songbook
noun
song·book
ˈsȯŋ-ˌbu̇k 
: a collection of songs
specifically
: a book containing vocal music (such as hymns)
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Its main concern is music and mimesis: to showcase Chalamet performing the Dylan songbook with a fidelity to the original beyond the vocal range of the lip-synching Larry Parks in The Jolson Story (1946) or Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
The film in question seeks to understand Lorenz Hart, the great American lyricist who — alongside composer Richard Rodgers — is responsible for countless classics to be found in the great American songbook.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
That tension between commercialising the worldwide appetite to watch Premier League football live and maintaining the local heart and songbook in the stadium is something English football has to grapple with.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
In 2014, because 90% of the year's Top 25 overall pop mega-hits fell neatly between heavily melodic takes on pop music steeped in the roots of the American songbook and soul music, country could aim toward pop though remain comfortably adjacent in its own modern, yet traditional lane.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2024
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
The film in question seeks to understand Lorenz Hart, the great American lyricist who — alongside composer Richard Rodgers — is responsible for countless classics to be found in the great American songbook.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
That tension between commercialising the worldwide appetite to watch Premier League football live and maintaining the local heart and songbook in the stadium is something English football has to grapple with.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
In 2014, because 90% of the year's Top 25 overall pop mega-hits fell neatly between heavily melodic takes on pop music steeped in the roots of the American songbook and soul music, country could aim toward pop though remain comfortably adjacent in its own modern, yet traditional lane.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Songbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songbook. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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