SONG LITERATURE
LANGUAGE
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - use as keyword search; narrow by combining with 'songs' (no quote marks in search, of course)
TRANSLATIONS - use truncation character ($) to get all forms of word thus, 'translat$'
REFERENCE WORKS
Database: Credo Reference Works - includes The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, The Harvard Dictionary of Music, and The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Webcat: limit search by location 'reference' and library
COMPOSERS
Biography: use composer's name in subject line on Webcat
Works:
Lists: use Grove articles online or in print for works lists at end of composer entries
Thematic catalogs: use composer name and 'thematic catalog$' in keyword search in Webcat
COLLECTED EDITIONS: this is the M3 collection of non-circulating 'complete editions' (not always complete, as they come out in series) - link from Grove to find appropriate volume and page in the M3 sets (major composers only)
JOURNAL ARTICLES
LIBRARY DATABASES (note: if researching historical singers, may need to see print indexes)
Music Index - music topic only, citations only, no full-text
Music In Print - information on music that is still in print, including publisher, instrumentation
Oxford Music Online - includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music
ProQuest (also Ebsco, Wilson Web) - general databases, lots of full-text articles
JSTOR (Arts and Sciences) - includes arts, not specifically music titles, but some interesting material on poetry and music (see class examples)
PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING REVIEWS
NEWSPAPERS
Historical Newspapers -- try researching famous singers of the past - note the way performances were presented, discussed - note article on Caruso as the newest up-and-coming singer of promise (class example)
NewsBank InfoWeb - reviews of performances
STREAMING AUDIO - note that one can search by artist as well as composer, genre, etc.
CLASSICAL MUSIC LIBRARY; DRAM: RECORDED AMERICAN MUSIC; NAXOS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY from Webcat - all in Music Library, Reference, unless noted
Barlow, Harold. A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes: Including Cantatas, Oratorios, Lieder, and Art Songs. Rev. ed. New York: Crown Publishers, 1976. ML128 .V7 B3 1976.
Carman, Judith. Art Song in the United States, 1759-1999: An Annotated Bibliography. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001. ML128 .S3 C37 2001.
Coffin, Berton. Phonetic Readings of Songs and Arias. 2nd ed. with rev. German transcriptions. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982. MT883 .P5 1982.
Coffin, Berton. Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias. NY: Scarecrow Press, 1966-1972. ML54.6 .C7 W7. (Reference in Music Library; circulating copies in Main Lib.)
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder: Original Texts of Over Seven Hundred and Fifty Songs. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. PT1160 .E6 F5 1977.
Goleeke, Thomas. Literature for Voice. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984. ML128 .S3 G64 1984.
Kagen, Sergius. Music for the Voice: A Descriptive List of Concert and Teaching Material. Rev. ed. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c1968. ML128 .V7 K3.
Miller, Philip. The Ring of Words: an Anthology of Song Texts. NY: Norton, 1973. ML54.6 .M5 R5 1973.
Phillips, Lois. Lieder Line by Line, and Word for Word. Rev ed. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Seaton, Douglass. The Art Song: A Reference and Information Guide. New York: Garland, 1987. ML128 .S3 S33 1987.
Stahl, Dorothy. Discography of Solo Song. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1968-1984. ML156.4 .V7 S8 1972; ML156.4 .V7 S8 1972 Suppl. 1, ML156.4 .V7 S8 1972, Suppl. 2.