Weill, Blitzstein, and Bernstein by 
The Songs of Clara Schumann by 
Opera Acts: Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century by 
Reimagining Lyric Diction Courses by 
Le Chant Intime: The Interpretation of French Melodie by In addition to ebooks you can access through the catalog, you can browse print books about the history of vocal music in the call number range ML1400-ML3275 on the third floor.
In addition to ebooks you can access through the catalog, you can browse print books about various aspects of vocal technique in the call number range MT820-MT892 on the third floor. Our collection of books about vocal diction in a number of languages is under MT883.
Why? To find word-for-word International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and translations of 15,000+ songs and arias in Latin, Italian, German, and French
What? Translations and transcriptions of songs in PDF format
The most recent issues of music periodicals are located on the first floor of the library. Older issues are on the fourth floor, organized in alphabetical order by title. Music periodicals are for in-library use only.
Periodicals of interest to singers include:
We have a wide variety of books of use to singers in the reference collection on the fourth floor. Look for Nico Castel's many volumes of translations and IPA transcriptions of opera libretti (Ref ML48 and Ref ML49) and additional volumes of transcriptions and translations of art songs (Ref ML54.6). We have books about opera and musical theatre (Ref ML1711-Ref ML3088) and a few reference volumes pertaining to vocal technique (Ref MT820-Ref MT955). Please note that reference works cannot be checked out of the library.
