Greer Music Library

Vocal Music Reference Sources

We have many sources on vocal music, choral music, opera, chamber music, and musical theater.  Consult the on-line catalog, browse through the reference books, and consult the staff for assistance.  The following is by no means a complete listing of all of the Greer Music Library’s resources in these areas.

TEXTS

Texts of the Vocal Works of Robert Schumann in English Translation / Henry S. Drinker.
 REF ML49 S38

Texts of the Choral Works of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation / Henry S. Drinker.
 REF ML49 B2 D7 v.1-4

In the same call number area, including ML54-ML54.6, you will find similar books for other composers such as Brahms, Schubert, Schutz, and Wolf.

For example:
Lieder Line By Line and Word for Word ; rev. ed. / Lois Phillips.
 REF ML54.6 P55 L5 1996

   [There are also books of the same type in the circulating collections.]
 

REPERTORY

Songs in Collections : An Index / Desiree de Charms.
 REF ML128 S3 D37

Repertoire for the Solo Voice / Noni Espina.
 REF ML128 S3 E8   (1977)

Popular Song Index / Patricia Pate Havlice.
 REF ML128 S3 H4

The Great Song Thesaurus / Roger Lax.
 REF ML128 S3 L4 1989

Song Index / Minnie Earl Sears.
 REF ML128 S3 S31
 (indexes songs in collections)

Singer’s Repertoire. 2nd ed. / Berton Coffin.
 REF ML128 V7 C67 1960

Classical Vocal Music in Print / Thomas R. Nardone.
 REF ML128 V7 N335 1985 + supplements
 (We also have sacred choral music in print volumes.)
 

OTHER

Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts
 REF ML12 M88 (date)
 (contests, awards, schools, orchestras, etc. ; also available online)

A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes. rev. ed. / Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern.
 REF ML128 V7 B3
 (can help you “name that tune”)

New Grove Dictionary of Opera / ed. Stanley Sadie.
 REF ML102 O6 N5 1992 v.1-4
This source is also integrated into the New Grove Online database.

Mellen Opera Reference Index
 REF ML102 O6 P25 1986 v.1-
 (ongoing set covering a variety of opera-related subjects)

Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia / ed. David Hamilton.
 REF ML102 O6 M47 1987

Cross Index Title Guide to Opera and Operetta / Compiled by Steven G. Pallay.
 REF ML128 O4 P3 1989

Opera and Concert Singers : An Annotated International Bibliography of Books And Pamphlets / Andrew Farkas.
 REF ML128 S295 F37 1985

American Oratorios and Cantatas : A Catalog of Works Written in the United States From Colonial Times to 1985 / Compiled by Thurston J. Dox.
 REF ML128 O45 D7 1986 v.1-2

Art Song In the United States 1759-1999 : An Annotated Bibliography. 3rd ed. / ed. Judith E. Carman.
 REF ML128 .S3 C37 2001
 (contains a special section: Art Song in the United States 1759-1810 / Gordon Myers.)
This very useful volume lists repetoire that may be difficult to identify through other sources. The indexes are especially useful, providing access by composer, publisher, poet (text source), title, and special characteristics.