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Guide to Research in Vocal Repertoire

Vocal Repertoire

This page is dedicated to sources for the study of the international song repertoire.

General works:

Hall, James Husst. The art song. University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. Music Library | Stacks | 784 H177A

Ivey, Donald. Song: anatomy, imagery, and styles. Free Press, 1970. Library Service Center | | 784.09 I95S

Meister, Barbara. An introduction to the art song. Taplinger Pub. Co., 1980. Library Service Center | | GX1466

Stevens, Denis, ed. A history of song. W.W. Norton, 1961. Music Library | Stacks | 784.09 S844H

Bibliographies:

Espina, Noni. Repertoire for the solo voice : a fully annotated guide to works for the solo voice published in modern editions and covering material from the 13th century to the present. Scarecrow Press, 1977. Music Library | Reference | 016.7843061 E77, R425, 1977

Goleeke, Thomas. Literature for voice : an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singing.Scarecrow Press, 2002. Music Library | Reference | 016.782 G625, L776, 2002

Goleeke, Thomas. Literature for voice : an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singing. Scarecrow Press, 1984. Music Library | Reference | 016.78242 G625, L776, 1984

Klaus, Kenneth S. Chamber music for solo voice and instruments, 1960-1989 : an annotated guide. Fallen Leaf Press, 1994. Music Library | Reference | 016.7832 K63, C443, 1994

Luchinsky, Ellen . The song index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Garland Publishing, 1998. Music Library | Reference | 016.78242 L936, S698, 1998

Ord, Alan. J. Songs for bass voice : an annotated guide to works for bass voice. Scarecrow Press, 1994. Music Library | Reference | 016.78389 O65, S698, 1994

Discographies:

Stahl, Dorothy . A Selected discography of solo song : a cumulation through 1971. Information Coordinators, 1972. Music Library | Reference | 016.78 D483, no. 24, 34

Stahl, Dorothy . Discography of solo song. Supplement, 1975-1982. Information Coordinators, 1984. Music Library | Reference | 016.78 D483, no. 52

Performance:

Moore, Gerald. Singer and accompanist : the performance of fifty songs. Rev. ed. Hamilton, 1982. Library Service Center | | 784.934 M822, S617, 1982

Moore, Gerald. Singer and accompanist : the performance of fifty songs. Greenwood, 1973 (reprint of Methuen, 1953). Library Service Center | | 784.9 M822S , Music Library | Stacks | 784.9 M822S

Texts:

Coffin, Berton. Word-by-word translations of songs and arias : A companion to The singer's repertoire. Scarecrow Press, 1966-72. Music Library | Reference | 784 W924

Miller, Philip Lieson. The ring of words; an anthology of song texts. Doubleday, 1963. Music Library | Stacks | 784 M649R

England

Banfield, Stephen. Sensibility and English song : critical studies of the early 20th century. Cambridge University Press, 1988. Music Library | Stacks | 784.300942 B215, S478, 1985

Northcote, Sydney. Byrd to Britten: a survey of English song. Roy, 1966. Music Library | Stacks | 784.0942 N873B

Spink, Ian. English song, Dowland to Purcell. Batsford,1974. Music Library | Stacks | 784.0942 S757E

Warlock, Peter. The English ayre. Library Service Center | | 784.09 H584ED

Bibliographies:

English ayres : a selectively annotated bibliography and discography / compiled by Joan Swanekamp. Greenwood Press, 1984. Library Service Center | | 016.7843 S972, E58, 1984 105:C:3, Music Library | Reference | 016.7843 S972, E58, 1984

Individual composers:

Pilkington, Michael. Campion, Dowland, and the lutenist songwriters. Indiana University Press, 1989. Music Library | Reference | 016.78242 P639, C196, 1989

Pilkington, Michael. Gurney, Ireland, Quilter, and Warlock. Indiana University Press, 1989. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 P639, G981, 1989

France

Bernac, Pierre. The interpretation of French song. Kahn & Averill, 2001. Music Library | Stacks | 783.043 B517, I61, 2001

Bernac, Pierre. The interpretation of French song. Praeger, 1971. Music Library | Stacks | 784.9 B517I

Johnson, Graham. A French song companion. Oxford University Press, 2000. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 J67, F876, 2000

Meister, Barbara. Nineteenth-century French song : Fauré, Chausson, Duparc, and Debussy. Indiana University Press, 1980. Library Service Center | | 784.3 M515, N714, 1980

Noske, Frits. French song from Berlioz to Duparc; the origin and development of the mélodie. Dover Publications, 1970. Library Service Center | | 784.0944 N897MB

Individual composers:

Duparc:

Northcote, Sydney. The songs of Henri Duparc. Roy, 1950. Music Library | Stacks | 780.0711 D931N

Faure:

Gartside, Robert.Interpreting the songsof Gabriel Fauré. Leyerle Publications, 1996. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42 F265, G244, 1996

Poulenc:

Bernac, Pierre. Francis Poulenc : the man and his songs. Kahn & Averill, 2001, c1977. Music Library | Stacks | 780.92 P874, B517, 2001

Bernac, Pierre. Francis Poulenc : the man and his songs. Norton, 1977. Library Service Center | | 784.30092 P874, B517, 1977

Poulenc, Francis. Diary of my songs = (Journal de mes mélodies). Gollancz, 1985. Music Library | Stacks | 784.30092 P874, J86, 1985

Wood, Vivian Lee Poates. Poulenc's songs : an analysis of style. University Press of Mississippi, 1979. Music Library | Stacks | 784.30092 P874, W879, 1979

Germany/Austria

German Lieder in the nineteenth century / edited by Rufus Hallmark. Schirmer Books, 1996. Music Library | Stacks | 782.420943 G373, 1996

Brody, Elaine. The German lied and its poetry. New York University Press, 1971. Music Library | Stacks | 784.300943 B864, G373, 1971

Gorrell, Lorraine.The nineteenth-century German lied. Amadeus Press, 1993. Music Library | LC Stacks | ML2829.4 .G67 1993

Kravitt, Edward F. The lied : mirror of late romanticism. Yale University Press, 1996. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 K91, L718, 1996

Smeed, J.W. German song and its poetry, 1740-1900. Croom Helm, 1987. Music Library | Stacks | 784.300943 S637, G373, 1987

Stein,Deborah. Poetry into song : performance and analysis of Lieder. Oxford University Press, 1996. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 S821, P745, 1996

Snyder, Lawrence D. German poetry in song : an index of Lieder. Fallen Leaf Press, 1995. Music Library | Reference | 016 S675, G373, 1995

Stein, Jack M. Poem and music in the German lied from Gluck to Hugo Wolf. Harvard University Press, 1971. Music Library | Stacks | 784.0943 S819P

Lieder texts:

Phillips, Lois. Lieder line by line, and word for word. Oxford University Press, 1996. Music Library | Reference | 782.42168 P561, L718, 1996

Texts for the songs of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Wolf , Mahler and Strauss.

The Fischer-Dieskau book of lieder : the original texts of over seven hundred and fifty songs. Knopf, 1980. Music Library | Stacks | 784.300943 F529, T355, 1980

Individual composers:

Brahms

Sams, Eric .The songs of Johannes Brahms. Yale University Press, 2000. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 B813, S193, 2000

Sams, Eric. Brahms songs. University of Washington Press, 1972. Music Library | Stacks | 784.8 B813S

Stark, Lucien. A guide to the solo songs of Johannes Brahms. Indiana University Press, 1995. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 B813, S795, 1995

Texts:

Magner, Candace A. Phonetic readings of Brahms Lieder. Scarecrow Press, 1987. Library Service Center | | 784.305 M196, P574, 1987

Schubert

Brown, Maurice J. E. Schubert songs. University of Washington Press, 1969. Music Library | Stacks | 780.0711 S384BF

Capell, Richard. Schubert's songs. Dutton, 1928. Music Library | Stacks | 784.8 S384C

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. Schubert : a biographical study of his songs. Cassell, 1976. Music Library | Stacks | 780.0711 S384FD

Kramer, Lawrence. Franz Schubert : sexuality, subjectivity, song. Music Library | Stacks | 782.47092 S384, K89, 1998

Moore, Gerald. The Schubert song cycles : with thoughts on performance. Hamilton, 1975. Music Library | Stacks | 780.0711 S384M

Reed, John. The Schubert song companion. Universe, 1985. Music Library | Reference | 784.30092 S384, R324, 1985

A companion to Schubert's Schwanengesang : history, poets, analysis, performance / edited by Martin Chusid. Yale University Press, 2000. Music Library | Stacks | 782.47 S384, C737, 2000

Schumann

Desmond, Astra. Schumann songs. BBC, 1972. Music Library | Stacks | 784.8 S392D

Miller, Richard. Singing Schumann : an interpretive guide for performers. Oxford University Press, 1999. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 S392, M649, 1999

Moore, Gerald. Poet's love : the songs and cycles of Schumann. Hamilton, 1981. Music Library | Stacks | 784.3007 S392, M822, 1981

Sams, Eric. The Songs of Robert Schumann. Indiana University Press, 1993. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 S392, S193, 1993

Sams, Eric. The Songs of Robert Schumann. Eulenburg Books, 1975. Library Service Center | | 784.3 S392, S193, 1975

Walsh, Stephen. The lieder of Schumann. Praeger, 1971. Music Library | Stacks | 784.8 S392W

Strauss

Petersen, Barbara A. Ton und Wort : the Lieder of Richard Strauss. UMI Research Press, 1980. Music Library | Stacks | 784.30092 S912, P484, 1980

Wolf

Carner, Mosco. Hugo Wolf songs. British Broadcasting Corp., 1982. Music Library | Stacks | 784.30092 W853, C289, 1982

Youens, Susan. Hugo Wolf and his Mörike songs. Cambridge University Press, 2000. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 Y67, H895, 2000

Sams, Eric. The songs of Hugo Wolf. Indiana University Press, 1992. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 W853, S193, 1992

Italy

Lakeway, Ruth C. Italian art song. Indiana University Press, 1989. Library Service Center | | 784.300945 L192, I88, 1989

Texts:

LeVan, Timothy .Masters of the Italian art song : word-by-word and poetic translations of the complete songs for voice and piano. Scarecrow Press, 1990. Music Library | Reference | 782.42168 M423, 1990

Norway

Individual composers:

Grieg:

Foster, Beryl. The songs of Edvard Grieg. Scolar Press, 1990. Library Service Center | | 782.42092 G848, F754, 1990

Russia

Individual composers:

Tchaikovsky:

Tchaikovsky's complete songs : a companion with texts and translations / Richard D. Sylvester. Indiana University Press, 2002. Music Library | Stacks | 782.43092 T249, S698, 2002

Spain

The Spanish song companion / devised and translated by Jacqueline Cockburn & Richard Stokes, with an introduction and notes by Graham Johnson. Victor Gollancz, 1992. Music Library | Stacks | 782.420946 C665, S735, 1992

Individual composers:

Rodrigo:

Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. A singer's guide to the songs of Joaquín Rodrigo. Scarecrow Press, 1999. Music Library | Stacks | 782.42168 R696, D756, 1999

USA

Bloom, Ken. American song : the complete musical theatre companion. Schirmer Books, 1996. Music Library | Reference | 782.140973 B655, A512, 1996

Carman, Judith E. Art-song in the United States, 1801-1976 : an annotated bibliography; with a special section Art-song in the United States, 1759-1810 by Gordon Myers. National Association of Teachers of Singing, 1987. Library Service Center | | 016.784306 C287, A784, 1987

Friedberg, Ruth C. American art song and American poetry. Scarecrow Press,1981-1987. Music Library | Stacks | 784.300973 F899, A512, 1981

Lewine, Richard. Songsof the American theater: a comprehensive listing of more than 12,000 songs, including selected titles from film and television productions. Introd. by Stephen Sondheim. Dodd, Mead, 1973. Music Library | Reference | 781.97 L672S

Lovell, John, Jr. Black song : the forge and the flame : the story of how the Afro-American spiritual was hammered out. Macmillan, 1972. Divinity School Library | Stacks | 784.756 L899B

Upton, William Treat. Art-song in America; a study in the development of American music. Johnson Reprint co, 1969. Music Library | Stacks | 780.973 U71A

Villamil , Victoria Etnier. A singer's guide to the American art song, 1870-1980. Scarecrow Press, 1993. Music Library | Reference | 016 V715, S617, 1993

Texts:

Lyrics of the Afro-American spiritual : a documentary collection / edited with introductory materials by Erskine Peters. Greenwood Press, 1993. Music Library | Stacks | 782.25 L992, 1993

Individual composers:

Foster:

Austin, William W."Susanna," "Jeanie," and "the old folks at home" : the songs of Stephen C. Foster from his time to ours. University of Illinois Press, 1987. Music Library | Stacks | 784.50092 F757, A938, 1987

CD-ROMS of Song at the Music Library

CD Sheet Music has collected several discs of public domain scores for song. Because the scores are public domain, they are copyright free: you may print out whichever songs you need directly from the PDFs on the disc. Search under keyword in our catalog under “songs” and “CD Sheet Music” for publisher.