songbook

[sawng-book, song-]

noun

1. a book of songs with words and music.

Word History and Origins

Origin of songbook¹

before 1000; Old English sang-bōc service book (not recorded in ME); song, book

Example Sentences

It’s packed with ideas from all over the American songbook — Aaron Copland and western folk, run through with Wilson’s own cracked impressionist view of life on the rails.

From Los Angeles Times

Liverpool fans belted out the old title-winning songbook as they watched their triumphant team rip Spurs apart.

From BBC

After all, they concocted a rich and deeply affecting songbook that never fails to rouse my inspiration and, truly, to heighten the experience of simply being alive.

From Salon

Mayhem marks Gaga's full throttle return to pop, after a period where she'd been preoccupied with her film career, and spin-off albums that dabbled in jazz and the classic American songbook.

From BBC

The Washington Post said she “embodied the Quiet Storm a full decade before it became a successful radio format” and NPR credited her with being one of the “prime revisionists of the American songbook.”

From Los Angeles Times