If you have an author or poet in mind, search the name as a title. E-Musicquest: The Music-In-Print Series online.In the advanced search you can select "librettist" from the drop-down menu. Do a KEYWORD search for the name in the simple search. The Aria Database may help for operas.In the Music Library's card catalog search alphabetically by the last name.In the Online catalog do a KEYWORD search for the name and add "musical settings.".Index of Lieder by poet, first line and composer.Ĭheck the following for musical settings of texts by authors, librettists, or poets, s uch as Bishop, Elizabeth Carroll, Lewis Hardy, Thomas or Dickinson, Emily: German poetry in song: an Index of Lieder.ġ995. Indexes include: the greatest songs, award winners, campaign songs, plagiarisms, an a-z list by composer name and title. (The entry for Whitman goes on for pages.) 1986.Īrranged alphabetically by poet's last name. Arranged alphabetically by author's last name. Musical settings of early and mid-Victorian literature: a catalogue. 1982 Arranged alphabetically by author's last name. Musical settings of British Romantic literature. Search by geographic location, "solo excerpts from the operas" , "florid display songs, recital vocalises and alleluias," and "traditional songs and spirituals." Indexes include "sources of texts" and "composers." Program notes for the Singer's repertoire. Coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, and dramatic soprano. Includes an alphabetical list of composers of American art song with biographical notes and songs as well as separate indexes by name only of composer, poet, song cycles, song titles song by voice type, and songs by difficulty. Covers American art songs from 1980-2007?. Indexes by name of composer (v.1-2) and name of title (v. Search by composer or poet's name followed by musical settings arranged alphabetically. Index to Poetry in Music: A Guide to the Poetry Set as Solo Songs. Most are in the Mus Lib REF ML128.S section. The number A3 on the second line indicates anthologies with several composers.ī rowsing print song indexes can give you ideas for repertoire: The Music Library has many here are a few. Items are arranged roughly in alphabetical order by last name on the shelf. The second line of a call number indicates composer. Common numbers for vocal music include:ħ Miscellaneous collections, voice, solo or solo ensemble, secular and sacred, original and arranged, several composers or one composerħ1 Secular, solo voice accompanied by pianoħ106 Secular, solo voice with orchestral accompanimentħ5 Sacred, solo voice with single instrument accompanimentĨ Miscellaneous collections, c horal ensemblesĩ1 Full scores of opera and musical theaterĩ1=01 Piano-vocal scores of opera and musical theater The first line of a call number indicates the type of music. The Music Library uses the Dickinson Classification system for scores. Because scores are classified (grouped with similar items on the shelf) browsing the shelves can lead you to repertoire of interest to you.
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