Music
Books About Classical Song
Books on classical song are at these call numbers:
Analysis and interpretation MT 115-121
Bibliographies Ref ML 128 .S3
Song Literature ML 2400-2862
Translations ML 54.6 (Reference and General Stacks)
See also composer's biographies: ML 410
A Song Dictionary
- Researching the Song - a lexiconE-book. Also in the library at ML 102 .S6 E46 2006 in Reference
Songs in the Library
Classical songs (also called "art songs") are primarily in collections at these call numbers:
- ML 1619 More than one composer
- ML 1620 One composer
- ML 1621.4 Song cycles
Use the library catalog to find songs. The best way, particularly for recordings, is to search the song title as a phrase.
If you need the music for songs by major composers like Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, etc., it's often easiest to go to the shelf at M 1620 to see exactly which volume(s) you need.
Songs Online
Find sources for free online scores under the Scores tab above. Some other sites:
- Art Song CentralPrimarily an archive and directory to free art songs. IPA transcriptions of songs in French, German, Italian, and Latin.
- Russian Art SongTranslations, IPA, scores (for reference), composer biographies, more.
Texts & Translations
Books of song translations are at call number ML 54.6 in Reference and General Stacks. Recordings can also be a good source for translations.
Online:
- IPA Source This link opens in a new window
Provides International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of about 5,000 art songs and 800 opera arias. “IPA Source is designed to assist singers with foreign language diction and communication. Our members can easily find the repertoire they need in our extensive catalog of 15,768 arias, art songs and liturgical texts in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Latin. With IPA Source, educators and artists can skip the translating and phonetic work and sing with confidence and accuracy.”
- LiederNet ArchiveAccess over 27,000 translations of vocal texts.