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Music 281: Vocal Solo Literature I
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Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
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Online Resources
A free database from by the University of Utah, SongHelix lets you search for art songs using a variety of filters, including the race/ethnicity of the composers and lyricists, range and tessitura, language, and topic or theme (e.g., animals, civil rights, emotions)
An archive and directory of free, printable sheet music for singers and voice teachers. An emphasis is placed on standard classical and traditional repertoire. Some include IPA translations.
Books and E-Books
This is an incomplete list of all the repertoire guides we have in Halvorson. Click here to see more!
For major European composers, be sure to check out the Cambridge Companion series with searches like the one below:
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A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire
Call Number: ML128.S3 H85 2010Divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. -
German Poetry in Song
Call Number: ML128.S3 S66 1995Lists 9,800 settings of German poetry, primarily for one voice and piano. -
Song
Call Number: MT120 .K55 2006 (in Reference section)Includes biographies and discussions of the work of 150 composers of various nationalities, as well as articles on styles of various schools of composition. -
Listening to Art Song
Call Number: MT120 .O47 2015 or ONLINEProvides brief biographical sketches of key art song composers in the Italian, French, German, British, and American art song traditions.
