Music 281:Solo Vocal Literature I
A resource for the classical singer, including how to find repertoire, translations, pronunciations, and pedagogical works.
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Some favorite web sites
Here are just a few recommended Web sites:
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- 8notes
Free sheet music for voice.
- Art Song Central
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.
- The LiederNet Archive
An archive of ca. 12,000 texts used in lieder, classical art songs, and in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces. Texts include translations to English, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and others.
- National Association of Teachers of Singing
The National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc (NATS) is the largest association of teachers of singing in the world. Home of the Journal of Singing.
- 8notes
- IPA Source This link opens in a new windowInternational Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias, art songs, and Latin sacred texts.
- Musical Theater Songs This link opens in a new windowMusicalTheaterSongs.com’s interface lets you enter up to 20-plus parameters (voice type, character age, range, ease for accompanist, descriptive characteristics, etc.) to generate a list of songs tailored to your needs from an ever-growing database of songs.