English Translations
of Solo Vocal Music Texts in the Emory Libraries:
A Selective List Arranged by Composer
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Terry, Charles Sanford, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Cantata
Texts : Sacred and Secular. 1964.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .B13 T39 1964
Unger, Melvin P., and Johann Sebastian Bach. Handbook to
Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts : An Interlinear Translation
with Reference Guide to Biblical Quotations and Allusions.
1996.
THEOLOGY REFERENCE ML410 .B1 U52 1996
Brahms, Johannes
Sams, Eric. The Songs of Johannes Brahms.
2000.
MUSICMEDIA MT121 .B73 S36 2000
OXFORD BOOKSTACKS 782.42168 B813S
Stark, Lucien, and Johannes Brahms. A Guide
to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms. 1995.
MUSICMEDIA MT115 .B73 S73 1995
Chausson, Ernest
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song : Translations
of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré
& Ravel. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M33 1991
Debussy, Claude
Debussy, Claude, Margaret G. Cobb, and Richard Miller.
The Poetic Debussy : A Collection of His Song Texts and
Selected Letters. Rev. 2nd ed. 1994.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .D42 C62 1994
Debussy, Claude, and Marie-Claire Rohinsky. The Singer's
Debussy. 1st ed. 1987.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .D42 R62 1987
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song : Translations
of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré
& Ravel. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M33 1991
Duparc, Henri
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song : Translations
of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré
& Ravel. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M33 1991
Falla, Manuel de
Sobrer, Josep Miquel, and Edmon Colomer. The Singer’s Anthology
of 20th Century Spanish Songs. 1987.
MUSICMEDIA REF PQ6187 .S55 1987
Faure, Gabriel
Gartside, Robert. Interpreting the Songs of Gabriel Fauré.
1996.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .F27 G37 1996
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song : Translations
of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré
& Ravel. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M33 1991
Granados, Enrique
Sobrer, Josep Miquel, and Edmon Colomer. The Singer’s Anthology
of 20th Century Spanish Songs. 1987.
MUSICMEDIA REF PQ6187 .S55 1987
Leguerney, Jacques
Dibbern, Mary, Carol Kimball, and Patrick Choukroun. Interpreting
the Songs of Jacques Leguerney : A Guide for Study and Performance.
2001.
MUSICMEDIA MT121 .L44 D53 2001
Medtner, Nikolay
Drinker, Henry S. English Texts for the Songs of Nicholas
Medtner. 1946.
MUSICMEDIA ML49 M26
Mompou, Federico
Sobrer, Josep Miquel, and Edmon Colomer. The Singer’s Anthology
of 20th Century Spanish Songs. 1987.
MUSICMEDIA REF PQ6187 .S55 1987
Mussorgsky, Modest
English Texts for the Songs of Modest Moussorgsky (1835-1881).
n.d. (1950?).
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 M9 D7
Pfitzner, Hans
Mercier, Richard. The Songs of Hans Pfitzner : A Guide
and Study, Music Reference Collection ; No. 64. 1998.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .P32 M47 1998
Puccini, Giacomo
Puccini, Giacomo, and Nico Castel. The Complete Puccini
Libretti: with International Phonetic Alphabet Transcriptions,
Word for Word Translations, including a Guide to the IPA,
and Notes on the Italian Transcriptions by Nico Castel.
2 vols. 1993.
MUSICMEDIA ML49 .P75 C37 1993 v.1
Library has v.1 of 1st edition. 2nd edition is on order.
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, and Natalia Challis. The Singer's
Rachmaninoff. 1st ed. 1989.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .R18 S52 1989
Ravel, Maurice
Gartside, Robert. Interpreting the Songs of Maurice Ravel.
1992.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .R23 G37 1992
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song : Translations
of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré
& Ravel. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M33 1991
Rodrigo, Joaquín
Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes, and Joaquín Rodrigo. A Singer's
Guide to the Songs of Joaquín Rodrigo. 1999.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .R632 D73 1999
Schubert, Franz
Reed, John. The Schubert Song Companion. 1993.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .S3 R265 1993
Schubert, Franz, Eusebius Mandyczewski, and Henry Sandwith
Drinker. Complete Song Cycles. 2 vols. 1970.
MUSICMEDIA M1620 .S38 M25
Schubert, Franz, and Henry Sandwith Drinker. Texts of the
Solo Songs of Franz Schubert in English Translation. 2 vols.
1951.
MUSICMEDIA ML410 .S3 D7
Schubert, Franz, and Richard Wigmore. Schubert : The Complete
Song Texts : Texts of the Lieder and Italian Songs. 1988.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .S39 W52 1988
Schütz, Heinrich
Schütz, Heinrich, and Henry Sandwith Drinker. English Texts
to the Vocal Works of Heinrich Schütz. 1952.
MUSICMEDIA ML49 .S35 D7
Schumann, Robert
Schumann, Robert, and Thilo Reinhard. The Singer's Schumann.
1st ed. 1989.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .S4 R413 1988
Sams, Eric. The Songs of Robert Schumann. Rev. and enl.
[3rd] ed. 1993.
MUSICMEDIA MT115 .S38 S3 1993B
Tchaikovsky, Peter
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, and Richard D. Sylvester. Tchaikovsky's
Complete Songs : A Companion with Texts and Translations.
1st Ind. University Press pbk. ed. 2004.
MM-REF ML54.6 .T24 S9 2004
MM-DESK ML54.6 .T24 S9 2004 CD-SOUND (CD kept at service
desk.)
Wolf, Hugo
Sams, Eric. The Songs of Hugo Wolf. Rev. and enl. 2nd ed.
1983.
MUSICMEDIA MT145 .W6 S3 1983
Song
and Aria Texts in English Translation in the Emory Libraries
A Selective List of Works Containing Texts of Multiple Composers
Bernac, Pierre. The Interpretation of French Song. 1970.
MUSICMEDIA MT892 .B4
Cockburn, Jacqueline, Richard Stokes, and Graham Johnson.
The Spanish Song Companion. 1992.
GENERAL MUSICMEDIA ML2547 .S62 1992
OXFORD BOOKSTACKS 782.420946 S735C
Coffin, Berton, and Arthur Schoep. Word-by-Word Translations
of Songs and Arias. 2 vols. 1966.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .W65
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder
: The Original Texts of over Seven Hundred and Fifty Songs.
1st American ed. 1980.
MUSICMEDIA REF PT1160 .E6 F5 1980
Johnson, Graham, and Richard Stokes. A French Song Companion.
2000.
MUSICMEDIA ML 54.6 .J76 F74 2000
LeVan, Timothy. Masters of the French Art Song : Translations
of the Complete Songs of Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré
& Ravel. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M33 1991
Masters of the Italian Art Song : Word-by-Word and Poetic
Translations of the Complete Songs for Voice and Piano. 1990.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M34 1990
Miller, Philip Lieson. German Lieder. 1990.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .G275 1990
The Ring of Words: an Anthology of Song Texts. 1973.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .M5 R5 1973
Phillips, Lois. Lieder, Line by Line and Word for Word. 1st
U.S. ed. 1980.
MUSICMEDIA ML54.6 .P55 L5 1980
Piatak, Jean, and Regina Avrashov. Russian Songs & Arias
: Phonetic Readings, Word-by-Word Translations, and a Concise
Guide to Russian Diction. 1991.
MUSICMEDIA MT883 .P54 1991
Whicher, George Frisbie. The Goliard Poets : Medieval Latin
Songs and Satires. 1949.
WOODRUFF STACKS PA8164 .G6
OXFORD BOOKSTACKS 879 W57
Acknowledgment: the translation lists are derived from lists compiled by Diane Steinhaus of the Music Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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