Music - Vocal: Books on vocal music
Vocal repertoire
- Singer's repertoire. byCall Number: Mus Ref. ML128.V7 C67 1960 v. 1-5
- Vocal chamber music: a performer's guide. byCall Number: Mus Ref. ML128.V7 D86 1985
- 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. byCall Number: Music Ref. ML128.S3 E8 v. 1-2
- Literature for voice : an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singing. 2 v. byCall Number: Mus Ref ML128 .S3 G64 1984
- Chamber music for solo voice and instruments, 1960-1989 : an annotated guide. byCall Number: ML128.S3 K55 1994
- American vocal chamber music, 1945-1980 : an annotated bibliography. byCall Number: ML128.V7 L8 1985
- Exploring twentieth-century vocal music : a practical guide to innovations in performance and repertoire. byCall Number: MT820 .M129 2002
- Library resources for singers, coaches, and accompanists: An annotated bibliography, 1970-1997. byCall Number: Mus Ref ML128 .V7 M45 1998
- Chamber music : an international guide to works and their instrumentation. byCall Number: Mus Ref ML128.C4 R3 1993
- The art of the song recital. byCall Number: MT892 .E54
- Chamber music for solo voice and instruments, 1960-1989 : an annotated guide. byCall Number: ML128.S3 K55 1994
Translations and Pronunciation
Fondren owns 2 copies of the opera libretto series edited by Nico Castel. Each libretto contains a complete English translation and an IPA guide to pronunciation of the original languages. These are all located at ML49--1 copy is in the Music reference section; the other is in the music stacks at the same call number. Search the library catalog using 'Castel Nico' as an author to see a list of operas covered.
- A singer's manual of Spanish lyric diction.Call Number: MT883 .C27 1994
- Pronunciation guide for the lieder anthology. byCall Number: MT883 .P765 2008Accompanying CD held at the 1st floor circulation desk under the same call number.
- Russian songs & arias : phonetic readings, word-by-word translations, and a concise guide to Russian diction. byCall Number: MT883 .P54 1991
- Schubert's complete song texts : with international phonetic alphabet transcriptions, word for word translations and commentary. byCall Number: ML54.6 .S39 G53 1996
- The interpretation of French song. byCall Number: MT892 .B4 1997
- Word by word translations of songs and arias. byCall Number: Music Ref ML54.6 .W65 v. 1-2
Vocal Music by theme, poem...
- A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes: Including Cantatas, Oratorios, Lieder, and Art Songs. byCall Number: Mus Ref. ML128.V7 B3 1950a
- Index to poetry in music : a guide to the poetry set as solo songs by 125 major song composers. byCall Number: Mus Ref ML128 .S3 B69 2003
- Musical settings of early and mid-Victorian literature : a catalogue. byCall Number: Mus Ref ML128 .V7 G58
- Musical settings of late Victorian and modern British literature : a catalogue. byCall Number: Mus Ref ML128 .V7 G59
- Kompendium der musikalischen Sujets : ein Werkkatalog. 2 v. byCall Number: ML100 .R45 2001A subject index to musical works based on characters and events from history, literature, classical mythology and Judeo-Christian religion.
- The themes of the German lied from Mozart to Strauss. byCall Number: ML2529 .R87 2002
- German Poetry in Song: An Index of Lieder. byCall Number: Mus Ref. ML128 .S3 S66 1995. 2 v.
- A Shakespeare music catalogue. byCall Number: Music Ref. ML134.5 .S52 G6 1991 v. 1-5
Guides to interpretation
- An interpretive guide to operatic arias : a handbook for singers, coaches, teachers, and students. byCall Number: MT892 .S5 2003
- Carmen : a performance guide : a word-by-word translation into English, transcription into International Phonetic Alphabet, and annotated guide to the dialogue and recitative versions of Bizet's Carmen. byCall Number: ML410 .B62 D53 2000Part of a new series called "Vox musicae: the voice, vocal pedagogy, and song"
- Singing in style : a guide to vocal performance practices. byCall Number: MT892 .E45 2006
- On the interpretation of the mélodies of Claude Debussy. byCall Number: MT145 .D4 B413 1998
- Faust/Roméo et Juliette : a performance guide byCall Number: ML410 .G7 D53 2006
- The tales of Hoffmann : a performance guide. byCall Number: ML410 .O41 D52 2002
Subject Guide
General resources for singers
- Library resources for singers, coaches, and accompanists : an annotated bibliography, 1970-1997 byCall Number: Music Ref ML128 .V7 M45 1998
- The solo singer in the choral setting : a handbook for achieving vocal health. byCall Number: MT875 .O47 2010
- What every singer needs to know about the body. byCall Number: MT821 .M24 2009
- The singer's voice [videorecording]. byCall Number: MT821 .S56 2004 v.1-33 DVDs.
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