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Resources for Singers: Research
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If you need more help, contact:
Subject Librarian:
Joyce
Clinkscales
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Phone:
404-727-1066
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Marian Anderson broadcasting a spiritual from the U.S. Dept. of Interior building.
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.
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Keep Current: News, Events, Journals
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Vocal Events in Atlanta
Maintained for Emory students by Christina Howell.
artsJournal: the Daily Digest of Arts, Culture and Ideas
This website gathers articles from various newspapers and other sources and also features blogs. You may register for a free daily e-mail, get RSS feeds, or just go to the site.
Journals to Read
Journal of Singing
“The Official Journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc.”
Articles in Nov/Dec 2006 issue. v. 64, no. 2:
“Landscape as Redemption: Schubert’s Winter Journey” by Daniel Brigham. pp 133-49.
“Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A Primer for Singers.” by Gabriel Alfieri. pp. 151-59.
Reviews of books, scores, recordings.
Journal of Voice
Official Journal of the Voice Foundation and the International Association of Phonosurgery. Many highly technical and/or medical articles, but also articles more pertinent to the singing practictioner, e.g., “Vowel Intelligibility in Classical Singing” (Gregg & Scherer), vol. 20, not. 2, pp. 198-210. Available online.
Classical Singer
Please note: the library does not currently subscribe to this journal, but many articles are available free online. To get a copy of an article that's not online, request it through Emory's Interlibrary Loan service.
Opera News
Available online through the Emory Libraries: choose EbscoHost service for good-quality illustrations. Published by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. Information about upcoming Met broadcasts is available at the free site Opera News Online.
Opera
Published in London, worldwide coverage: the current scene, upcoming events, reviews.
More Journals
Magazines devoted to CD reviews:
American Record Guide
Fanfare
Gramophone
Other journals that offer articles and reviews of interest to singers:
Coda and Down Beat: jazz
Early Music, Early Music America, and Goldberg: early music
Choral Journal
Opernwelt: news about opera worldwide. In German.
Cambridge Opera Journal and Opera Quarterly: scholarly articles about opera.
List of all Current Periodicals at the Music and Media Library and/or available electronically.
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Find Scores & CDs in the Library
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Use EUCLID, the library's online catalog, to locate scores and recordings.
Connect to EUCLID
EUCLID Basics for Musicians: Read Finding Music in EUCLID to get familiar with EUCLID's idiosyncracies before you use the tips for vocal music. Sections include how to
Find Classical Music
Find only scores, CDs, or videos
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Use and, or, adj, and $ to construct more specific searches
Solo Vocal Music
Use various approaches to find a song, aria or other vocal piece.
Look for:
- a collection of songs by the composer
Example: for the score of a song by Hugo Wolf, use this search:
- the title of the song cycle or other larger work which contains the piece
Example: for the score of Wolf's "Ganymed," search for "Mörike-Lieder." (Omit diacritics and hyphens.)
- the title of the piece itself.
This approach may not work for a score, because the library doesn't collect much sheet music containing only single songs. It may work well for a CD, but remember that you might be able to find additional recordings of the same song by trying various types of searches.
- the complete works of the composer.
The library holds complete works of many composers. Most of these sets are in the M3 call number. Compositions in these volumes are in the original key and instrumentation.
To find complete works, use this type of Complex search:
Author: [composer's name]
Title: works [Works is the uniform title used for every set of complete works.]
Itemtype: score
To figure out which volume of the complete works contains your song, look at the composer's works list in Grove Music Online.
- anthologies that may contain your song.
Browsing in the stacks may be a good approach for these. Try these call numbers:
M1495
M1619
M1630s—for popular songs
Connect to EUCLID
Operas and other Dramatic Works
Search using the Uniform Title of the work—the original title in the original language. Omit any initial article, especially if the title's not in English. If you're not sure what the uniform title is, just use the title you know: the EUCLID record you find will help you identify the uniform title.
IIf you want a piano-vocal score, rather than the full orchestral score, look for the words "Vocal score" in the uniform title. If the lyrics are in more than one language, the uniform title will indicate which ones.
Example: Verdi's Masked Ball is cataloged as
Getting Help
Always ask for help if you're having trouble locating a work. Vocal music can be especially tricky to find!
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Find Scores and Audio Online
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Variations project, Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
Opera and song scores available online. Designed primarily for viewing, not downloading.
Historic American Sheet Music at Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
American Memory, Library of Congress.
From this page, you can browse all collections containing sheet music or sound recordings. From the American Memory homepage, you can view a list of all Performing Arts, Music collections.
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Get works not available at Emory
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Find out about books, sound recordings, videos and other materials that Emory doesn't own by using
WorldCat 
WorldCat provides access to the catalog of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), a library union catalog of over 28 million records representing the combined holdings of over 11,000 libraries in the United States and abroad. As a library catalog, WorldCat contains records for the same types of materials as EUCLID. Note: Individual member libraries may have items that are not represented in the database.
To obtain these materials, use Interlibrary Loan (Ask the Music Librarian if you need assistance.)
OR
Borrow from other libraries in the Atlanta area:
Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Georgia (Athens)
Use your Emorycard to borrow materials from these libraries. You will need to register at the circulation desk of the lending library in order to set up your account.
Other Academic Libraries in Atlanta
Most of the other colleges and universities in the metropolitan area grant borrowing privileges for a limited time upon presentation of an Interlibrary Use card from Emory. (Do not confuse with Interlibrary Loan.) Obtain your Interlibrary Use card at the main Reference/Information desk in Woodruff Library before visiting the other institution.
To find an individual library's catalog on the web, consult the Local and National Catalogs page.
AND/OR
Ask the Music Librarian to purchase the work.
Contact Joyce Clinkscales at libjm01@emory.edu. Please include this information:
- whatever information you have about the work (composer, title, publisher, etc.)
- whether you need a score, CD, or both
- the date by which you need the item.
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Research Music, Musicians, etc.
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Best Bets
Opera and Musical
Theater
Popular Music and
Jazz
Find Journal
Articles and More Online
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The primary English-language reference source for music. Over 47,000 articles provide comprehensive coverage of music of all styles, periods, and geographic regions. Comprises the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed. (2001), the New Grove Dictionary of Dictionary of Opera (1992) and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2d ed. (2002), plus more recent updates to some articles.
Tips: Use the toolbar options to find Related Articles, Illustrations, and Sound (files), and for navigating. Each article contains a link to "How to cite Grove Music Online": note that the examples use British pratice for punctuation, rather than American.
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial ed. 6 vols. Nicolas Slonimsky, ed. emeritus. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001
Musicmedia REF ML105 .B16 2001
Recognized as the standard biographical dictionary in English. Articles on groups as well as individuals. Articles usually more consise than those in Grove's.
- Harvard Dictionary of Music. 4th ed. Don Michael Randel, ed. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
Musicmedia REF ML100 .H37 2003
A handy and authoritative source for information on musical topics and terms. No articles on people.
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Opera
and Musical Theater
Top Picks
Grove Music Online includes the content of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
Print version:
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 4 vols. 1992.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML 102 .06 N5 1992
Peattie, Anthony, and the Earl of Harewood. The New Kobbé’s Opera Book. 11th ed. 1997.
GENERAL MM-REF MT95 .K52 1997
A standard one-volume reference work.
Gänzl, Kurt. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. 2nd ed. 3 vols. 2001.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML102 .M88 G3 2001
Also Useful
Loewenberg, Alfred. Annals of Opera, 1597-1940. 3d ed. 1978.
GENERAL MM-REF ML102 .O6 L6 1978
A listing of operas by date of first performance, for the period 1597 through 1940, with details about the premiere and subsequent performances.
Lynch, Richard Chigley. Musicals! : A Complete Selection Guide for Local Productions. 2nd ed. 1994.
GENERAL MM-REF ML19 .L9 1994
Norton, Richard C. A Chronology of American Musical Theater. 3 vols. 2002.
GENERAL MM-REF ML1711.8 .N3 N67 2002
Chronological listing of performances, with information on the creators, original cast, and a list of every song in the show. Index of songs, selected index of persons.
Parsons, Charles H., and Edwin Mellen Press. The Mellen Opera Reference Index. 1986—.
GENERAL MM-REF ML102 .O6 P55 1986
v. 1-4. Opera composers and their works -- v. 5-6. Opera librettists and their works -- v. 7-8. Opera premieres : a geographical index -- v. 9. Opera subjects -- v. 10-12. Opera discography -- v. 13-14. Opera premieres : an index of casts -- v. 15-16. Opera premieres : an index of casts, performers -- v. 17-18. An opera bibliography -- v. 19. Opera premiere reviews and re-assessments : a listing (2 v.) -- v. 20. An opera videography -- v. 21. Printed opera scores in American libraries (3 v.) -- v. 22. Recent international opera discography (4 v.) -- v. 23. Recent international opera discography. Performers (3 v.) -- v. 25. Recent international opera discography. 2004 update
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Popular
Music and Jazz
Hischak, Thomas S. The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia. 2002.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML102 .P66 H57 2002
Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 3d ed. 8 vols. 1998.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML102 .P66 G84 1998
Lax, Roger, and Frederick Smith. The Great Song Thesaurus. 2d ed. 1989.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .S3 L4 1989
Grove Music Online includes the content of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz .
Print version:
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2 vols. 1988
MUSICMEDIA REF ML102 .J3 N48 1988
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Journal Articles and More Online
A "comprehensive, ongoing guide to publications on music from all over the world," RILM Abstracts covers all literature on music—books, journal articles, articles in collections of essays, dissertations, and other publications. Entries include abstracts in English. Coverage begins with 1967. The online version is more up to date than the print version (MM-REF ML1 .R5). RILM stands for Répétoire International de Littérature Musicale. For more information, see www.rilm.org.
Search Tips
- Truncation symbol: *. Wildcard: ?, *.
- To switch between Quick and Advanced searches, click Change Search & Display Level—the gray button on the far right
- Use Advanced Search to limit results to English.
Index to periodical articles on music. Coverage begins with 1979, is international in scope, and includes music of all periods and genres, musical instruments, composers, performers, the music industry, and other music-related topics. In addition to comprehensive coverage of periodicals devoted to music, provides selective indexing of journals in related disciplines and of some general titles. The print version of Music Index (Musicmedia REF ML 118 .M84) goes back to 1949.
Search Tips
Do not use any punctuation other than quotation marks in searches. It may cause a null result.
Use quotation marks to indicate exact phrases.
$ may be used as a truncation symbol or to replace any number of characters in a term.
To find citations about a person, search the name as a Subject.
To find citations about a composition, search the work's title as a Title.
If you leave the Word Form Options set to Boolean (the default), all forms of the search term will be retrieved. E.g., a search on sing will include results also for sings, sang, singer, and singing.
With the Boolean option mentioned above, you may use operators (such as and, or, not) in your search.
Indexes articles from more than 430 music periodicals from about 20 countries, and selectively indexes some newspapers. Coverage begins with 1996 except for selected journals which are indexed in their entirety. Abstracts are provided for articles published after 1995.
For additional databases go to the subject listing for music on the Databases @ Emory page.
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Schools, Organizations, & Musicians
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Vocal Repertoire
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Selected Works on Vocal Repertoire in the Emory Libraries
Top Picks (Standard Works with Broad Coverage)
Coffin, Berton. Singer’s Repertoire. 2d ed. 5 vols. 1960-62.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 C67 1960
Doscher, Barbara M., and John Nix. From Studio to Stage : Repertoire for the Voice. 2002.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 D67 2002
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. 2 vols. 1977
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .S3 E8
Kagen, Sergius. Music for the Voice; a Descriptive List of Concert and Teaching Material. Rev. ed. 1968.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 K3 1968
MUSICMEDIA ML128 .V7 K3 1968 (another copy)
Specialized Guides
Abromeit, Kathleen A. An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice. 1999.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .S4 A27 1999
Cheek, Timothy. Singing in Czech : A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire. 2001.
MUSICMEDIA MT883 .C44 2001
MUSICMEDIA DESK MT883 .C44 2001 CD-SOUND (CD kept at service desk)
Dunlap, Kay, and Barbara Winchester. Vocal Chamber Music : A Performers Guide. 1985.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 D86 1985
Edwards, J. Michele. Literature for Voices in Combination with Electronic and Tape Music : An Annotated Bibliography. 1977.
MUSICMEDIA ML128 .E4 E37
Espina, Noni. Vocal Solos for ChristianChurches : A Descriptive Reference of Solo Music for the Church Year, Including a Bibliographical Supplement of Choral Works. 3rd ed. 1984.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 E8 1984
Gooch, Bryan N. S., David S. Thatcher, and Odean Long. Musical Settings of British Romantic Literature : A Catalogue. 2 vols. 1982.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 G57 1982
———. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature : A Catalogue. 1979.
MUSICMEDIA ML128 .V7 G58
———. Musical Settings of Late Victorian and Modern British Literature : A Catalogue. 1976.
MUSICMEDIA ML120 .G7 G66
Hovland, Michael A. Musical Settings of American Poetry : A Bibliography, Music Reference Collection, No. 8. 1986.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 H67 1986
Lust, Patricia D. American Vocal Chamber Music, 1945-1980 : An Annotated
Bibliography, Music Reference Collection, No. 4. 1985.
MUSICMEDIA REF ML128 .V7 L8 1985
Mabry, Sharon. Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music : A Practical Guide to Innovations in Performance and Repertoire. 2002.
MUSICMEDIA MT820 .M129 2002
Manning, Jane. New Vocal Repertory. 1986.
MUSICMEDIA ML1400 .M3 1986
———. New Vocal Repertory 2. 1998.
MUSICMEDIA ML128 .V7 M32 1998
Stewart-Green, Miriam. Women Composers : A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. 1980.
MUSICMEDIA ML156.4 .V7 S83
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Also see the website: British Song
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Texts and Translations
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Diction
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Physiology of Singing, Vocal Health
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Benninger, Michael S., and Thomas Murry. The Performer's Voice. 2006.
WOODRUFF STACKS RF511 .S55 P47 2006
Caldwell, Robert. Resonance [videorecording]. 1995.
MUSICMEDIA V.CASS. VHS 2622
David, Marilee. The New Voice Pedagogy. 1995.
MUSICMEDIA MT820 .D245 1995
Dayme, Meribeth Bunch. Dynamics of the Singing Voice, Disorders of Human Communication, 6. 1982.
WOODRUFF STACKS QP306 .B86 1982
Doscher, Barbara M. The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice. 2nd ed. 1994.
MUSICMEDIA QP306 .D67 1994
Harrison, Peter T. The Human Nature of the Singing Voice: Exploring a Holistic Basis for Sound Teaching and Learning. 2006.
MUSICMEDIA MT820 .H32 2006
Husler, Frederick, and Yvonne Rodd-Marling. Singing, the Physical Nature of the Vocal Organ; a Guide to the Unlocking of the Singing Voice. 1965.
MUSICMEDIA MT821 .H93 1965A
Wall, Joan, and Caldwell, Robert. Breath [videorecording]. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA V.CASS. VHS 2624
———. A Fiberoptic View of the Vocal Folds [videorecording]. 1992.
MUSICMEDIA V.CASS. VHS 2623
———. Vocal Folds. [videorecording].1992.
MUSICMEDIA V.CASS. VHS 2626
———. The Vocal Tract [videorecording]. 1993.
MUSICMEDIA V.CASS. VHS 2625
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Performance and Musicianship
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These books—and one video— deal with various aspects of performing and practicing, including physiological and psychological aspects.
Balk, H. Wesley. The Radiant Performer : The Spiral Path to Performing Power. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA MT956 .B34 1991
Bruser, Madeline. The Art of Practicing : A Guide to Making Music from the Heart. 1997.
MUSICMEDIA ML3838 .B78 1997
Clark, Mark Ross, and Lynn V. Clark. Singing, Acting, and Movement in Opera : A Guide to Singer-Getics. 2002.
MUSICMEDIA MT956 .C65 2002
Craig, David. On Performing : A Handbook for Actors, Dancers,Singers on the Musical Stage. 1987.
MUSICMEDIA MT956 .C7 1987
OXFORD BOOKSTACKS 782.81071 C886O
Daniels, Elva S. Performing for Others, Classroom Music Enrichment Units. 1975.
MUSICMEDIA MT930 .D22
Dunkel, Stuart Edward. The Audition Process : Anxiety Management and Coping Strategies, Juilliard Performance Guides ; No. 3. 1989.
MUSICMEDIA ML3830 .D9 1989
Emmons, Shirlee, and Alma Thomas. Power Performance for Singers : Transcending the Barriers. 1998.
MUSICMEDIA MT892 .E55 1998
Freymuth, Malva Susanne. Mental Practice and Imagery for Musicians : A Practical Guide for Optimizing Practice Time, Enhancing Performance, and Preventing Injury. 1999.
MUSICMEDIA MT170 .F74 1999
Green, Barry, and W. Timothy Gallwey. The Inner Game of Music. 1st ed. 1986.
MUSICMEDIA ML3820 .G73 1986
Lieberman, Julie Lyonn. You Are Your Instrument : The Definitive Musician's Guide to Practice and Performance. 3rd ed. 1995.
MUSICMEDIA MT170 .L54 1995
Lieberman, Julie Lyonn. The Vocalist's Guide to Fitness, Health & Musicianship [videorecording]. 1991.
V.CASS. VHS 2994
Moore, Gerald. Singer and Accompanist : The Performance of Fifty Songs. Rev. ed. 1982.
MUSICMEDIA MT892 .M7 1982
Parncutt, Richard, and Gary McPherson. The Science & Psychology of Music Performance : Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning. 2002.
MUSICMEDIA ML3838 .S385 2002
Partington, John T. Making Music. 1995.
MUSICMEDIA ML3830 .P37 1995
Reid, Cornelius L. Essays on the Nature of Singing. 1992.
WOODRUFF STACKS QP306 .R42 1992
Ristad, Eloise. A Soprano on Her Head : Right-Side-up Reflections on Life and Other Performances. 1982.
MUSICMEDIA MT2 .R57 1982.
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