Voice Resources
Translations and Phonetic Readings
- 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.”
German Lieder by Call Number: ML54.6 .G275 1990ISBN: 0826403271Publication Date: 1990-06-01Translations of selected Lieder by Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Franz, Liszt, Loewe, Mahler, Marx, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Mozart, Pfitzner, Reger, F. Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss, Wagner, and Wolf.- Masters of the French Art Song by Call Number: ML54.6 .M33 1991ISBN: 0810825228Publication Date: 1991-12-01A reference for singers, teachers and vocal and operatic coaches, this volume contains the complete song texts of the songs for voice and piano of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure and Ravel.
Masters of the Italian Art Song by Call Number: ML54.6 .M34 1990 (Reference)ISBN: 0810823632Publication Date: 1993-04-01An invaluable reference text for singers, teachers, and vocal and operatic coaches, this volume contains the complete song texts of the songs for voice and piano of Bellini, Donaudy, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, Tosti, and Verdi, with word-by-word and poetic translations.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Covers music and musicians of all types and time periods; includes bibliographies, composers' worklists, links to related sites, audio and music examples. Provides access to Grove Music Online (incorporating the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz), as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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Bibliographies
Examine the bibliographies below for research singing and vocal music. Also consult RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and Mus-Ref for research on voice topics.
- MusRefOnline bibliography of music reference sources, maintained by the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.