songbook
noun
song·book ˈsȯŋ-ˌbu̇k 
: a collection of songs
specifically : a book containing vocal music (such as hymns)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Yet, that’ll just be one type of music on offer: the calendar will boast everything from American songbook medleys to DJ sets. 
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2022 These days, though, C.C.R.’s songbook can feel freshly freed—as if those old songs had been waiting for us all along to show up and need them again in present tense. David Cantwell, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2022 Tony Bennett was at the piano, singing the American songbook. Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Frankfurter, singing one last time from the restraint songbook, excoriated his colleagues for blithely strolling into a political morass. Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 Packed with Tony Award memorabilia like show scripts, a Tony Awards songbook, invitations, Playbills from 1960 and opening-night invitations, this is a thespian’s dream. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 1 May 2022 Yung Miami habitually raps from that same songbook, though there's a different motivating factor behind her grind. Bianca Alysse, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 July 2022 The honor is given to an individual whose works have made a significant contribution to the American songbook, an individual who has inspired the careers of others. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 28 June 2022 His career took him from a skinny matinee idol during World War II, to the consummate interpreter of the American songbook. Liz Smith, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022 See More
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2022 These days, though, C.C.R.’s songbook can feel freshly freed—as if those old songs had been waiting for us all along to show up and need them again in present tense. David Cantwell, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2022 Tony Bennett was at the piano, singing the American songbook. Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Frankfurter, singing one last time from the restraint songbook, excoriated his colleagues for blithely strolling into a political morass. Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 Packed with Tony Award memorabilia like show scripts, a Tony Awards songbook, invitations, Playbills from 1960 and opening-night invitations, this is a thespian’s dream. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 1 May 2022 Yung Miami habitually raps from that same songbook, though there's a different motivating factor behind her grind. Bianca Alysse, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 July 2022 The honor is given to an individual whose works have made a significant contribution to the American songbook, an individual who has inspired the careers of others. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 28 June 2022 His career took him from a skinny matinee idol during World War II, to the consummate interpreter of the American songbook. Liz Smith, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
songbook
noun
as in songster
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- songster
- hymnal
- hymnbook
- breviary
- missal
- antiphonal
- antiphonary
- Psalter
- psalmody
- hymnary