cradle of the deep

·       Rock of ages

·       The rose of Tralee

·       Santa Lucia

·       Say au revoir but not goodbye

·       She was happy till she met you

·       Silent night, holy night

·       Silver threads among the gold

·       Sleep, baby, sleep

·       Dvorak:  Songs my mother taught me

·       Star of the east

·       The star spangled banner

·       The swallow

·       Foster:  Swanee River

·       Sweetest story ever told

·       Sweet Genevieve

·       Sweet Marie

·       Strauss:  Tales from the Vienna Woods

·       Then you’ll remember me

·       There is a tavern in the town

·       De Curtis:  Torna a surriento

·       Lehar:  Vilia love song

·       Russian folksong:  Volga boatmen’s song

·       American folksong:  Wait for the wagon

·       Rubinstein:  Welcome, sweet springtime

·       Where did you get that hat

·       While strolling in the park, one day

·       Hawthorne:  Whispering hope

·       Who threw the overalls in mistress Murphy’s chowder

·       Brahms:  Wiegenlied

·       Verdi:  Woman is fickle

·       Irish folksong:  Would god I were the tender apple blossom

Details:

·       Publisher:  Ashley Music, 1949

·       Pages:  160

·       Condition:  Vintage music in good condition – unmarked.  The pages have yellowed a bit with age.