Resources on Composers and other topics found in the Reference section and stacks of the Lib.
These volumes would be the first place to look for information on composers.
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
ML105.B16 1992 (one volume) or a more complete
resource is REF ML 105.B16 2001 vol.1-6
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Classical
Musicians
ML105.S612 1997
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
ML100.N48 1995 v.1-20 or
REF ML 100.N48 2001 v.1-29 (the latest edition)
If you are on campus you can access the library's online edition of The
New Grove:
http://www.grovemusic.com/grovemusic/home/index.html
Resources of American Music History
Ref ML 120.U5 R47
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, vol.1-4
Ref ML 101.U6 N48 1986 v.1-4
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, vol. 1-2
REF ML 105.C7 1987
Opera Resources:
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4 vols.
– Ref ML 102.O6 N5 1992
A definitive resource of
opera synopses not to be confused with the 20+ volume New Grove
mentioned
above.
Annals of Opera, 1597-1940 – Ref ML 102.O6 L3 1955
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera – Ref ML 102.O6 R67
Crowell’s Handbook of World Opera – Ref ML 102.O6
M6
1974
Useful
glossary found on pp. 560-592
Encyclopedia of Opera, ed. Orrey – Ref ML 102.O6 E6
Encyclopedia of Opera, Ewen – Ref ML 102.O6 E9 1963
Guide to Operatic Duets – Ref ML 102.O6 B6 1994
Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias – Ref ML 102.O6 B64 1994
The International Opera Guide – Ref ML 102.O6 S76 1990
The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia – Ref ML 102.O6 M47 1987
Singers’ Edition, Operatic Arias: Lyric Soprano… (Oversize MT 890.S56 L97 1992)
Interpretation:
Caldwell: The Performer Prepares – MT 892.C34 1990
Whitlock: Master Lessons on Fifty Opera Arias – Oversize MT 892.W5
Goldovsky: Bringing Soprano Arias to Life – MT 892.G64
Singher: An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias
–
MT 892 .S5 1983
Also has
translations
Bernac: The Interpretation of French Song – MT
892.B4
Also has
translations
Song Translations
Brahms: Brahms Complete Song Texts REF ML54.6.B82
G52
1999
With phonetic
transciptions,
translations, and commentary by Beaumont Glass
Coffin, et al: Word-by-word translations of songs
and
arias – Ref ML 54.6 .W65, VOLUMES 1and 2
Translations
of standard songs and arias in German, French, and Italian--look at
both
volumes
Cockburn and Stokes: The Spanish Song Companion - ML54.6.S76 1992
Debussy: The Poetic Debussy – ML 54.6.D42 C62 1982
Fischer-Dieskau: The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder – ML 54.6.F57 1977
Johnson: A French Song Companion - ML54.6.J76 F74
2002
Translations
and commentaries
Jeffers: Translations and Annotations of Choral
Repertoire - REF BV 186.5.J43 1988
Vol. 1--sacred Latin; Vol. 2--German
Jefferson: The Lieder of Richard Strauss – MT 115.S83 J4
Lakeway: Italian Art Song - ML2533.L25 1989
Translations
and commentary of Italian composers from the late 19th C. and 20th C.
LeVan: Masters of the French Art Song:
translations
of the complete songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Faure & Ravel
REF ML54.6.M33 1991
LeVan: Masters of the Italian Art Song:
word-by-word
and poetic translations of songs for voice and piano
REF ML54.6.M34 1990
Translations and
commentary
Meister: Nineteenth-Century French Song: Faure, Chausson, Duparc, and Debussy - ML2827.M36
Miller: The Ring of Words – ML 54.6 .M5 T5 1963
Translations and
commentary; Various languages
R. Miller: Singing Schumann: an Interpretive Guide for Performers - MT121.S38 M55 1999
Phillips: Lieder, line by line and word for word – REF ML 54.6 .P55 L5 1980
Prawer: The Penguin Book of Lieder – ML 54.6 .P75 P5
Sams: The Songs of Hugo Wolf – ML 410.W8 S2 1983
Sams: The Songs of Johannes Brahms - MT121.B73 S36 2000
Sams: The Songs of Robert Schumann - ML115.S38 S3
Schubert: Schubert’s Complete Song Texts, 2 Vols.
–
Ref ML 54.6 .S39 G5 1996
With
phonetic transcriptions, translations, and commentary by Beaumont Glass
Schubert: The Complete Song Texts – ML 54.6 .S39
W53
1988
Written by
Richard Wigmore with the original German and Italian texts with English
translations
Schumann's Complete Song Texts in One Volume --
REF ML 54.6.S38 G42 2002
With
international phonetic transcriptions, translations, and commentary by
Beaumont Glass
Sobrer and Colomer: The Singer's Anthology of
20th
Century Spanish Songs
(Granados, Falla, Mompou) -
REF M1619.S599 2987
Stark: A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms – MT 115.B73 S73 1995
Wolf: Complete songs Texts
ML54.6.W853
G52 2000
IPA, word
for word translations, and commentary by Beaumont Glass
Wolf: Texts of the Solo Songs of Hugo Wolf in
English
– ML 54.6 .W6 D72
These
texts are "singable English translations" of the original German, and
not
word by word translations.
Musicals and Operettas:
Lynch: Musicals! A Complete Selection Guide for Local Productions – Ref ML19 .L9 1994
Hischak: The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia – Ref ML 102 .M88 H59 1995
Ganzl: The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre 2 Vols. – Ref ML 102 .M88 G3 1994
F.L. Moore: Crowell's
Handbook
of Gilbert and Sullivan - MT100.S9747 M7
Has
detailed synopses of every operetta
Peterson: A Century of Musicals in Black and White –Ref ML 102 .M88 P37 1993
Porter: With an Air Debonair: Musical Theatre in America – ML 1711 .P67 1991
Internet Sites:
Worldwide Internet Resources – Opera and Musical
Theatre
(Indiana Univ.):
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/opera.html
This
site has many links for singers!
The Aria Database: http://www.aria-database.com/
Opera Glass: http://rick.stanford.edu/opera/main.html
Databases and Indexes:
ALCUIN (Furman’s online catalog) -- http://alcuin.furman.edu/
ALCUIN tutorial --http://library.furman.edu/depts/music/research/srchalcuin/locmus1.htm
The Music Index – Ref ML 118.M84
Online Databases: http://library.furman.edu/depts/music/online/databases.htm
Humanitites Abstracts Fulltext
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Biography Index
Song Indexes: resources to use when looking for a particular song
Sears: Song Index – Ref ML 128.S3 S31 1966
Espina: Repertoire for the Solo Voice, 2 vols. – Ref ML 128.S3 E8
DeCharms: Songs in Collections – Ref ML 128.S3 D37
Villamil: A Singer’s Guide to the American Art Song, 1870-1980 – Ref ML 128.S3 V5
Carman: Art-song in the United States, 1801-1987 – Ref ML 128.S3 C37 1987
Lust: American Vocal Chamber Music – Ref ML 128 .V7 L8 1985
Klaus: Chamber Music for Solo Voice and Instruments – Ref ML 128 .S3 K55 1994
Laster: Catalogue of Vocal solo and duets
arranged
in Biblical Order –Ref ML 128.S3 L38